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Queen ant stopped laying eggs

Started By Captainskywars , Oct 3 2020 11:05 AM

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#1 Offline Captainskywars - Posted October 3 2020 - 11:05 AM

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So recently I bought my messor barbarus colony a small outworld and connected it up and feed them in it so it all went fine but my queen ant has stopped laying eggs has she possibly went into hibernation?

#2 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 3 2020 - 11:07 AM

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So recently I bought my messor barbarus colony a small outworld and connected it up and feed them in it so it all went fine but my queen ant has stopped laying eggs has she possibly went into hibernation?

It’s possible she’s starting to wind down for the year. Some species also just lay eggs in batches, I don’t have any experience with Messor though.

Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server.

Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 3 2020 - 12:23 PM

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She is probably getting ready for hibernation.

My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#4 Offline Captainskywars - Posted October 13 2020 - 3:45 AM

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What ever was wrong with her idk but she passed away this morning.Planning on buying another colony don't know whether to get one now or wait till March so any I would buy wouldn't be hibernating