New Keeper. First nest.
Saw a carpenter queen running around last night looking for a new nest. Luckily, I had a tube ready and housing a winged male in the event I found a winged female. So I dumped out the male and...
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http://images.yuku.com/image/jpg/55688585da8b61.11375865.jpg[Made the super huge image into a link. --antdude]
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Wow, those are some big pics... yeah she looks like Camponotus pennsylvanicus.
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This would be helpful:http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/13211/The-Beginners-Guide-to-Ant-Keeping#.VWi18xnfrIU Good luck!
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Quick update, she seems very still. It's currently raining here, but she is inside. Not even sure her being still is a bad thing but as a first time keeper I don't know what exactly what to expect.
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She could be still because she is sleeping or she just doesn't have anything else to do. Workers at least remain still to conserve energy if they have nothing better to do and I would think it is...
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So some good news and some bad news. The queen featured ended up dieing on me, though I've read it's rather common. The good news is I had another tube prepped and ready in the event another showed...
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I would guess that it could always be possible that glass containers that have been filled with more toxic chemicals for longer times could have integrated in to the actual tube but you said glitter...
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Thanks for the input, and hearing about your 2/3 die off makes me feel a bit more confidant. I also found out that my roommate had applied incecticide on the deck I'm finding them on which very easily...
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Insecticide could very well have caused it too as it doesn't result in an instant death scenario in your case. I remember reading somewhere that in wild more than 90% of all queens fail and that in...
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So, I'm pleased as punch to announce both that my second queen is still looking well, and that I've collected a third. Now with 2 live queens, it looks like I might not have to raid a lasius neoniger...
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Great news everyone! It looks like my updates will be coming less frequently soon. I have failed thus far to get a good picture in focus, but both of my tube queens now have eggs! And in addition to...
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MrSillyFace wrote:So some good news and some bad news. The queen featured ended up dieing on me, though I've read it's rather common. The good news is I had another tube prepped and ready in the event...
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Lucifaust wrote:I made this account just to reply. In fact, I knew this^ was going to happen as I read the first few replies and saw the pictures. Paper towel covering the tube hole. Well, I have 4...
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