Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
So I've bought formica cinerea colony 1 month ago. It consists of 1 queen and 10 workers. They live in a testtube setup connected to foraging area. I've been feeding them pieces of spiders, egg yolk and honey.
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Could you help me with something? My queen layed eggs but she hasn’t put them together. They are scattered across the test tube
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Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Your ants are likely preparing for hibernation. Formica do not hibernate with their brood.SillySil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:47 pmSo I've bought formica cinerea colony 1 month ago. It consists of 1 queen and 10 workers. They live in a testtube setup connected to foraging area. I've been feeding them pieces of spiders, egg yolk and honey.
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Thanks man.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:42 pmYour ants are likely preparing for hibernation. Formica do not hibernate with their brood.SillySil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:47 pmSo I've bought formica cinerea colony 1 month ago. It consists of 1 queen and 10 workers. They live in a testtube setup connected to foraging area. I've been feeding them pieces of spiders, egg yolk and honey.
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
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Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Then she probably isn't fertilized.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
Do Camponotus keep their brood over the winter?TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:42 pmYour ants are likely preparing for hibernation. Formica do not hibernate with their brood.SillySil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:47 pmSo I've bought formica cinerea colony 1 month ago. It consists of 1 queen and 10 workers. They live in a testtube setup connected to foraging area. I've been feeding them pieces of spiders, egg yolk and honey.
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Re: Formica Cinerea colony no eggs after a month
I've never heard of any species of Camponotus that don't overwinter their brood.AntsDakota wrote: ↑Sun Sep 30, 2018 2:40 pmDo Camponotus keep their brood over the winter?TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 28, 2018 5:42 pmYour ants are likely preparing for hibernation. Formica do not hibernate with their brood.SillySil wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 12:47 pmSo I've bought formica cinerea colony 1 month ago. It consists of 1 queen and 10 workers. They live in a testtube setup connected to foraging area. I've been feeding them pieces of spiders, egg yolk and honey.
Around 30 days have passed and so far there are no eggs. Should I be worried? Is it because it's autumn here? I live in Poland. Or it's too early to tell anything and I'm worrying too much?
An ants' strength can be rivaled by few animals compared to relative body size.
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