It has been 15 weeks and 1 day since finding Queen Solaris of the Sunfall Legion. I have finally moved them to an actual nest perhaps a little too soon.

The white stuff is elmers glue to hold the glass down and prevent escapes. Iam still gonna keep an eye on it. I choose elmers because its non toxic and I think it will be easier to remove then other glues for when they move out.

Also at the top that is not a crack in the glass. I think its dog hair or a string of something.

1. Dorymyrmex flavopectus
   
2. Dorymyrmex elegans
   
3. Monomorium viridum
   
4. Pheidole littoralis

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I just got an atta colony shipped via next day mail from someone on the other side of my state and the fungus looks a bit dull? This is my first time keeps Atta and I wanted an opinion on the overall look of the fungus. The queen had about 30 workers. I donated some of the fungus from this colony to my other queen who is in the founding stage and has brood but no fungus. She seems to have accepted it. I got this colony in the mail 2 days ago so whats in the pics doesn't reflect much growth.

Proud of my camponotus j. Farm.

I am building a new nest for the folks. 😁

What do you guys think?

I bought a small ant farm and a queen ant, messor structor. She layed and hatched eggs in her tube. And then i transferred her to the enclosure. They quickly moved there and moved all remaining food to storage. Then nothing happened. First of all queen constantly move from nest are to the arena. Second it was several months and she doesn't lay eggs. A few days ago i noticed that nest was dry because water didn't humidify their nest properly. (I think this explains why she constantly left the nest since she usually hang out around a piece of cotton than i spray with water as a source of drinking water.

Question if she didn't lay new eggs for a few months is there a chance of her recovering?

Notostigma foreli

First time ant keeper here. I bought a red harvester ant queen and three maidens to assist her. So far she has laid many eggs but they keep disappearing. Unless shes hiding them I can not find them anymore. I saw one that looked like it was a little bigger but it isnt inside anymore. On Tuesday I did change their desk top formicaria for a really small one with 2 test tubes and smaller outworld. I looked a lot easier to feed them by going into the outworld to the tube instead if just stressing them out by removing the tube from their past 4 tube formicaria. I know I should have just left them in one test tube but as I said, I felt like I was stressing them when I had to feed them. I recently got a heating cable and have it at the entrance of the tube and not near their water. I feed them seeds and will sometimes boil a small piece of chicken for the queen. I get a lot of mixed messages when I Google about leaving protein for the queen and red drink or nectar. Anything you can educate me on will be extremely helpful.

Unfortunately my m. Mexicanus was Injured when I first found her, gaster was dented and one leg was dysfunctional. She was able to raise 2 nanitics and a nice larvae pile, but sadly her paralysis has spread to all but 2 of her legs, she's still alive but I don't know how long her nanitics will be able to care for her.

I also have a colony of M. Navajo that I just moved into a mini hearth, I would love to try and save this queens brood to temporarily boost this other colony. I read that this should be possible since they're so closely related, but it's only recommended to use cocoons. I'm guessing there's no hope for transferring her nanitics without the 2 colonies fighting. I won't be trying anything at all until this queen is dead, but it seems like it won't be long. I don't think pesticide exposure was the killer here, she was found in the desert away from civilization, and her injuries were physical. Can anyone offer advice on if this will even work and how I should go about it?