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PukarGuragain
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Solenopsis

Post: # 47529Post PukarGuragain
Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:15 am

I just got a solenopsis Queen and she already has one worker.but when I try to expose her in light to give food then she immediately started to run like crazy and eat her own eggs.what should I do?????

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47540Post idahoantgirl
Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:12 am

This is why feeding ants in the tube is not recommended. It causes stress and mold outbreaks. Cover her tube so it's dark. Red photography paper is great. Take a one inch section of drinking straw and wedge it between the exit cotton and the side of the tube. This will act as a cozy tunnel for your ants. Then set the whole testube in a tupperware container (smooth rounded edges) with a barrier. Place food in the outworld. If they need food, the workers will forage. If not, then don't worry. They may not need it yet. Since your queen is stressed, try not to look at her for a week after you set up the outworld.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

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FaranAli
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47710Post FaranAli
Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:22 am

idahoant girl is right.she just need peace.and possibaly,she is not eating eggs.she is just protecting them from u
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood 8-) 8-) 8-) ...(2 Queen)

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FaranAli
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47811Post FaranAli
Sat Aug 18, 2018 12:47 pm

I am saying that she is not mad she is just feared by her Owner.She think that food is a danger.and she carry her eggs in her mouth to do all possible ways to protect her eggs.She is after all a mother.😅😅😅
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood 8-) 8-) 8-) ...(2 Queen)

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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47816Post AntsDakota
Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:21 pm

But some queens can get more stressed than others.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

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FaranAli
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47866Post FaranAli
Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:26 am

i think stress depend on situation,not specie :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47917Post AntsDakota
Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:23 pm

FaranAli wrote:
Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:26 am
i think stress depend on situation,not specie :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm saying that different species get stressed more than others in the same situation.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 47964Post idahoantgirl
Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:01 pm

Camponotus is very susceptible to stress related issues, while other species like tetramorium and solenopsis more hardy.
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile

PukarGuragain
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Re: Solenopsis

Post: # 48254Post PukarGuragain
Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:30 am

When it gets about 100 to 200 workers.i can give you
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