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[Reevak]

So after a day of looking around for queen ants, I finally come home and go upstairs to my room to put the 1 queen I found in a test tube setup. Then, my 3 year old brother calls me from downstairs because he found an ant. So I go downstairs to humor him and it turns out that he found on of these queens. I take it and go back upstairs, then he calls again. Another queen. And then there were 2 more queens after that but one of them was injured beyond saving so I have 3 queens now. 


 

If you look closely at one of the queens, then you'll see that she's holding a batch of eggs already. Only caught her about 3 days ago so its pretty good to see. I can't wait to see the nanitics in person. By the way, does anyone know how long it takes this species to go from egg to worker? 

[Hikari]

Grats on the queens. This is one of the few species that does well with multiples. This species is tiny, so I'd guess maybe a month or month and a half to get to first workers. Shouldn't take long. You'll need to have a very secure set-up, the workers are only about 1mm long, and can easily escape. They also drown in liquid foods easily, so soaking in cotton is advised. Good luck!

[Reevak]

No pictures because I don't have my macro on me, but the colony has larvae-pupae now. Additionally, they had another flight and I now have a tube with 10 queens (although I hear they fail with >8) and a tube with 6 queens.