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Giving queens without workers protein

Started By Mdrogun , Aug 18 2016 1:45 PM
solenopsis molesta

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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted August 18 2016 - 1:45 PM

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I have a 28 queen colony of Solenopsis molesta. on 8/17/2016 I noticed they were eating a deceased queen. I decided to give them a small 1/4" cricket and they ate almost the entire thing leaving behind just the head. I just got done feeding them another cricket and I watched one of the queens drag the cricket over to the brood and other queens from the front of the test tube. I thought Solenopsis molesta are fully claustral. Has anyone else ever had this happen?


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#2 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted August 18 2016 - 5:54 PM

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There are the variables of having the cricket already in their claustral chamber and being with 27 other queens. :P


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