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[Max_Connor]

Hi!

I caught this Tetramorium queen (most likely caespitum) about 50 days ago, she has laid lots of eggs, and they developed into larvae ( as soon as they have reddish insides). But so far there's no pupae and it doesn't seem like the queen is infertile - she's not ignoring the eggs, they're not scattered around the set up.

 

 

 

 

I have another queen that is 100% infertile, and her eggs had always been white until she ate most of them by this point. These queens were caught within 3 days.

 

Is it possible that the first queen is just low on protein and needs some feeding and time for pupae to develop?

[Antkeeper01]

Hi!

I caught this Tetramorium queen (most likely caespitum) about 50 days ago, she has laid lots of eggs, and they developed into larvae ( as soon as they have reddish insides). But so far there's no pupae and it doesn't seem like the queen is infertile - she's not ignoring the eggs, they're not scattered around the set up.

 

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I have another queen that is 100% infertile, and her eggs had always been white until she ate most of them by this point. These queens were caught within 3 days.

 

Is it possible that the first queen is just low on protein and needs some feeding and time for pupae to develop?

my tetra queens to a month and a half for egg to worker and my bedroom is about 70 something degrees

[ANTdrew]

Temperature?

[Max_Connor]

Temperature?

Well temperature was the same for all of the queens - from 23 to 26 C