Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 11, 2016 0:23:48 GMT
This colony is definitely the fastest growing one I have, there were at least 150 workers on the surface this evening as they tackled four small crickets. Even the pale callows were topside helping haul their prey back home.
Unfortunately there have been several workers escaping this evening because like the Silver Messor colony, they have spontaneously developed the ability to walk across a thick layer of fresh vaseline unhindered by the slippery surface. Anyone else who keeps Pheidole will know how awkward it is to pick up an escaped worker since they're so tiny that you don't want to hurt them...and at least the Messors are large and hard to miss when they do escape.
For safety reasons I have moved the Pheidole's tank (Which sat on top of the Upsilon Messor colony and next to the Temnothorax) well away from the others. I'm okay with a few workers going AWOL every so often but if this leads to foraging trails across my floor and into the homes of my other colonies then I'll have to put my foot down.
Unfortunately there have been several workers escaping this evening because like the Silver Messor colony, they have spontaneously developed the ability to walk across a thick layer of fresh vaseline unhindered by the slippery surface. Anyone else who keeps Pheidole will know how awkward it is to pick up an escaped worker since they're so tiny that you don't want to hurt them...and at least the Messors are large and hard to miss when they do escape.
For safety reasons I have moved the Pheidole's tank (Which sat on top of the Upsilon Messor colony and next to the Temnothorax) well away from the others. I'm okay with a few workers going AWOL every so often but if this leads to foraging trails across my floor and into the homes of my other colonies then I'll have to put my foot down.
