Messor Barbarus queen acting like she is semi claustral????
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:12 pm
Hey so I have a mate who disagrees with the shipment of ants being a problem. In fact we argue constantly over. However she got 3 messor queens from the UK and decided to give me one. It was that or she was guna kill or release and I was not guna have either of that.
Now she has workers and brood now so I added a AC test tube portal and added a small cricket, a cotton ball with sugar water and 3 very small seeds (I was not expecting to have a Harvester ant so I'm not entirely sure when I am supposed to add seeds and I cannot find accurate info on this) now the weird this is every few days I find the queen out guzzling the sugar water and I noticed a huge chunk taken out of the cricket that it could have only been her since the workers are still tiny first gens. Is this normal behaviour for messor Barbarus queens or did I just happen to get a rental who is not as sensitive as I was previously aware of from care sheets and YouTubers?? She does not stay out. She literally gets her fill and then goes back into the test tube for a few days.
Now she has workers and brood now so I added a AC test tube portal and added a small cricket, a cotton ball with sugar water and 3 very small seeds (I was not expecting to have a Harvester ant so I'm not entirely sure when I am supposed to add seeds and I cannot find accurate info on this) now the weird this is every few days I find the queen out guzzling the sugar water and I noticed a huge chunk taken out of the cricket that it could have only been her since the workers are still tiny first gens. Is this normal behaviour for messor Barbarus queens or did I just happen to get a rental who is not as sensitive as I was previously aware of from care sheets and YouTubers?? She does not stay out. She literally gets her fill and then goes back into the test tube for a few days.