I wanted to start this journal to document the progress of my Myrmecia nigriscapa queen, which I received about two weeks ago.
The queen spent an entire week in transit, but apart from eating her brood during shipping, she arrived in surprisingly good condition. She’s very active during the late evening and early morning hours, quite typical for Myrmecia.
On the day she arrived, she immediately devoured a whole cricket and laid her first egg the very next day.
Over the following days, more eggs appeared, and now the first larva has finally hatched!
Her protein intake has been quite low lately, which makes sense given that she only had eggs for a while and didn’t need much food. Now that larvae are present, I expect her appetite to increase again soon.
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