I caught a Pseudomyrmex gracilis dealate on 5/11/17 and have had mixed luck with her. She is one of my favorite queens because she is very relaxed and will crawl up onto my finger and explore my arm any time I open her test tube setup. I started her in a test tube setup with a piece of wax paper and a few small drops of honey. She enjoyed the honey. I also added two small dead worker ants of differing sizes, which she ignored. After continuing giving her honey, I eventually opened her test tube and put it in a large salsa jar. From there, I put the wax paper with honey outside of the test tube. She explored the salsafor a short while. After that, she started hiding under the tube, but would not touch the honey or return to her tube.
I now have her back in her tube. I tried giving her a tiny, live ant, but it seemed to frighten her as she would back away from it any time it approached. I crushed the ant, so she now has honey and a very small mostly dead ant (still no eggs noted). I am wondering what to do. Should I put her tube inside a bigger outworld and offer more prey items? I do have an Atom C that I could try. (I have had great luck with the test tube setups on other ants so far and have not used it.) I really like this girl and want her to lay some eggs! Below are some pictures of her for your enjoyment.
