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Started By adicc , May 15 2020 4:33 AM

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#1 Offline adicc - Posted May 15 2020 - 4:33 AM

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So last week I bought mated c. Nicobarensis queen and checked today how is she doing,and haven't seen any eggs. She is kept in a dark place in test tube. Temperature 22 degrees Celsius
Anything I am doing wrong?

#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 15 2020 - 4:37 AM

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She might just be taking her time, or she may be infertile. I'd give her some more time.


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 15 2020 - 4:46 AM

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#4 Offline Temperateants - Posted May 15 2020 - 4:49 AM

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Another Help! Thread? Uh oh...

New rule: Questions need to be specific and not readily available from a simple google search. 


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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 15 2020 - 5:05 AM

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She may need to be a little bit more warmth- and lots of patience.


Edited by ANTdrew, May 15 2020 - 6:11 AM.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 15 2020 - 5:18 AM

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That's exactly what is thought when I saw this thread!  :D


Edited by Antkid12, May 15 2020 - 5:18 AM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#7 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 15 2020 - 5:20 AM

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Another Help! Thread? Uh oh...

That's exactly what is thought when I saw this thread!  :D

 

Same! I was worried for a second...


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#8 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 15 2020 - 5:21 AM

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Another Help! Thread? Uh oh...

That's exactly what is thought when I saw this thread!  :D

 

I thought it was the same thread........  :lol:


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#9 Offline jushi - Posted May 15 2020 - 9:58 AM

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Not this again...


That is perfectly normal. Give her another week or two and you should start seeing eggs. If it has been a month and you see nothing, contact your seller. Ant keeping requires a lot of patience!


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KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#10 Offline TechAnt - Posted May 15 2020 - 11:33 AM

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Not this again...That is perfectly normal. Give her another week or two and you should start seeing eggs. If it has been a month and you see nothing, contact your seller. Ant keeping requires a lot of patience!
I agree with this, though maybe making it a tad bit warmer would be better for her, she may lay eggs faster if she is warmed up a bit.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#11 Offline Zeiss - Posted May 15 2020 - 11:36 AM

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Everyone is always trying to rush their ants.  Don't get ants if you aren't willing to be patient.  A week is nothing.  I have queens that wait until the following season to start laying.  Just be patient.


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#12 Offline Serafine - Posted May 15 2020 - 2:25 PM

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Some ants can take quite a while. I've read about Messor queens that took 2 months before they started laying.


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#13 Offline gcsnelling - Posted May 15 2020 - 3:00 PM

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Also, how do you know she is actually mated?


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#14 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 15 2020 - 6:39 PM

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Also, how do you know she is actually mated?

That's why you don't buy just any queens unless the queen has workers, or a good brood pile going (that she's caring for). 


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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