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She layed eggs in bursts

Ltislander wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:05 pm

She layed eggs in bursts

that's another trait of camponotus

I rap my test tubes in tape, yet it seemed that unwrapping the tape stressed her, therefore she ate 6 eggs, and only has 5. In response, I wrapped containers with tape and put the test tubes inside without tape in instead.

https://imgur.com/eobl1NV

She currently has 8 eggs and 2 small larvae.

AntsDakota wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:06 pm

She currently has 8 eggs and 2 small larvae.

Woah nice! I’m away on vacation so I don’t know what mine has.

Check out my camponotus journal too.

AntsDakota wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:10 pm

She lost her wings.

So she is no longer a fashion queen. XD

I caught another C. pennsylvanicus queen a few days ago, and she is in a test tube setup. I hope she's mated too!

I will try an experiment. Once winter comes around, I will connect the 2 colonies together, and block the entrance to the other colony's nest with cotton. When spring comes, the 2 colonies will develop the same pheromone id and then I will unblock the tube to the other nest. The queens will be confined only to their test tubes with tubing that queens are too large to get through, and only workers will be able to pass through. Therefore, the queens will not be able to fight, and the workers will hopefully not kill one queen or the other, and the colony will have 2 queens.