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[LowQualityAnts]

A few minutes ago i found a Camponotus worker walking through my living room. It was moving strangely (walking kind of like a queen ant where it is half stumbling half running) and had its gaster was wiping along the ground. I had seen i worker that might have been it walking nearby where it was about a week ago. Out of curiosity i looked at my C. americanus to see if any had escaped and i realized that i had not sealed up a connector in the ac testube portal after i had removed thier old tube. I have had the port open for a month and a half and they have been in my fridge at 46 degrees F for a little more than a month. What are the chances that it is one of my C. americanus workers and if it likely is how can i reintroduce it to my colony safely? I have it in the same fridge i have my colonies in rn.

[LowQualityAnts]

Also it does look like a C. americanus worker. Once it calms down i will link a picture.

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Edited by LowQualityAnts, December 3 2022 - 6:40 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Do you have this species in your yard, and are colonies even still active? I’d say chances are high she is from your fridge colony. She’s probably acting weird because she knows she’s dying. Camponotus try to get as far away from the colony as possible when they are about to die.

[LowQualityAnts]

I have seen random Camponotus species occasionally in my yard but never C. americanus. It does make sense that it is dying because it never accepted any food i gave it and its mandibles are kind of messed up. Should i just put it in my freezer?

[ANTdrew]

Sometimes you just need to let go…

[Flu1d]

Sometimes you just need to let go…

Man it's too early for feels 😭

[Ant-nig321]

Please be more specific.

Edited by Ant-nig321, December 4 2022 - 10:35 AM.

[T.C.]

Sometimes you just need to let go…

*** Let's go of steering wheel ***

[LowQualityAnts]

Sometimes you just need to let go…

*** Let's go of steering wheel ***

At the time i was just nervous. Thank god my colony is way too skitish to try and escape.

[benxixi]

man, this always happen on me , my Camponotus fragilis all around my room .