So...
1. Queen, like the single ant, can´t cut leaf- mixture, substrate for cultivating of fungus... This is work for workers, cause each one caste of workers have different size of mandibulas.... For example, bigger workers can bring leafs into the nest and cut them on smaller pieces... But for fungus substrate the colony needs more smaller pieces... This work is for smaller caste of workers, with smaller mandibulas... So colony needs more than 2 size castes for cultivating fungus and for queen isn´t able to make fungus substrate, cause she is too big... When leaf-cutters start with new colony, queen is feeding fungus by her eggs and by saliva... This all is in the book: ,,Journey to the ants", very good publication...
2. How big is the tank, in which you are keeping her? I don´t want Acromyrmex or Atta, but I´m sure, that for small with queen is 5x5x3cms plastic box with some grit or substrate on the floor, is really ideal! Also I don´t understand if you do like this, that why you have PTFE in the tank with one Acromyrmex queen, which isn´t leaving her chamber for hunting or somethink other...?
I don´t have enough experience with leaf cutter ants of Acromyrmec or Atta... I saw just few documents, a colony of Atta cephalotes in ZOO in Torquay(UK) , I have few Acromyrmex workers in alcohol too....
Nice liinks-
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Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar Atta queen is digging up her chamber
Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar This document excite everybody who wants Leaf cutters.... Take a look at it, very very good.... I want to dig up young colony of Atta, like they´ve made!!!