anst wont eat?

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RaylaIsBest
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anst wont eat?

Post: # 83110Post RaylaIsBest
Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:46 pm

So I have a campanotus colony with 7 workers. They are in a fresh water test tube with an AC portal and a sugar water test tube. I feed them once a week, usually half of a cricket or some legs. but about a month ago I notcied they kind of stopped eating. I am still replcaing
the food every week so it does not get moldy, but I am concernd. Threy also do not seem very active, and dont really come out of there tube. Maybe they are starting to hibrenate early? Any ideas why? Thanks! oh and they do have slighlty swollen gasters as well, if that helps.

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Re: anst wont eat?

Post: # 83112Post SYUTEO
Sat Sep 25, 2021 9:16 pm

They are preparing for hibernation or they already have some food stored up so they don't need to forage as often.

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Re: ants wont eat?

Post: # 83363Post AM1C39
Tue Sep 28, 2021 11:59 am

RaylaIsBest wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:46 pm
oh and they do have slighlty swollen gasters as well, if that helps.
Does are repletes, they are workers that store extra food in their abdomens for the colony.
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-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
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Re: anst wont eat?

Post: # 84847Post TheAntOfficer
Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:08 pm

I think they are starting to hibernate, you dont need to feed them that often
Sad beginner with a dead queen and a dying pheidole colony :cry:
Maybe an upcoming Yellow Crazy ant colony owner!

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