#formicarium

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I could only see one initially. I'd read, and been told, that Camponotus species generally have only one Queen. But there, hiding behind the batch of brood, doing her job, was Queen #2! And the cockroach...

As the weather changes into Autumn, as we had a very warm beginning, the ants seem to be smashing out the eggs. The tube gets filled and unfilled during the day. Mainly filled with pupae. Inside is packed

After the majority of eggs & larvae went upon the water reservoir, so did one of the Queens. The other Queen remained where they both had been before, although, she is in a spot I cannot get a good

The new big queen has added a few more eggs. She seems to move them between the back of the chamber and the front glass. I think to get the right level of temperature. Also, the glass may collect moisture

Here is a snapshot of the formicarium lair. Here she is just holding her little egg in her mouth. The formicarium (ant farm) has 2 water areas. One in the top right chamber and one in the bottom right.

Excited to receive from, @focuss, a queen ant, delivered in a beer bottle. She is quite big. Probably, a bit bigger than an inch. Today, she had her first egg!! She is just settling in. She was in the

Once again they outsmart the Crazy Black Ants. They make an opening, make a line to the target, and off they go. I threw a finished coconut under a plant. Somehow the Subterranean ants found it. The Crazy

my two queen colony is going strong. i put a cricketin there but they didn't do much with it. so, i broke it into pieces, as it was quite dry. This added some interest. Spiders seem to be the most desired

Just a little update. After dropping in a Spider meal yesterday. The ants have ground it up into digestible bits for the larvae to feast upon. Larvae are always hungry

The ant colony is growing. So, I found a little spider to see if it is the type of meal they would like for the little guys. The little ladies took to it in an instant. The queens seem to be co-habitating

The little queen has revealed that her nanitics are a golden colour. She is more gentle and graceful in her movements than the 2 black queens. The 2 queens seem to be working well together. So far the

The number of little ones has increased. See the little lady beside the tag? Her exoskeleton is still hardening. They have not yet ventured outside yet. All just cosy while they build up their numbers.

The baby ants, nanitics, are now helping the queens. The have cute, long antennae. I put a little bit of honey & some crumbs out for them, but it is probably too risky for them to explore now. They

The Queens are patiently raising their clutch of babies. Notice the black dots of the developing compund eyes? So beautiful. The other Queen has a smaller crew. Organises them differently to the other

How cute is this? Little black eyes developing. I'm @jagged

The ladies are still working well together. Their little clump of developing babies are quite a sight. I noticed some of the larvae are moving towards the pupae stage. Some species have the pupae in a

She's a little bit different looking. The antenna seem longer and more graceful The thorax, or back, seems to have a turtle shell like appearance. She is smaller to the other two queens. Placed her in

I need to be careful. I must not disturb them too much with photo sessions. I think Camponotus eggs take around 45-60 days to develop. I caught a smaller species queen today. She was trying to escape the