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My Leptothorax queen doesn't want to lay eggs!

Started By Ant_KeeperSeb09 , Jul 29 2020 10:03 AM
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#1 Offline Ant_KeeperSeb09 - Posted July 29 2020 - 10:03 AM

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I caught a leptothorax queen a time ago and she had a larvae but ate her, now she doesn't want to lay eggs :( what do i do?


#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 29 2020 - 10:27 AM

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Try and keep her in the dark for a while, she should become less stressed, you can feed her a little bit of honey or something in order to help.


Edited by TechAnt, January 13 2021 - 9:05 AM.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 29 2020 - 10:34 AM

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