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[Lantro]

Hi everybody, this journal will cover my colony Tetramorium caespitum.

My first colony and for a long while probably only colony. 


20.3.2023

The colony and a small starterset from esthetic ants finally arrived.
They have 9 workers and a bit of tiny brood. There where no deaths during transport.

I fed them a fruit fly, a piece of sunflower seeds and a bit of jelly from the set. They took to the fly and seed almost immediatly but have ignored the jelly so far,

I currently keep them in our warm living room at around 23°C, to speed up their growth. I might add a small heating pad or cable to make it even warmer.

 

 

The Queen

 

Aworker carrying their first meal in the new home

 

The whole setup

 

 

[antsinvirgina]

I love your setup 

 

 

 

Best of luck!

[antsriondel]

Wow I used the same setup a few months ago and it was awesome! eventually the colony got too big and I decided to move them. Hope your colony does well! 

Edited by antsriondel, March 20 2023 - 10:04 AM.

[Lantro]

Good news:

The queen has laid a few eggs, I could count around 3-4 eggs. Maybe more.
Otherwise the colony has been realy laid back, rarely venturing out during the day.  But the fruitlfy was a massive meal for this tiny colony.
I offer them fresh sugar water/jelly every 3-4 days but they haven´t shown massive interest in that, sometimes in the evening there is a worker sipping a bit but not much.