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[Pat92]

Hello, 

 

i had my Myrmecocysus Mexicanus in a test tube until recently and they spinned cocoons.

 

However i moved them to a THA mini hearth and i added some sand/substrate for them and they piled it up. 

 

Despite this my ants put their brood on the water tower and i just noticed today that there are 2 larvae which became pupae without spinning a cocoon 

 

i don't understand what is happenning, has anyone already experimented this ?

[Pat92]

UPDATE : the two nanitics fed the 2 pupae without cocoons to the larvae x)...

Could it be that i don't feed them enough ?

 

The queen stopped to lay eggs since i put her in the THA mini hearth.

Edited by Pat92, December 14 2021 - 9:50 AM.

[Manitobant]

Try putting in some more sand or substrate. Myrmecocystus need this in order to successfully spin cocoons.

[Pat92]

Try putting in some more sand or substrate. Myrmecocystus need this in order to successfully spin cocoons.

Already did it .

 

Now they are feeding their larvae with the eggs... Perhaps they need more prots ?

 

 

 

Has anyone already tried to give ants fitness drink proteins ?

 

they don't seem to want flies and worms.




 

Edited by Pat92, December 14 2021 - 3:11 PM.

[antsriondel]

 

Try putting in some more sand or substrate. Myrmecocystus need this in order to successfully spin cocoons.

Already did it .

 

Now they are feeding their larvae with the eggs... Perhaps they need more prots ?

 

 

 

Has anyone already tried to give ants fitness drink proteins ?

 

they don't seem to want flies and worms.




 

 

yeah I did all my colonies hated the gatorade I gave them.but maybe your colony might like it????