Solenopsis
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Solenopsis
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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Re: Solenopsis
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
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
Re: Solenopsis
idahoant girl is right.she just need peace.and possibaly,she is not eating eggs.she is just protecting them from u
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood ...(2 Queen)
Re: Solenopsis
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 ...(2 Queen)
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Re: Solenopsis
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
Re: Solenopsis
i think stress depend on situation,not specie
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood ...(2 Queen)
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Re: Solenopsis
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
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Solenopsis
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
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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Re: Solenopsis
When it gets about 100 to 200 workers.i can give you
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