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[TBsupra33]

So a few weeks back i caught 5 Lasius aphidicola queens thinking they were neoniger. I had told my anting buddy about my predicament before i had decided to let them go, as i did not have the means to start a parasite colony (my lasius queen only has eggs right now). Well my buddy decided to take initiative and handed me tube of brood and workers today for my parasite queens when he came over... i guess i can brood boost my queen, but i noticed another problem, the pupating cocoons are twice the size of the workers he scooped up along with   there are some smaller cocoons, and some larvae as well, but I'm pretty sure these huge ones are alates. so i have several questions, are male alate cocoons the same size as female alate cocoons? should i only use the small cocoons and larvae to brood boost? should i keep the big cocoons and release them during their nuptial flights? is there anyway to get these new workers to accept the queen? I've never even brood boosted before, and now i really don't know what to do, so any help is appreciated!

[MinigunL5]

Could you pls provide pictures of the brood?

Edited by MinigunL5, June 9 2021 - 4:01 PM.

[TBsupra33]

blue arrows point out the workers so you can see their size, red arrow point to a smaller cocoon that hopefully is a worker unless male alate cocoons are smaller. sorry the tube is dirty, he got alot of stuff in there 

 

edit - hold on I'm not sure why it didn't post the picture

Edited by TBsupra33, June 9 2021 - 4:12 PM.

[TBsupra33]

here we go, I'm an idiot lol

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