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[nckchua]

Hi everyone,

Well, I finally did get those eggs to hatch and I now have 2 workers ants along with my queen. It was humidity in the ant farm that was the problem.

Everythings seems to be going great, except one thing. The last 2 pupae that formed were torn apart into pieces. I'm not sure if it was the queen or the worker ants. I suspect it was probably the worker ants but has anyone else ever experienced this? Anybody have any possible reasons why this might happen? So far I am feeding them just water and honey. I was going to feed them some dead crickets after I got a few more ants.

http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=4991

Nick

[deadmeat30]

this could of happened because the young workers need protein to grow, so they might of eaten the other eggs to help themselfs. try adding a little dead fly in there for them when u have more eggs.

Alan

[JimmyVe]

That is in deed probably the reason, you need to give them dead bugs if the first workers are out. They probably stop doing it if you feed them bugs.

[fernando_regio]

Hello, i have now some 4 or 5 ants in my Lasius niger colony and im giving them some larvae of a bug i dont know the english word for it, what i would like to know is how many days do i keep the larvae there if they dont eat her?

[deadmeat30]

leave it there for a couple of days, as the colony is so small, they will be careful around outsiders, as a single ant killed it quite alot for a small colony!

Alan

[JimmyVe]

As long if there is nog fungus on it you can leave it in.
I feed my small colonies 2 a week, and when i give them new food i take out the old (so it is in there 3 days)