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[GOCAMPONOTUS]

I have another vicinus colony that I boosted her with.

[AsdinAnts]

7/8/24

 

The colony is getting back on their feet, they now have 4 workers again. 

One worker is about to enclose very soon, I could see her body from inside the cocoon, these ants have also eaten a variety of foods and I found a few that they like, and are not that hard for me to get.

 

Their number one favorite food as of now are flies, they ate around 9 flies that I gave them, they also drank a huge amount of sugar water.

 

If all of the cocoons eclose correctly, there will be 7 workers in total. There are also larvae and another pile of eggs present in the nest.

[AsdinAnts]

Here are some pictures!

The newly eclosed worker is so cute

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[Stubyvast]

Haha nice! She still looks a bit pale! Wow that's a lot of protein. Keep up the good work and hopefully you'll get some majors next year!

[AsdinAnts]

hopefully!

[AsdinAnts]

The colony is now up to 7 workers, 3 larvae, a batch of eggs, and one cocoon.

The colony is refusing to take much food, and I have no idea why. I tried feeding them some fruit flies, crickets, and beetles but they wouldn’t take it.
They do drink a lot of nectar which is good, i’ll post a picture later when I can.

[bmb1bee]

The colony is now up to 7 workers, 3 larvae, a batch of eggs, and one cocoon.

The colony is refusing to take much food, and I have no idea why. I tried feeding them some fruit flies, crickets, and beetles but they wouldn’t take it.
They do drink a lot of nectar which is good, i’ll post a picture later when I can.

My picky Camponotus usually end up accepting cut mealworms and dubia roaches, so you could try those to see if they eat.

[ANTdrew]

Make sure they are warm enough.

[AsdinAnts]

My room gets to around the 80’s-88 degrees in the summer, so I’m pretty sure that they are warm enough.
Also, here are some pictures. Sorry for posting them 2 days late.

I recently moved the colony, since they were making such a mess of their old nest. I kind of regret doing that now, since the thing that I moved them into has the glass really scratched.

They’ve accepted more protein as of now, so i’m glad.

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[GOCAMPONOTUS]

nice! my queen finally has her own cocoon along with one I boosted.

[AsdinAnts]

that's good!

[Stubyvast]

Good, good, maybe the fact that their nest was messier made it more likely for them to feel stressed, and thus, as a result, cause them to refuse food, because it could cause more debris and mold build-up. New nest was a good idea!