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[AntsGodzilla]

Here is the start of my Pheidole Bicarinata journal! I am super excited for to watch this colony grow up. They are a relatively small colony, with 15 workers and a beautiful queen. I fed them a fruit fly and some humming bird nectar last night. I hope all of you enjoy this journal!

 

 

Sorry for the bad pics, the colony is doing way better than they look in the pictures. I will be getting a macro lens soon

Edited by AntsGodzilla, November 16 2024 - 3:03 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Good luck! I’d give them way more than one fruit fly.

[AntsGodzilla]

I will. right now, I'm just giving them time to settle into their new home. Thanks!

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Update?

[AntsGodzilla]

(Update 3/26/2025)

Soooooo, I made a mistake. In the past, I've only kept large ants (aside from monomorium) and I'm used to not having to worry about the tiniest gaps the cotton ball doesn't fill. And soon, most of the workers escaped, except for 2 and the queen. A week later, both the workers died (It might have been from stress, or the fact that they where months old, maybe a combination of both.) And I sort of gave up on the colony succeeding, and decided to let the queen live out her last days happy. I gave her humming bird nectar, shrimp food, ect. Today I checked on them, expecting to find nothing, but instead I found a large pile of eggs! I could count around 10+ so hopefully they can make a recovery!