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#1 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 1 2015 - 11:03 PM

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My brother's queen got her first nanitic a couple of days ago, but it is still curked into a ball, but wlaks around, and the queen sort of abandons it is it deformed or soemthing? what can i do?


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#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 1 2015 - 11:05 PM

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Looks like she just didn't make it. Sorry. :(



#3 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 1 2015 - 11:06 PM

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it's still alive and everything, it just can't get it's abdomen in place
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#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 3 2015 - 2:21 AM

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Maybe it isn't fully eclosed yet. Give her time, some are duds.



#5 Offline Crystals - Posted May 3 2015 - 6:17 AM

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I know with species that spin cocoons, sometimes the threads can be wrapped around them.  I doubt this is the case here though - but anyways, is there anything that might be binding her?

 

Otherwise, I occasionally see deformities (usually the antennae) if humidity drops too low at any point of the pupae stage.


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#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 3 2015 - 12:23 PM

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Myrmicinae do not make cocoons. Just bare pupae.



#7 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:39 PM

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i got it to be full size, crystal, it was stuck to a piece of string thingie and not deformed.

thanks for the help everyone
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#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted May 4 2015 - 7:56 PM

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So she is alright?



#9 Offline Tpro4 - Posted May 4 2015 - 8:01 PM

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