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Kael's Formica glacialis Journal

Started By Kaelwizard , Jun 13 2020 2:25 PM
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#21 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 24 2020 - 2:39 PM

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Some eggs have hatched into small larvae. They haven’t been foraging much, but some of the workers are extremely fat. The cricket is completely gone and they decapitated the worker that recently passed away.

#22 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 6 2020 - 9:20 AM

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Just got back from my lake house and these girls are unfortunately down to three workers but they have some middle sized larvae.
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#23 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 6 2020 - 9:24 AM

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I’m sure they’ll bounce back! Do you up have any idea what might have caused the decline?

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#24 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 6 2020 - 9:26 AM

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I was gone for ten days and couldn’t hydrate them, and they ran out of sugar water I believe. The larvae sure look full of it though...
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#25 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 6 2020 - 9:33 AM

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

#26 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 18 2020 - 2:16 PM

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Only one of the larvae is a pupa now. I assume they had to feed the other one to it. It is also a naked pupa, which surprised me. I thought these made cocoons.
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