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[kiedeerk]

Last couple native founding colonies are doing well.
1. Pheidole bicarinata looks to have around 15-20 workers and I see some major pupae in there.

2. Solenopsis molesta with their three queens have now 20-30 workers at least.

3. Colobopsis obliqua have 4-5 workers and they have slow down quite a bit

4. Temnothorax Curvispinosus have between 10-15 workers

5. Prenolepis imparis have eclosed all their brood. I estimate between 20-30 workers. I need to fatten them up and get them ready for diapause

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[ANTdrew]

How do you keep the test tubes so clean??

[kiedeerk]

How do you keep the test tubes so clean??

 

they are really not lol but i try to clean up for them until they can keep it clean themselves. but they are still all in a sealed test tube so i have to manually remove their waste. 

[cooIboyJ]

You should try and get everything right and get the alates of two of your larger colonies of the same species to come out (make sure they are ground mating) and put males and queens together in a test tube. It might get them to mate and you could reproduce your colonies to sell or give to friends.