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AntsCali's Veromessor andrei journal

Started By AntsCali098 , Jul 27 2023 4:00 PM

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#1 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted July 27 2023 - 4:00 PM

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2 Veromessor andrei queens arrived today with eggs from jeffpbalderston. It seems like the second queen ate all but one, but the other has a nice batch of maybe 10 eggs. I've wanted veromessor for a while and will research the species's care further. Heres a yt short of the queen with more eggs recorded from my handheld microscope:

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Wish me luck!

Edited by AntsCali098, July 27 2023 - 4:04 PM.

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#2 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 5 2023 - 9:28 PM

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She now has 3 very nice fat larvae

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#3 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 6 2023 - 6:05 PM

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The second queen seems to have significantly less development then the main one, and the theory I have is because she was getting less heat since the heating cable was touching less of the tube.
I've now fixed this.

Queen 1

Queen 2

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#4 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted October 5 2023 - 4:57 PM

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Both queens died. The colony with 2 nanitics did fine for a while, but the whole colony died recently, not sure why, maybe overheating? Its been hotter then usual where I live lately, so maybe that's why, but a mysterious death indeed.

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