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[Kaelwizard]

Congrats on getting larvae.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Congrats on getting larvae.

Thx.

[ZTYguy]

More pics please. I love this journal.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

More pics please. I love this journal.

Alright, I will post some photos as soon as possible. Thx.

[ZTYguy]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Pics- Just 2 for now.
 

[ZTYguy]

Aaaww. The larva is so big now. Can’t wait for the queens first worker. I love Polys. I so jelly.

[Swirlysnowflake]

Aaaww. The larva is so big now. Can’t wait for the queens first worker. I love Polys. I so jelly.

ikr! i can't wait for this queen to get her workers. 

[Kaelwizard]

If I lived in a country with these present, or Europe where I could just order them, I would get them in an instant.

[ZTYguy]

If I lived in a country with these present, or Europe where I could just order them, I would get them in an instant.

Meeeeeeeee tooooooooooooooooooooooo

[ponerinecat]

This species likely does not weave silk nests. It's not in the subgenus cyrtomyrma, which are all silk weavers, and while it is myrmhopla, which have a few silk weavers like dives, this one doesnt remind me of any silk weaving species. More than likely they just nest in hollowed wood.

 

Edit: ignore this post, most myrmhopla do actually seem to weave silk nests but usually use debris to build a foundation rather than leaves.

Edited by ponerinecat, December 1 2020 - 2:28 PM.

[ZTYguy]

Aaa. Watevs. I still like polys either way.

[Kaelwizard]

Once you get workers, I would provide them a small naturalistic setup, or some other formicarium and just provide debris so they can customize their nest to their liking.

Edited by Kaelwizard, December 2 2020 - 2:16 PM.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Once you get workers, I would provide them a small naturalistic setup, or some other formicarium and just provide debris so they can customize their nest to their liking.

I was thinking something like that,though I think I will move them to naturalistic setup once they have almost 50 workers.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

UPDATE #3 (17-12-2020)
The larvae haven't yet developed, but she has laid a few more eggs. I fed her some honey and she pulled out a bit of cotton from the cotton piece and drenched the honey in the cotton so as to stop the honey from dripping. I found this pretty innovative, many of my other queens have lost brood because of the submerging of the brood in the honey.

 

I could only take pics from this angle cause the test tube is dirty and it is tough to focus on the queen through the glass.