My queen ant journal

[SolenopsisKeeper]

27 April 2022
Bruh i literally saw one springtail in their nest

Mine let them live for approximately 3 hours. Then death occurs due to pinching of mandibles and formic acid

Quick question, what happens if springtails move from the outworlds to the test tube? Like do they eat up the mould on the cotton?

They may eat the poop in the tube, and might also eat that mold.

[Antloverhuman]

30 April 2022
Ooo seems like the queen has laid even more eggs. Im expecting the colony to have around a hundred workers by the end of May. Also jeff is way bigger than jeff2 I don't know why

[SavANT]

Majors come in different sizes when the colony is polymorphic

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Majors come in different sizes when the colony is polymorphic

Pretty sure Jeff’s are moths, but i my be wrong.




Maybe ones a female, ones a male? Maybe one had more optimal conditions?

[SYUTEO]

Majors come in different sizes when the colony is polymorphic

Pretty sure Jeff’s are moths, but i my be wrong.




Maybe ones a female, ones a male? Maybe one had more optimal conditions?

The Jeffs are the colony's majors.

[Antloverhuman]

Majors come in different sizes when the colony is polymorphic

Pretty sure Jeff’s are moths, but i my be wrong.




Maybe ones a female, ones a male? Maybe one had more optimal conditions?

Corr was the moth. Jeffs are the majors

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Majors come in different sizes when the colony is polymorphic

Pretty sure Jeff’s are moths, but i my be wrong.




Maybe ones a female, ones a male? Maybe one had more optimal conditions?

Corr was the moth. Jeffs are the majors

Got it. I just dug up a pheidole colony, and they majors are different sizes.(Ever so slightly) Have you changed the diet recently? My Camponotus make majors when I only feed them superwomrs(But lots of nantics) and with crickets, flies, and superworms, it’s a mix between media, majors and workers.


If Jeff came first, colony spent all resources on her/him, and the larvae that they started to invest into after Jeff enclosed had already been fed sugar water and non healthy foods

[Antloverhuman]

3 may 2022
Cutest thing about looking inside their nest is i always see one ant is rolled upside down and other ant is cleaning her

[Antloverhuman]

It rained here alot but sadly school is closed tomorrow so i cant go catch different queens
I will keep looking on my roof to see if i catch any queens

[SolenopsisKeeper]

It rained here alot but sadly school is closed tomorrow so i cant go catch different queens
I will keep looking on my roof to see if i catch any queens

RIP. Sometimes small species will come in your home to have flights. I have pheidole flying in my house every march(Only around 30 fly over the season in total). Also, try checking window sills. I have heard queens will rest on outdoor window sills