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Veros acting weird after feeding termite

Started By M_Ants , Aug 27 2020 2:56 PM

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#1 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 27 2020 - 2:56 PM

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Froze a termite and gave it to my Veros but then they started walking funny. Did they get poisoned by something on it?

They are kind of walking with their legs spread out low to the floor/sand.

Edited by M_Ants, August 27 2020 - 2:58 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#2 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 27 2020 - 3:02 PM

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More footage.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 27 2020 - 5:45 PM

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Anyone?

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#4 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 27 2020 - 8:51 PM

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Probably not the termite itself, but, maybe something that touched the termite after death, or a completely unrelated factor. termites are very sensitive, so if it would make ants do something funny, it would prob have already killed the termite.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 28 2020 - 2:07 AM

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Are they all walking like that or just a few? How does the queen seem? Was the termite lively and healthy looking when you found it?

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#6 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 28 2020 - 6:39 PM

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They seem to be alright now. Termite seemed healthy. Not sure why they reacted like that. They definitely cleaned themselves for a while after I gave it to them. Queens look unaffected.

Edited by M_Ants, August 28 2020 - 6:42 PM.