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Cremogaster colony not getting new workers (maybe)

Started By Wesley927 , Jul 18 2017 9:44 AM

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#1 Offline Wesley927 - Posted July 18 2017 - 9:44 AM

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I have a cremogaster colony that has six workers. They have not had any more in the last two weeks. There are eggs and larvae. Am I not feeding them enough? ( or am I impatient XD )?

#2 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted July 18 2017 - 9:50 AM

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I have a cremogaster colony that has six workers. They have not had any more in the last two weeks. There are eggs and larvae. Am I not feeding them enough? ( or am I impatient XD )?

Probably both.

I accidentally froze all my ants

#3 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted July 18 2017 - 10:30 AM

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They're getting insect protein and sugary liquid, right? They are probably fine. You won't see any new workers until after some pupae appear.

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#4 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted July 21 2017 - 12:36 AM

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These ends tend to take a good amount of time to develop and especially in the beginning. The best bet is to give them half a mealworm or some and see if they take it. If they do try doing that every other day. As long as they don't start storing it in their setup.

Aphaenogaster cf. rudis

Tetramorium immigrans

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus

#5 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted July 21 2017 - 6:45 AM

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Crematogaster queens might reproduce in "batches" like camponotus.

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#6 Offline Loops117 - Posted July 21 2017 - 8:17 AM

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Crematogaster queens might reproduce in "batches" like camponotus.

This is true. My Large Crematogaster colonies will almost empty the nest of brood before the queens drops new mounds of eggs. It was weird, and sometimes happened in the worse of timing. I havent had my colonies long enough to correlate their batches to a date or time of year.

Edited by Loops117, July 21 2017 - 8:24 AM.