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ASHA'S FUNERAL


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#1 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted December 12 2023 - 6:52 PM

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Hi,

I checked on my fire ant queen, Asha, about five days ago, and discovered that she was walking funny and stumbling and falling on her back and flailing her legs. I thought nothing of it and stuck her in the fridge for 30 minutes. She was fine after, at least for a day. The next morning, I come back to find her doing the same thing. I put her in the refrigerator, but this is my biggest mistake. I go on several shopping trips with grandma and realize she has had no checks for 8 hours in the fridge. Hurrying, i opened the fridge and took Asha out. An hour later...

Nothing. A day later...

Nothing. I even put her by the fireplace but she simply would not wake up period. After two days, I declared her dead.

I put her in a 1x1 block of lego and put a 1x1 stud to seal the coffin. I'm going to bury her at the school where I found her.

R.I.P. Asha, and may you grow your empire and loyal army in the rich soils of heaven.


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Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

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#2 Offline OiledOlives - Posted December 12 2023 - 8:07 PM

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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 13 2023 - 3:24 AM

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#4 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted December 13 2023 - 5:14 AM

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#5 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted December 13 2023 - 3:49 PM

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UPDATE: I buried her in an abandoned RIFA outpost. RIP Asha.
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Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified


#6 Offline Yourbasicantkeeper - Posted December 14 2023 - 4:13 PM

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#7 Offline Ernteameise - Posted December 15 2023 - 12:14 PM

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So sad.






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