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[eea]

 

mini update: one of the workers fell into honey water, luckily her fellow workers pulled her out and fed her, also is this happening for anyone else, the colony had 1 larvae who pupated a lot faster than the other ones, they hatched around the same time and have of the larvae are still pretty small

Yeah. This happens with my Lasius colony a lot. I suppose its because the workers spam feed one, making it grow faster. I guess this way the colony gets more workers. More workers = more foraging time = more food( this is probably what happens in the wild.)

 

she also has a bunch of tiny larvae because of this, two of them died from starvation

[Shazza]

Comming along nicely eea, you will have hundreds before you know it. Keep the updates comming

[eea]

Comming along nicely eea, you will have hundreds before you know it. Keep the updates comming

Thanks, can't wait to see the colony after a few months!

[eea]

its been about a month since I've updated, 7th worker has arrived, along with 2 cocoons and a decent sized larvae.

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[eea]

One of the larvae pupated without making a cocoon, is this normal?|

edit: they ended up eating the naked pupae for some reason

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Edited by eea, August 12 2021 - 8:40 AM.

[eea]

9 workers 

[eea]

one of the workers fell into some strange brown liquid at the end of their test tube and died, back down to 8 workers 

[Shazza]

Bummer about the death, are you going to connect to an outworld soon?

[eea]

Bummer about the death, are you going to connect to an outworld soon?

got a mini hearth that's arriving tomorrow, i also don't have the stuff to make an outworld

[Shazza]

Nice, look foward to the pics

[eea]

Population is back to 9 workers  the colony has stopped eating meal worms, probably because a third of the population have social stomachs filled with meal worms. also i read the shipping date wrong but should he shipping this week.

[eea]

a few days ago one of the cocoons failed to eclose and died 

[AntBoi3030]

a few days ago one of the cocoons failed to eclose and died 

I haven’t heard of this occurring this often, are you sure your feeding them enough protein?

[eea]

 

a few days ago one of the cocoons failed to eclose and died 

I haven’t heard of this occurring this often, are you sure your feeding them enough protein?

 

They have so much protein that they stop eating mealworms

[PetsNotPests]

 

 

a few days ago one of the cocoons failed to eclose and died 

I haven’t heard of this occurring this often, are you sure your feeding them enough protein?

 

They have so much protein that they stop eating mealworms

 

Have they had access to other kinds of protein? Crickets, earwigs, fruit flies, ect. 

[eea]

 

 

 

a few days ago one of the cocoons failed to eclose and died 

I haven’t heard of this occurring this often, are you sure your feeding them enough protein?

 

They have so much protein that they stop eating mealworms

 

Have they had access to other kinds of protein? Crickets, earwigs, fruit flies, ect. 

 

they stopped eating in general, they have a lot of food saved up.

[eea]

one of the workers fell into some strange brown liquid at the end of their test tube and died, back down to 8 workers 

i finally found out where the brown liquid came from, the queen went to the end of the tube to crap everywhere on the garbage

[AntBoi3030]

Wait so that worker died in ant shat? That really sucks.

[PetsNotPests]

Wait so that worker died in ant shat? That really sucks.

Tha'd sure be a tough way to go. 

[NancyZamora4991]

Wait so that worker died in ant shat? That really sucks.

oof