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Hello,
My queen hasn't eaten her brood since the disappearance of the one larva. I'm not too worried as they're about to enter pupation. You can read more on my journals on my website as well I will be posting on both websites.
http://antsnational.webs.com/apps/forums/
To anyone out there, the colony has a larger worker, the initial small worker and a lot of eggs. They seem to be a bit picky, for some reason they enjoy a honey and milk mix... What are some natural insect food that I can give them?
Found them a bit picky too, have a Queen and 7 workers, they'll take a small dead cricket occasionally but takes them ~24 hours to do so..
So to update,
I update my journals more frequently on my website but the queen now has 2 workers, 5 pupae, and a bunch of tiny larvae. This colony is starting to take off.
Quick update:
The pupae are starting to darken. Here are two pictures from a few days ago.
I have connected the test tube to one of my outworlds. The ants LOVE it. I only attach outworlds once camponotus colonies reach 3 workers. This way they are more inclined to attend to the brood than to forage. Once there are 3(+) workers I allow them to forage. As of right now there are 4 workers and about 4-5 more pupa and a bunch of larvae+eggs. I am pleased that this colony has started to pick up, my choices with them were correct. A friend of mine had started a colony as well but the queen died several months ago :(
The colony is at 5 workers now, and things are really picking up. Larvae seem to be growing twice their size every day. I've attached an acrylic foraging area for the ants to hunt and forage. Great to see this colony moving forward :)
My colony already have over 30 workers!
But I don't know why, the eggs, pupas and larvae numbers decreased, they are not foraging and I'm have been giving them mealworms, but they don't like it, I have been giving them that for the while, and they simply don't take it. Gotta catch more fly's, that I know they love !
Mine are doing quite well at 12 workers and a healthy amount of brood. At this point the ants are slowing down their colony production as winter is arriving. They will hibernate soon. Mine are not picky with food, but try maggots. :)
Somehow my colonie is doing better to.
I also have 12 workers, but no brood.
I hope it's because there are going into hibernate.