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Post by TenebrousNova on Oct 26, 2020 15:16:29 GMT
Hi Wood, nice to see you trying Diacamma! They look very interesting to keep. I've read that the gamergate worker has tiny buds on the thorax called gemmae, where the wings would be. She will bite off the gemmae of newly emerged workers to ensure that they cannot mate and compete with her. I'm not sure if you'll be able to spot the gamergate for yourself, but that's what the gemmae look like. ![](https://I.imgur.com/WrHQdlU.png)
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 9, 2021 17:25:35 GMT
I hope those Temnothorax do well. They're some of my favourite ants. ![:)](http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c015.gif)
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 11, 2021 11:53:00 GMT
I hope those Temnothorax do well. They're some of my favourite ants. ![:)](http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c015.gif) A few workers found dead, but the majority of the colony is fine and it's settled down nicely into the nest. Shame I don't have any nests small enough to accommodate such tiny ants, but they don't seem to mind having a lot of space even though they tend to huddle together in a mass around the queen and her brood.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 11, 2021 17:57:03 GMT
I hope those Temnothorax do well. They're some of my favourite ants. ![:)](http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c015.gif) A few workers found dead, but the majority of the colony is fine and it's settled down nicely into the nest. Shame I don't have any nests small enough to accommodate such tiny ants, but they don't seem to mind having a lot of space even though they tend to huddle together in a mass around the queen and her brood. I keep my old T. nylanderi in one of these. It's a tiny nest but there's plenty of room to spare for a Temnothorax colony.
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