Disclaimer:This is my first journal so it might be kind of bad
So this colony is kind of a weird one. I found her underneath a rock in my yard with 5 nanitics and without any brood. I managed to collect her and two nanitics. The colony kept trying to produce eggs and brood but they all seemed to die. When one of her nanitics died I knew if i didn't do something I would lose this colony. So I went out into my yard with a shovel and a test tube. I managed to collect about 20+ tetramorium pupae from a wild colony. When I gave them the pupae the nanitic was so happy. The first workers started to eclose just before the nanitic died. Ever since then the queen has kicked in to production and has produced so far about 20+ larvae of her own and many, many eggs. The picture does not accurately show the amount of brood or workers. I will be moving this colony to a Talus by THA very soon.
Edited by Mdrogun, October 20 2015 - 2:57 PM.