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[M.Marshall]

5 now ! , also they are eating a fly .


Marshall

[Skippy]

I see your queen is laying machine now ,good luck for make from all eggs nice workers

[M.Marshall]

O dear I am in trouble .... I posted on the 29 Aug 2007 the day which my queen layed some eggs .... and to this day they still havent hatched , I dont know whats wrong , I am keeping them slightly above room temperature .
I think the eggs are dud's as I am told they take 10-14 days with this species.


Can any one help ?
Marshall

[miszt]

I think thats probly more like 10-14weeks! afaik there are no ants that hatch in days

[M.Marshall]

I dont think you understood what I was meaning miszt .... I was talking about eggs to larvae not the full cycle .



Marshall

[Skippy]

It is possible ,I think ,you´ll have larvae to 3-5 days ...

[M.Marshall]

Ok ... I hope so ... as I will have had the eggs a month on wednesday ..


Marshall

[Skippy]

it is one option more ... do you think that eggs are these same eggs? ,because I also had this problem one time and I researched they ate eggs and then layed new ... it looks like that same eggs but in true it were other eggs

[M.Marshall]

Hmm.... this might be the case , but they have food constantly on offer so ...I see no reason why they would eat there eggs . Though they did eat a few eggs I know that because they now have 3 eggs now and there was more than that .

Though I do think these are the same eggs

Marshall

[JimmyVe]

It could be she have eating the eggs, like Skippy said. There must be some problem 1 month is to long for eggs to turn in to larva. Sometimes there is not a clear reason why they do it.

[sithmaster676]

i would understand that if u kept this ants at a reasonably cold temperature then 4 weeks might be reasonable but if you are keeping them above room temperature then they should have hatched a long time ago.
Sithmaster676

[tail__]

My Formica cinerea eggs hatched in 27 days, and temperature was about 30'C. Then the larvas grew very fast and made cocoons after one week. I don't know this species but I've heard all Camponotus species need especially much patience, for example in case of C. lingiperda, as I read, sometimes it take more than four months before workers appear! And their queens very often like to eat first eggs, no matter if food is available.

[JimmyVe]

Room temperature is a bit low for these species, they are exotic ants so they need about 30°c.

[M.Marshall]

You sure Jimmy ? I think 30c is abit excessive .... I was told lower 20's to mid 20's (best temp 23c)

This is what I have been told

Marshall

[Skippy]

... 23c is low for blandus I think .... my are in 25-26´C temperature and all is OK ,humidity normal ,but no much wet