shane
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Post by shane on Aug 25, 2018 13:43:29 GMT
First log: 25.08.2018 ===============
With Antsrus listing new queens and woody already started a journal on Pogonomyrmex badius, I thought I'd give it a try I ordered a Queen on Wednesday and come this morning in a shoe sized box, I did wonder at first it could be something else. But when I opened box there was heat reflective bubble rap and under that news paper then a bubble rap rolled around a test tube,
Well packed I have to say.
Queen already had a larvae with her and 3 eggs but after about a hour when I checked again she had eat them, But the larvae was ok and she was already settled when I taken a small video of her cleaning her self.
As of now I'm going to leave her in test tube in a warm draw, I was going to do what Woody has done with his but since she has a larvae and seems settled so I to just left her as she is and tried her on some small nut fragments from crushed seeds which she's now feasting on in entrance to test tube.
In afternoon before I go to bed I will remove nut left overs as I know there can rot once exposed to air.
My queen also seems smaller then woodys as she's just a little bigger then a messor super major but a little smaller then a queen.
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Post by shane on Sept 4, 2018 14:13:16 GMT
Log: 04.09.2018 ===========
First time I checked on queen as I left her for a week in a warm draw, But it seems she has eaten her larvae  but she does have about 3 eggs she does seem settled but any light seem to up set her.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 14, 2018 13:33:46 GMT
How are things with this queen, has she laid anymore eggs?
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Post by shane on Sept 29, 2018 0:02:21 GMT
Log: 29.09.2018 ============
First time I check on queen for month and she seems fine with around 7 eggs, I gave queen some seed nut to see if she will eat some.
I will leave it at entrance so I can also remove it tomorrow. There is also evidence that shes eating her own eggs still.
I hope some will become larvae over next month but for now I'll let her settle.
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Post by shane on Sept 29, 2018 0:07:18 GMT
How are things with this queen, has she laid anymore eggs? She has 7 eggs but she still eating them, This queen does get stresses easy with light so its going to be hard once I try to move her in to a set up.
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Post by shane on Oct 16, 2018 20:32:34 GMT
Log: 16.10.2018 ===========
This queen confuses me to bits  . She lays lots of eggs then next there gone, Its also her 4'th time I had a new test tube move over cos she keeps pooping on her drinking cotton that can mould after 4 days that is a health risk for her.
She is doing fine but very messy queen. I hope she don't accidently keep eating her eggs when she moves them. I do fear she can be clumsy with her jaws crushing eggs when she moves them, Hope time will tell she starts a colony.
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Post by shane on Oct 18, 2018 22:19:13 GMT
Log: 18.10.2018 =========== This queen died on 29.10 2018
She was fine one day and next she was curled up, I left her curled up for 2 days in case she was asleep but 
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