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[Ernteameise]

I always find the size differences between the different castes of Carebara amazing!

[Leo]

19/07/2024

 

Paratopula bauhinia - 8mm

Tubs and tubes

1 Queen, ~30 workers

 

Quick update! There may still be hope for the Paratopula bauhinia colony. I recently spotted a single dealate queen buried under a pile of workers, and there are some small larvae. I think the dealate I found dead may have been one of the many alates which died, and lost its wings due to rot or some other factor. Either way, praying that the dealate is indeed the original queen and that the colony may live on

 

Strumigenys mitis - ~1.3mm

Tube of soil

? Queens, ? workers

 

Consider this a bit of a last update of sorts on this species, as I have transferred the entire colony into one of my terrariums. I see workers wandering the surface very now and again, but I do not plan on digging this colony up, and they can subsist off of the springtails living in the terrarium (it doubles as an isopod culture, and bits of fruit and food are supplied regularly to help the springtails grow faster).