March 20, 2018
I tried feeding the colony crickets (I was only feeding them mealworms and moths for a while) and it seems to be what they enjoy the most. I have never seen them be so excited over food before. Since they've been eating crickets, I've notice quick growth in all the larvae and eggs were being laid again. It has been such a long time since this colony had eggs or growing larvae. They also just got some pupae. I counted about 50 eggs in the nest yesterday.
There are still around 50 workers (as it has been for months) but that will finally change soon. It is great to see this colony being productive again, since they basically stopped growing in July/August of last year.
More updates should be on the way as I hope they will continue to grow this entire year. Who knows, it may even be possible for them to reach maturity by the end of 2018! Crickets are the miracle food
Edited by Aaron567, May 13 2018 - 9:10 AM.