Anyway they have some larvae and I took a few of the larger ones. Dumped most of them in front of my Camponotus suffusus nest entrance.
I half expected the suffusus to eat them or raise them.
But being a small colony of 7 workers and 10 larvae, they ended up being scared of the larvae
Yesterday I dumped most of the larvae directly into the nest entrance and pushed them in a little, and still the workers would freak out whenever they came close, and a sentry was always posted nearby
I sort of half figured the colony scent of the larvae would eventually diminish.
Well over night the suffusus have moved all the brood into the nest proper!
Remains to be seen if they will actually raise them. Since the original larvae owners are also big black Camponotus, it's not too far of a stretch species wise
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My suffusus queen and her new bed of larvae
So the more yellow looking larvae belong to the other black Camponotus, and they appear to be adopted by the suffusus
And it looks like one larvae spun into a cocoon overnight
The yellow larvae more obvious here. There is also a heat cable running under the outworld where the nest sits inside, positioned under the brood
Edited by CoolColJ, July 2 2018 - 6:32 PM.
