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An ant can still communicate even with one antenna. Having one antenna is something like having one eye. So if she's mated she is just as likely to found a colony than a queen with 2 antennae.BowzerSlayer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:13 pmJust caught a camponotus queen, which was pretty exciting, but upon further inspection I discovered that one of her antennae is broken off about halfway down. Will she found a colony or should I just put her back outside?
Thanks!
Thanks for the info! I think she's missing part of a leg too but she seems to be moving around just fine. I found her as I finished mowing my lawn and can't help but feel responsible for the loss of limb, but she's in good hands now.AntsDakota wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:23 pmAn ant can still communicate even with one antenna. Having one antenna is something like having one eye. So if she's mated she is just as likely to found a colony than a queen with 2 antennae.BowzerSlayer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:13 pmJust caught a camponotus queen, which was pretty exciting, but upon further inspection I discovered that one of her antennae is broken off about halfway down. Will she found a colony or should I just put her back outside?
Thanks!
How sad! Gotta be careful with direct sunlight (but I'm sure you knew that lol). This makes queen number 5 for me. I only started keeping ants this summer and I'm loving it. Just had my application to be a GAN farmer accepted too!idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:17 pmI had a lasuis Neoniger queen with a missing antennae. She reared a healthy colony to about 20 workers. Their death was completely my fault and not due at all the her antennae. ( I left them in a windowsil and they kinda... cooked.)
Sweet! Yeah they were my first colony from 3 years ago so it was kinda inevitable that something would go wrongBowzerSlayer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:48 amHow sad! Gotta be careful with direct sunlight (but I'm sure you knew that lol). This makes queen number 5 for me. I only started keeping ants this summer and I'm loving it. Just had my application to be a GAN farmer accepted too!idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:17 pmI had a lasuis Neoniger queen with a missing antennae. She reared a healthy colony to about 20 workers. Their death was completely my fault and not due at all the her antennae. ( I left them in a windowsil and they kinda... cooked.)
Maybe you can help me identify one? I know I have two camponotus and two tetramorium, but I'm unsure about the fifth. It's smaller than the tetramorium with similar proportions. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wSdike4Kmks6kePcweAPi5SVpAgctLo7/view?usp=drivesdkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vd1BYmtUCoP-250CTcewoe5onCwQqBbN/view?usp=drivesdkhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-R74WXBDI8WQ_JUyIDzp-RTp1SLxI8d/view?usp=drivesdkidahoantgirl wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:18 pmSweet! Yeah they were my first colony from 3 years ago so it was kinda inevitable that something would go wrongBowzerSlayer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:48 amHow sad! Gotta be careful with direct sunlight (but I'm sure you knew that lol). This makes queen number 5 for me. I only started keeping ants this summer and I'm loving it. Just had my application to be a GAN farmer accepted too!idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 8:17 pmI had a lasuis Neoniger queen with a missing antennae. She reared a healthy colony to about 20 workers. Their death was completely my fault and not due at all the her antennae. ( I left them in a windowsil and they kinda... cooked.)
