Colobopsis Journal

[Joshua09]

May 17, 2022
After 1 week, she finally accepted the sugar water, but something happened. She only has 4 eggs. 1 week ago, she had six eggs but now, she only has 4 eggs. I did leave her alone for a very long time maybe she lost 2 of them.

She lays infertile eggs to give to the larvae to eat… maybe she got a lil hungry

I fed her already.

[SolenopsisKeeper]

May 17, 2022
After 1 week, she finally accepted the sugar water, but something happened. She only has 4 eggs. 1 week ago, she had six eggs but now, she only has 4 eggs. I did leave her alone for a very long time maybe she lost 2 of them.

She lays infertile eggs to give to the larvae to eat… maybe she got a lil hungry

I fed her already.

I know, but queen ants will (typically not sure about this species) lay infertile eggs to feed herself and larvae at later stages. For example, I have had a Solenopsis invicta queen lay 70+ eggs, but only 10-15 made it. The rest were used as food