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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 10, 2019 13:00:16 GMT
I prepared an outworld for them with a perlite substrate and let them loose. They've already brought a cricket into the nest, so at least they shouldn't be any trouble to feed.   I'd like to get a photo of the majors but they're even more elusive than the queen at the moment. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 10, 2019 13:40:41 GMT
Fred didn't have this colony on his website, very nice TenebrousNova. I wonder if he ever gets any Pogonomyrmex? I must ask him sometime if he can get certain ant species. How is your single queen doing? I have to admit that I prefer a colony myself to be honest. |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 10, 2019 13:59:37 GMT
Fred didn't have this colony on his website, very nice TenebrousNova . I wonder if he ever gets any Pogonomyrmex? I must ask him sometime if he can get certain ant species. How is your single queen doing? I have to admit that I prefer a colony myself to be honest. Hi Wood, I only check the single queen on Thursdays but I can only hope she's seen sense and laid eggs again since she was doing so well until last week. Fred gets in some interesting species sometimes. Early this year he even had Oecophylla smaragdina, which I would love but don't have space for. |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 11, 2019 18:31:16 GMT
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 14, 2019 2:40:50 GMT
I'm sorry to say that the other founding queen has also died. I wish I knew what caused it.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 14, 2019 7:24:35 GMT
I'm sorry to say that the other founding queen has also died. I wish I knew what caused it. So sadly both the single queens died, which is a shame as they had initially laid eggs. A good job you got the colony then, and I hope that it does better for you.  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 14, 2019 13:04:53 GMT
I'm sorry to say that the other founding queen has also died. I wish I knew what caused it. So sadly both the single queens died, which is a shame as they had initially laid eggs. A good job you got the colony then, and I hope that it does better for you. Indeed. I suppose that's the risk we take when we keep more unusual species that haven't been kept as much? Both queens were doing great about three weeks ago with loads of eggs. The colony has just taken a second cricket. |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 16, 2019 17:14:27 GMT
There's no sign of any more eggs being laid, but the colony is still eating and seems content enough. I'm wondering if I should break out the heat mat to encourage the queen to lay more. Here she is:  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Oct 25, 2019 19:05:49 GMT
The sinica colony is still eating regularly but the queen doesn't seem to have laid any more eggs since I got her. I think I need to break out the heat mat again and see if that encourages her to lay.
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