12 replies to this topic

[Leo]

I found her during a hike. i saw her, grabbed her, and stuffed her in by water bottle lol    she can spray foamy stuff

[dermy]

If she is spraying stuff make sure that whatever you have her in has good ventilation, queens of Formica [i know different species, but I'm going with what I get here] spray Formica acid [don't know if it's the same stuff as what your queen is spraying] and sometimes they can gas themselves out and end up killing themselves

[James C. Trager]

Leo - Where did you find this "Pachycondyla" (now correctly know as Pseudoponera rufipes)? It's always a good idea to include the locality with your collecting posts. 

[Leo]

I live in hong kong

she was near a water dam with another queen but the other one died

Yay egg!

[Leo]

she has a few middle sized larvae now

[Leo]

I guess she wasnt happy because she ate all her larvae

[Leo]

For some reason every time she gets good sized larvae she eats them

[Goldsystem]

She may be infertile

[Leo]

hopefully not I placed her in a dirt bow she has dug a few tunnels....

[Leo]

Today I went on a hike a caught two more that were out foraging for food near their founding chambers

[James C. Trager]

If she is not mated, her larvae are all males, and she is likely to kill them. Make sure she has daily fresh insect protein, such as termites.

[Leo]

I can't find any....

[Leo]

Sadly one of the new queens has passed away i dunno what went wrong, she didn't even have fungus grow on her after leaving her there for a few days.