Hello everyone,
Newbie here, Soon the gals shall be moving to hibernation(1-2 weeks) for 3-4 months. Have 5 Myrmica Rubra queens on the way, caught in canada by canada ant colony. (Invasive species from Europe I believe). I also have my most active colony on twitch stream.... cause why not?(they are not too active, tiny colony) lol gotta use that college webcam for something.
Formica CF Argentea, 1 queen 10-15 workers
These gals are super skittish. Any bumping of the table and they evacuate home and any at home will run to the entrance then run back in.
Had them for 2 weeks now, been giving mashed up meal worms, tiny bits of honey water and tiny mashed up fruits on tinfoil. They also were given some dirt which they used to cover the entire floor of their AC 4 tube connector. They do not have any brood, in prep for hibernation I assume.
Camponotus Hercleanus, 1 queen 5-10 workers, 5-10 brood
These gals are very quite and laid back, don't panic if I slip back their sleeve. They have taken little wood chunks and closed off their entrance. Will actively take mealworms into their tube rather than eat in the AC tube connector. They seemed to love mashed strawberry, and also been giving them little bits of honey water.
They have about 7-10 eggs. Not sure the exact terminology, they have gone from newly round to rice.
I’ve honestly never heard of them destroy it so quick.
