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Can a queen ant get sick and die?


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#1 Offline Gabraime - Posted February 15 2018 - 5:37 PM

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I have 3 queens (xyloni) and yesterday I saw her out of the test tube, she has 15 workers and brood. I observed that she was walking kind of weak, and today she is dead. Now I do not see other ants dieing and this queen that is dead Had her gaster kind of skinny compared to my other 2 queens.I give to my ants flies that I kill close to my window room, so I don't know if that can be the problem because I heard that is not recommended to give insects from wild which can be infected with pestecides.Now I don't know if do brood bosting or can be dangerous to future queen.

#2 Offline Hunter - Posted February 15 2018 - 6:13 PM

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They flys may have parasites and could have picked up pest killers, but queens can also get diseases and can just some times die
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#3 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted February 15 2018 - 6:55 PM

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The answer is yes


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#4 Offline Works4TheGood - Posted February 15 2018 - 9:22 PM

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Queens die all the time for reasons that we'll never precisely understand. Sometimes it's damage from the flight. Sometimes its a genetic predisposition to disease. Sometimes it's stress from a congenital problem. Sometimes it's inability to adapt to captivity. Sometimes its a brief contact with a pesticide. However, when a captive queen does die before her expected time, it usually happens within the first month of captivity.
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