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Here are some pics of my new Myrmecia queen, I hope to grow a big colony out of her, any tips are appreciated! Does anyone know if they have a favourite food?
I will post pics of her outworld once my camera recharges, but you can see it in the background :D
How did you afford her? lol How much was she?
I have a good paying job and she was a private sale
To update, the queen has laid her very first 8 eggs since my last post. I look forward to watching her raise her first brood.
Antman
A few more pics of the queen in her new cork nest set up that I built for her as well as her out-world where she hunts and gathers food.
The queen has been hunting and catching prey and returning it to the nest. Inside she is still tending her eggs. She has devoured a field cricket yesterday night. It was amazing to see her hunting strategy. Her eggs are developing well, one can see that the pearly white 'new egg' has diminished and the embryo is growing within, soon they will turn into very hungry larvae. She is healthy and kept in a 1 G terrarium to start her colony. Once she upgrades to the second generation of workers perhaps ~8-15 workers I will move them to a bigger terrarium. The temperature is kept at a steady 23-25C and humidity outside 20-30% and in the nest 40-50%. So far things have been great! I look forward to growing this colony and keeping them alive and well for many years to come!
So I noticed that my queen has been ripping up the cotton at the end of the tube and I was beginning to worry that the water would be released and/or she would get entangled in it and die so I cut a small circular piece of cork which was just small enough to tightly fit perfectly inside the test tube and i blocked the cotton off. Now the moisture can still get through but she cannot tug at it any longer.
For anyone who doesn't understand english very well, I created a step-by-step how-to.
Myrmecia pavida queen who's queen that queen who sclave other ants. From south América from amazonia?
Myrmecia pavida originates from Australia and I don't think it enslaves other ants.
Cheers,
Antman