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Solenopsis invicta

Submitted by 123Lord_Of_Ants123 on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 21:05

6-10-08
I managed to capture another Solenopsis invicta queen ant after a heavy thunderstorm
around 5 pm. She is now in a test tube and has laid around 20 eggs already.
Hopefully she'll live to produce a strong and sucessful colony.
I'll keep you guys udated! Smiling Smiling Smiling

6-12-08
Her number of eggs is now around 50, I put a fruitfly in her tube and she is eating it at the moment, hopefully that will boost the number of eggs she will lay Cool



She is dead...

Submitted by 123Lord_Of_Ants123 on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 06:05.

She is dead.. Sad
The heat mat I had her on had somehow overheated and cooked her. Shocked
I guess this journal ends here.
R.I.P. fire ant queen...

It isn't very easy coping with 10+ ant colonies who need 20 crickets every day!
Im just glad I have a colony of 500 crickets Smiling

Re: She is dead...

Submitted by Apocalypse on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 07:52.

Rest in peace.
Sad

Ants

Re: She is dead...

Submitted by Mr Fire Ant on Sat, 06/14/2008 - 06:59.

Sad

Live Colonies:
Solenopsis Invicta - Dorymyrmex flavus - Monomorium pharaonis - Crematogaster sp

Dead Colonies:
Tapinoma melanocephalum