Hi all,
been a while since I posted on here. Thankfully all 3 of my colonies are doing really well. The Messor Barbarus colony is doing especially well. They are always so hungry! Their latest favourite foods are garden peas and maggots. In the last week they have started displaying less than desirable behaviour - They are starting to chew threw the ytong nest! They have plenty of food, the nest is well hydrated for them and they have only filled around 15% of it. Plenty of room for the colony to grow. So far, in the last week they have chewed almost 1cm. There's approximately 1.3cm left before they will be out of the nest.
Can anybody suggest any reasons for this? I could understand if the nest was too small, or it was unsuitable for them. I can't understand what has triggered this behavior.
Many thanks!.