Hi,
I have just today received my Camponotus ligniperdus colony and they seem to be settling in nicely.
A couple of them seem to have either swollowed some cotten wool or have it wrapped up around their mouth as it seems to be trailing out and it is bothering them, I tried to pull it out with tweezers and to my suprise the ant was very grateful for the help as when I tried to pull he pulled back and when I let go he came up to the tweezers for another pull. This went on for a few minutes but its wel and truely stuck in there, the ant did not have the grip required to pull it out so it remains.
He keeps getting other ants to help pull it out but they don't seem to be able to manage it, is this common?