I never seen it the last time I fed the others. I don't see any wounds on the queen, and see seems to be taking care of it.
I looks like a maggot cocoon.
I never seen it the last time I fed the others. I don't see any wounds on the queen, and see seems to be taking care of it.
I looks like a maggot cocoon.
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
Looks like what Mikey had with his Lasius queen.
Too the freezer it goes.
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
no no take it out and see the insides
let it hatch.. then kill it and feed it back to an ant colony
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He can just freeze it and then feed it. The ant will very likely prefer the pupa over the adult fly.
We should respect all forms of consciousness. The body is just a vessel, a mere hull.
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I'm going to let it hatch and document it. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on this.
The queen is still alive and tending it, she thinks its her baby.
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
Let it become a fly, then damage a wing and throw it into a colony of Camponotus. See how long it lasts .
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Camponotus Vicinus
Prenolepis Imparis
Tetramorium Sp. E x2
Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin. Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over
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Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin. Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over
I wish It had eclosed, but it ended up turning black and molding in the test tube. I do have a few dead queen specimens, some that I don't have a proper ID's for.
I'd pay to have them sent to you to be pinned, all I want is a good picture and ID.
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin. Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over
I wish It had eclosed, but it ended up turning black and molding in the test tube. I do have a few dead queen specimens, some that I don't have a proper ID's for.
I'd pay to have them sent to you to be pinned, all I want is a good picture and ID.
Challenge accepted!!
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
Here's my first attempt. Not the prettiest but they will do.
Current queens/colonies
Camponotus novaeboracensis x2
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus herculeanus x1
Formica sp. x1
Lasius americanus x1 (Lasius alienus)
Lasius neoniger x1
Crematogastor cerasi x1
Myrmica sp. x1
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