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JaydenScheepers
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94501Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:51 am

Maybe I can brood boost my queen with two antenna. I could snatch a egg from my queen with one antenna (she won't be happy with it) and give it to my other one. Could it encourage her to start laying?
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

SolenopsisKeeper
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94517Post SolenopsisKeeper
Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:42 am

JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:51 am
Maybe I can brood boost my queen with two antenna. I could snatch a egg from my queen with one antenna (she won't be happy with it) and give it to my other one. Could it encourage her to start laying?
It may work, but the likelihood is that the queen who receives and egg views it as a tasty snack
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JaydenScheepers
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94526Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:09 am

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:42 am
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:51 am
Maybe I can brood boost my queen with two antenna. I could snatch a egg from my queen with one antenna (she won't be happy with it) and give it to my other one. Could it encourage her to start laying?
It may work, but the likelihood is that the queen who receives and egg views it as a tasty snack
Oh I see, I wish it wasn't so risky putting them together, it feels like a waste of her potential just looking at her sitting there in her test-tube. Hopefully she'll start soon.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

SolenopsisKeeper
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94531Post SolenopsisKeeper
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:37 am

JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:09 am
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:42 am
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:51 am
Maybe I can brood boost my queen with two antenna. I could snatch a egg from my queen with one antenna (she won't be happy with it) and give it to my other one. Could it encourage her to start laying?
It may work, but the likelihood is that the queen who receives and egg views it as a tasty snack
Oh I see, I wish it wasn't so risky putting them together, it feels like a waste of her potential just looking at her sitting there in her test-tube. Hopefully she'll start soon.
No worry, it may take her a bit to gestiate eggs. My queen took almost 4 weeks to even start laying eggs, and I checked on her once a week.

Semi-claustral queens sometimes decide that they want to lay eggs, and then instantly eat them for no apparent reason. Not sure why this happens, and I have caught several queens who do this. I got one to get mature larvae, but she died of mold I didn’t notice.
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94545Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:52 pm

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:37 am
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:09 am
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 8:42 am


It may work, but the likelihood is that the queen who receives and egg views it as a tasty snack
Oh I see, I wish it wasn't so risky putting them together, it feels like a waste of her potential just looking at her sitting there in her test-tube. Hopefully she'll start soon.
No worry, it may take her a bit to gestiate eggs. My queen took almost 4 weeks to even start laying eggs, and I checked on her once a week.

Semi-claustral queens sometimes decide that they want to lay eggs, and then instantly eat them for no apparent reason. Not sure why this happens, and I have caught several queens who do this. I got one to get mature larvae, but she died of mold I didn’t notice.
I am watching my Odontomachus queen like a hawk, the second I see signs of a mold outbreak in their test-tube I will take action. There's been several small mold outbreaks in her out world.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

SolenopsisKeeper
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Location: United States, Florida

Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94553Post SolenopsisKeeper
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:01 pm

JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:52 pm
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:37 am
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:09 am


Oh I see, I wish it wasn't so risky putting them together, it feels like a waste of her potential just looking at her sitting there in her test-tube. Hopefully she'll start soon.
No worry, it may take her a bit to gestiate eggs. My queen took almost 4 weeks to even start laying eggs, and I checked on her once a week.

Semi-claustral queens sometimes decide that they want to lay eggs, and then instantly eat them for no apparent reason. Not sure why this happens, and I have caught several queens who do this. I got one to get mature larvae, but she died of mold I didn’t notice.
I am watching my Odontomachus queen like a hawk, the second I see signs of a mold outbreak in their test-tube I will take action. There's been several small mold outbreaks in her out world.
Usually they will move the brood away, and cover it with sand, but my queen didn’t. All this year’s seasons queens cover mold with sand
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94564Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:55 pm

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:01 pm
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 5:52 pm
SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 11:37 am


No worry, it may take her a bit to gestiate eggs. My queen took almost 4 weeks to even start laying eggs, and I checked on her once a week.

Semi-claustral queens sometimes decide that they want to lay eggs, and then instantly eat them for no apparent reason. Not sure why this happens, and I have caught several queens who do this. I got one to get mature larvae, but she died of mold I didn’t notice.
I am watching my Odontomachus queen like a hawk, the second I see signs of a mold outbreak in their test-tube I will take action. There's been several small mold outbreaks in her out world.
Usually they will move the brood away, and cover it with sand, but my queen didn’t. All this year’s seasons queens cover mold with sand
Her out world doesn't have any sand, only soil that I ordered, I'm scared the sand or soil I grab out of my backyard might have bad parasites.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

JaydenScheepers
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94565Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:59 pm

https://imgur.com/gallery/ti7tuuU

This is the substrate in her out world.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

SolenopsisKeeper
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94566Post SolenopsisKeeper
Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:30 pm

JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:59 pm
https://imgur.com/gallery/ti7tuuU

This is the substrate in her out world.
I just use sand because I am blind and can’t see them otherwise :lol:
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JaydenScheepers
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Re: I need assistance with my Pseudoneoponera.

Post: # 94567Post JaydenScheepers
Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:39 pm

SolenopsisKeeper wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 10:30 pm
JaydenScheepers wrote:
Mon Jul 11, 2022 9:59 pm
https://imgur.com/gallery/ti7tuuU

This is the substrate in her out world.
I just use sand because I am blind and can’t see them otherwise :lol:
I don't know what kind of sand will be the absolute safest to use.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

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