Hello guys !
I have a formica queen, I captured a month ago.
He laid eggs and everything went well but now he has only three workers and two cocoons but he does not have an egg.
Do you have any idea why and what should be done ?
Formica queen
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Formica queen
My colonies :
lasius niger x3
formica cunicularia
tetramorium sp x2
myrmica sp (founding)
My dream species -- Polyergus rufescens
lasius niger x3
formica cunicularia
tetramorium sp x2
myrmica sp (founding)
My dream species -- Polyergus rufescens
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Re: Formica queen
Formica queens often stop laying eggs as autumn approaches, because members of this genus do not keep any brood over the winter. Five workers isn't bad for your queen's first year -- she may lay more, but she will be fine with those workers.
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Re: Formica queen
This is very nice to know as I have a few Formica subsericea and Formica pallidefulva queens. Mine are still laying I think. Only one of my Formica pallidefulva queens has workers though at the moment...5 nanitics to be exact.Batspiderfish wrote: ↑Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:39 pmFormica queens often stop laying eggs as autumn approaches, because members of this genus do not keep any brood over the winter. Five workers isn't bad for your queen's first year -- she may lay more, but she will be fine with those workers.
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni
Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni
Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2
Re: Formica queen
I keep Formica podzolica and have successfully started colonies when the Queen hasn't laid any eggs till the following Spring.
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