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The eggs look like they're about to hatch very soon. I noticed that keeping pairs of queens together may not be 100% beneficial. One queen will lay eggs and the other will (while the other queen is out) dump the old eggs into the outworld. Then she will proceed to lay her own eggs, doing all of this when she's alone. When I place the eggs back into the nest, the queens accept them and clean them. Weird. :|
They should hatch soon... here's some recent photos;
Both groups of queens have one larva each now. These photos are from Group 1 (the group with 2 founding queens). This larva grows each day, and each day sooner towards the possible answer to this project!
I find this so fasinating! Keep it upated. :)
Well to update, there has been quite a lot to update :D :
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& Just an hour ago,
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Sadly, the pupa was cast out into the foraging area where I did check on it and noticed that the queen had cut into it. Inside was a male reproductive, therefore concluding that the project has not proven successful as of yet. There are still three remaining queens, with two others which may prove to be fertile. I will continue working on this project!
Well it's been quite some time since I last updated this journal after a long time. There was no activity due to lower temperatures to induce a semi-hibernation state but now the remaining queens have begun to lay again after temperatures and humidity raised up a little at 24-25C & humidity 50%. This time hopefully a better result will come of it as I give it another go. Gotta love revivals!
Well it's been since March... Two queens still remain. One has eggs, but this one has a larva now. I'm hoping that this larva will in fact turn into a worker. Let's keep our fingers crossed!
Any update ?
Hi ! Yes ! There are two queens remaining, one of which has been producing males, the other has produced a worker but it didn't mature properly within the cocoon and was discarded. I got my answer but I need to restart this project again!
Sadly, the project is put on hold. The experiment was promising, but unfortunately there has been no production of viable workers. The closest it came to was pupating, but the larva never properly formed. I would believe it to be male larva. I will continue to try as I find the breeding habits of these ants very interesting!