Dying adult ants
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Dying adult ants
Hello! I have a new colony of honeypot, or Myrmecocystus mexicanus ants. They are kept in a test tube and there are 5 workers. A cotton ball is on one end and the colony is staying on some sort of blue silicone like thing with water behind it. The queen lays eggs regularly- I saw her laying one, very cool. There is waste in the opposite side of the test tube and a few larvae that the ants won’t touch, possibly dead? I got it from a gan farmer nearby. When they arrived there was a corpse of an ant and another appeared yesterday though I cannot tell if there is a decline in the population of ants around the Queen. Any ideas what is going on?
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Re: Dying adult ants
The old workers are probably dying off, but don't worry, there will be plenty to replace them!Dyingrat9 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:21 pmHello! I have a new colony of honeypot, or Myrmecocystus mexicanus ants. They are kept in a test tube and there are 5 workers. A cotton ball is on one end and the colony is staying on some sort of blue silicone like thing with water behind it. The queen lays eggs regularly- I saw her laying one, very cool. There is waste in the opposite side of the test tube and a few larvae that the ants won’t touch, possibly dead? I got it from a gan farmer nearby. When they arrived there was a corpse of an ant and another appeared yesterday though I cannot tell if there is a decline in the population of ants around the Queen. Any ideas what is going on?
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There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.
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Re: Dying adult ants
The nanitics are probably dead because of old age. They also could be starved if you have not fed them recently, if that is the case just add a drop of something like honey to help boost the worker energy.
Why don’t more people like ants?
Is anyone from Wyoming who wants to sell ants?
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Is anyone from Wyoming who wants to sell ants?
You can email me about ants at Tucker.reynolds13@gmail.com
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