Received her 22.06.21, purchased from an Australian supplier in another state than me. They occur in my state and region but I have never had luck locating a queen from a flight.
They occur on the east coast of Australia and are very common to come across forgoing workers while out in the yard.
The queen is from a 2020 flight apparently, this slightly concerns me as she will not have had any food for 6-7 months. I hope she can survive ok without having to add some honey.
She has approximately 3 large pupae and maby 5-6 eggs or small pupae. It is winter here at the moment so i am expecting growth to be slow. I can't seem to find literature on how long each stage of growth takes for this specias.
Couple of bad photos attached and I will update as things change.
![20210627_101416.jpg](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/monthly_06_2021/post-6262-0-41794200-1624754231.jpg)
![20210627_101406.jpg](https://www.formiculture.com/uploads/monthly_06_2021/post-6262-0-73858500-1624754279.jpg)
Note: Queen arrived with water already red and supplier assured me it is food die they use to catalogue there stock
Edited by Shazza, June 26 2021 - 4:59 PM.