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Nuptial flights in the UAE
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- antperson24
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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
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There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
today marks the 10th day since I caught my first and only queen ants
I am starting to go insane, for 10 days they are not doing anything except wandering around the test tube doing nothing.
if they were going to die they would have died by now but I don't get why they haven't, they are just wasting my time at this point.
I don't know if this is normal or not but it's just stressing me out at this point and I can't stand 30 minutes without the thought that I could just walk up to the closet I am keeping them in to find out they are dead!
1) they don't drink the water
2)the 2nd one did not rip its wings out
3) I am not seeing any motivation for them to start a colony whatsoever
I am starting to go insane, for 10 days they are not doing anything except wandering around the test tube doing nothing.
if they were going to die they would have died by now but I don't get why they haven't, they are just wasting my time at this point.
I don't know if this is normal or not but it's just stressing me out at this point and I can't stand 30 minutes without the thought that I could just walk up to the closet I am keeping them in to find out they are dead!
1) they don't drink the water
2)the 2nd one did not rip its wings out
3) I am not seeing any motivation for them to start a colony whatsoever
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
please help
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
If they're a semi-claustral species they won't found unless given food. Which one of the ants you caught is having this problem? The Myrmicine ant queen you caught?
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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
both of them
- antperson24
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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
If feeding them does not help, they might not be fertile.RaptorX wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:50 pmtoday marks the 10th day since I caught my first and only queen ants
I am starting to go insane, for 10 days they are not doing anything except wandering around the test tube doing nothing.
if they were going to die they would have died by now but I don't get why they haven't, they are just wasting my time at this point.
I don't know if this is normal or not but it's just stressing me out at this point and I can't stand 30 minutes without the thought that I could just walk up to the closet I am keeping them in to find out they are dead!
1) they don't drink the water
2)the 2nd one did not rip its wings out
3) I am not seeing any motivation for them to start a colony whatsoever
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
Join Ants, Plants, and Myrmecology: https://discord.gg/BeQuNf8yTN
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
Join Ants, Plants, and Myrmecology: https://discord.gg/BeQuNf8yTN
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
I can confirm they are fertile because ever since i stopped checking up on them so often they are making a pile of brood
Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
today when I checked up on the ants I noticed something strange........a ball of brood!
Now I did not see the queen licking the brood just like in youtube videos, actually, she was on the other side of the tube!
After 1 week when I checked up on her again, I saw her tending to the brood, but my main question is: should they be licking the brood 24/7 or just from time to time?
Now I did not see the queen licking the brood just like in youtube videos, actually, she was on the other side of the tube!
After 1 week when I checked up on her again, I saw her tending to the brood, but my main question is: should they be licking the brood 24/7 or just from time to time?
- antperson24
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Re: Nuptial flights in the UAE
Just when ever she feels it nessacery, so not all the time.RaptorX wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:12 pmtoday when I checked up on the ants I noticed something strange........a ball of brood!
Now I did not see the queen licking the brood just like in youtube videos, actually, she was on the other side of the tube!
After 1 week when I checked up on her again, I saw her tending to the brood, but my main question is: should they be licking the brood 24/7 or just from time to time?
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
Join Ants, Plants, and Myrmecology: https://discord.gg/BeQuNf8yTN
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
Join Ants, Plants, and Myrmecology: https://discord.gg/BeQuNf8yTN
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