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[WSantkeeper]

I caught this queen last year in the middle of October. She has always liked to forage, but doesn't seem to accept the food I give her. She was just taken out of diapause. Pics coming soon. 

 

Any suggestions on what I should feed her? She is really small(about 4 millimetres).   

Edited by WSantkeeper, February 9 2021 - 10:29 AM.

[KitsAntVa]

Keep it arid like apheanogaster termites, honey, crickets is what mine eats. I’ve also had a hard time finding what to feed her.

[ZTYguy]

I would give her a chopped up bug like a superworm of cricket or roach. Then give her a liquid feeder.

[WSantkeeper]

Okay thanks! I'll try to find termites.

[WSantkeeper]

Update:

 

First, in journals, is there a specific button for updates? Or do you just give your updates as a reply? And how do you discontinue a journal? 

 

Well, bad news. The Stennama queen bit the dust. I've never said so in my journal, but gave the queen to a good friend of mine to for two weeks. I should have known better, since he squished his Lasius queen on accident, and he sort of allowed his brother to kill a Camponotus queen I gifted to him. Oh, and he also killed a Formica pacifica queen I gave to him. Call me an idiot if you want.

 

So, this journal is discontinued for now. I will updated it when i catch more queens this real in early fall.  

Edited by WSantkeeper, January 30 2021 - 9:42 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

Update:

 

First, in journals, is there a specific button for updates? Or do you just give your updates as a reply? And how do you discontinue a journal? 

 

Well, bad news. The Stennama queen bit the dust. I've never said so in my journal, but gave the queen to a good friend of mine to for two weeks. I should have known better, since he squished his Lasius queen on accident, and he sort of allowed his brother to kill a Camponotus queen I gifted to him. Oh, and he also killed a Formica pacifica queen I gave to him. Call me an idiot if you want.

 

So, this journal is discontinued for now. I will updated it when i catch more queens this real in early fall.  

F. pacifica is my favorite NW ant species. I've got a 1.5k worker mature colony that I raised from a single queen in July of 2016. Since I moved out-of-state, I've left her and her colony in the care of a trusted friend until I can get a permit to bring them over here. 

Edited by TennesseeAnts, January 30 2021 - 10:25 AM.

[WSantkeeper]

F. pacifica is my favorite NW ant species. I've got a 1.5k worker mature colony that I raised from a single queen in July of 2016. Since I moved out-of-state, I've left her and her colony in the care of a trusted friend until I can get a permit to bring them over here. 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice... I plan to get some this year.

[TennesseeAnts]

 

F. pacifica is my favorite NW ant species. I've got a 1.5k worker mature colony that I raised from a single queen in July of 2016. Since I moved out-of-state, I've left her and her colony in the care of a trusted friend until I can get a permit to bring them over here. 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice... I plan to get some this year.

 

If you catch more than one queen, keep them separate. Trust me, the result of a pleometrotic founding is both queens dead. I tried multiple times to get them to cooperate past nantitics, but it never worked.

[WSantkeeper]

I tried doing that last year, but the queens ripped each other to bits after a week.  

[TennesseeAnts]

I tried doing that last year, but the queens ripped each other to bits after a week.  

Yeah, usually I was lucky for them to cooperate even to the first nanitics! The queens really do hate each other.