Tetramorium Immigrans laid her first batch of workers

[AlexanderF]

Took atleast four days but these two queens finally laid their first eggs. First time ant keeping so its pretty exciting.

Been keeping them in the dark pretty much all the time, and don't mess with them at all. Hopefully, they don't eat their eggs.

[AlexanderF]

End of the first week, and both queens have laid many eggs.

First queen carrying her eggs.


Second queen laying more eggs.

I decided to name them both Romulus and Remus.

[antnest8]

nice names! witch one do you think will make the biggest roman colony.

[AlexanderF]

Thanks! I believe Romulus has the biggest egg count so far compared to Remus, but only time will tell which one will have the biggest colony.

Remus

Romulus

Right now its been about 1 week and three days since their capture, so hopefully in three weeks they both will have nanitics.

[antnest8]

it is just like the tale. Romulus and Remus when't to find out who ruled and they counted all of the eagles they saw. Romulus had 12 eagles while Remus had 6. Romulus then ruled the land.

[AlexanderF]

Its been 3 weeks now, and I believe both queens now have larvae. Both seem to have equal the amount of eggs, and they have adapted pretty well to their test tubes.

Romulus

Remus

Hopefully on the 4th week I will see pupae or nanitics.

[AlexanderF]

So its the beginning of week 4, and I believe I see some pupae!

Romulus

Remus

Hopefully soon they develop into the first workers.

[AlexanderF]

Hello everyone, its been about five weeks now and I finally got a decent pic to show all of you.



Took this really quick then placed Remus back into the dark, but the process of egg to worker has been slightly longer for my ant queens, because of temperature reasons. Hopefully they will develop into workers later on in the month, but only time will tell.

[AlexanderF]

Hey guys, its week 6 and I believe its nearly time for the first workers to finish growing!



This is my first time ant keeping, and seeing these two pupa near the end of their development cycle is very exciting!

[AntsDakota]

Yes, I know that feeling well. Especially with Camponotus when it takes twice as long.