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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47607Post Beginner
Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:23 am

I have a question i also have a tetramorium queen she laid a lot but none didnt change to pupae yet it been a month and a half
And tetramorium laid so much but none of the eggs didnt turn into pupae yet and im stuck what do i do help

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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47613Post AntnoobSG
Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:19 am

Maybe she is stressed and ate her eggs
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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47626Post idahoantgirl
Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:09 am

Leave her alone for a week with no peeking
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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47640Post AntsDakota
Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:54 pm

The wounded queen was beheaded, but the other 2 are still fine.
"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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47740Post AntsDakota
Fri Aug 17, 2018 1:13 pm

I brood boosted them with larvae from a mature colony. They were accepted, but they look huge compared to the workers. :o
"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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47822Post Beginner
Sat Aug 18, 2018 2:55 pm

I have one tetramorium queen she laid a lot but none of the eggs have turned into pupae yet it been a month and a half
And tetramorium laid so much but none of the eggs didnt turn into pupae yet and im stuck what do i do help

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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47828Post idahoantgirl
Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:06 pm

Just be patient. You can use a 15 watt heating cable on the tube to encourage faster growth.
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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 47913Post AntsDakota
Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:19 pm

I decided to name them The Empire. (Fitting for Tetramorium immigrans, right?)
"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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 48166Post AntsDakota
Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:18 pm

They were completely flooded out! I rescued most of the brood, but only 1 queen and 1 worker survived. :cry:
"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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Re: Tetramorium queens

Post: # 49045Post AntsDakota
Sat Sep 01, 2018 12:02 pm

The worker was dead. I put the queen and wild workers in vinegar and mixed them. Either the workers or the vinegar killed the queen.
"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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