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[mcwoodhill]

I just luckily got a very tiny colony of Acromyrmex O: a queen two workers and a tiny fungi garden like diameter of less than 1/3 inch

I put them in a glass box—quite huge though and then in a closed reptile box with cotton fiber substrate and few decorations

The temperature is around 75 humidity 80%

But the queen just keeps walking out and digging, leaving unattended the fungi ball. I put a rose leaf and it came with a rose petal. The two workers didn’t do much either. One of them dragged the ball to touch the leaf then all done!

So now basically the queen is tunneling a worker is exploring the world and the other sitting under the leaf!

Could anybody tell what is going on? Will the fungi garden die without attended? Will the queen return to the box?

Big thanks in advance

[Mettcollsuss]

What species is Acromyrmex o? When abbreviating scientific names, only abbreviate the genus name, not the species.