Hello!
Very excited to join this community! Yesterday I caught my very first queen and moved her into a test tube setup. She had some damage to her right legs but when I found her she was trying to dig her founding chamber.
Now in the test tube she is getting stuck to everything and not able to get around very well... I am worried about her. When I put the cotton ball against the water, I made sure to wipe out the inside of where she was going to be, but her wings keep getting stuck to the sides. This morning I had to pull her suctioned wing away from the glass, I also put a bit of clean sand in her test tube to help her get around but it doesn't seem to help.
Noob question... Will her legs repair or grow back?
Do you think she has a chance? Any advice? I think she is a formica species, but going to wait a week to see if she lives before trying to get her identified.
Thanks!!!