Don't know what to feed my queen ant with eggs

[Abbody]

So I am a beginner ant keeper and i caught a queen ant. She has laid eggs after the day i put her in a test tube. It's been a week and she has been laying more eggs. Only problem is i don't know how to feed those eggs which will soon turn to larvae. I put boiled egg white and a tiny part of mortadella but it rots too quick. I don't really have feeders yet so i can't give her good protein. What do i do?

[shadowdogg00]

You don't have to feed your queen until the first workers arrive.. she will digest her wing muscles she no longer needs to feed her 1st brood. Once they arrive you can give a little sugar water and a protein. Check your local pet shop for mealworms you can cut up or maybe wingless fruit flies

[Antloverhuman]

So I am a beginner ant keeper and i caught a queen ant. She has laid eggs after the day i put her in a test tube. It's been a week and she has been laying more eggs. Only problem is i don't know how to feed those eggs which will soon turn to larvae. I put boiled egg white and a tiny part of mortadella but it rots too quick. I don't really have feeders yet so i can't give her good protein. What do i do?

Do you know what species she is? If she is a semi claustral species you will have to feed her, but if she is fully claustral, you don't need to feed her

[Abbody]

Here is details about the queen ant so anyone can tell if it's semi or fully claustral. I don't really know what species it is but by searching it up i am assuming it's some type of pheidole or something else. Its thorax is slightly bigger than its head, and its gaster is large. Found her in the desert of Saudi Arabia.

[Antloverhuman]

Well i would assume she is fully claustral. Then you don't need to feed her anything until the workers arrive. But once you get workers, you can feed her anything like boiled eggs or meat(raw or boiled), other insects etc

[SolenopsisKeeper]

Well i would assume she is fully claustral. Then you don't need to feed her anything until the workers arrive. But once you get workers, you can feed her anything like boiled eggs or meat(raw or boiled), other insects etc

You may also feed her food when she gets larvae if you want to be sure they are fed