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hey there,
i caught what i think might be a [p.] Pheidologeton diversus (yes i'm noob). however the standard test tubes that i have seems kinda small and i doubt it would be enough for the queen. is there any alternative for me to "create" another form of founding chamber without test tubes? or is finding another bigger test tube my other option. btw the queen is shedding its wings already!hope it doesn't lay eggs in its holding container.
Make a picture of the queen plz
Make a box filled with sand/loam. Spray just a little bit water over it so the queen can dig. And put the test tube also into the box so she can decide
is it p.diversus?
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Yeah this defenitly looks like a Pheidologeton queen. I would say you follow my advice i gave u earlier. and please send me a queen ;)
haha nice! she just finish plucking off all her wings. i transferred her out into another temporary holding container. gonna get the glass tubes tomorrow.
give her some sand/loam to digg in. Right now she is total stressed in this box u gave her. this way she wont lay eggs
You should give her some workers and some brood from wild colonies, otherwise she will die. Pheidologeton diversus don´t found colonies out of a queen, they split out of big colonies.
Founding colonies in the nature will be about 500-1000.
So try to give her brood, if she will eat it it is the wrong species for sure, if not try to give her a worker, if he is killed try again, if not you are lucky.
thanks for your advise. it is much appreaciated :D. is there anything else i should know as a first time keeper of P.diversus? so does it mean that i can transfer her to plaster nest with some broods or would i need to keep them in a test tube first? and for that matter when should i start feeding them? sorry for all the questions, kinda at a lost here. thanks once again
now the tough part is finding those broods without getting bitten. :D
Yeah, there is something you should know. Don´t mind if the first workers die after 4 weeks, they just live very short. What makes Pheidologeton very hard to keep!
When first workers are out you should start feeding many proteins, they need them.
I´m not sure if an lonley Pheidologeton diversus queen can found alone.
I´m not sure if it really is P. diversus, I have to admit, that i don´t know the difference exactly.
can anyone confirm if this is a [p.]* Pheidologeton diversus? anyway i have transferred the queen into a test tube. will update more
*Edit Antstore - Please write it correctly! T :) hanks!