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Take 2 Day 14 – more eggs and an egg probably transforming into a larva

by NJ Ant FanPosted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020
ant eggs
Onetenna’s eggs
Ant egg transforming into larva
Scar Smile’s brood with her head in the corner, and the right egg in the bottom pile of eggs may be turning into a larva because it is slowly wrinkling into the skin pattern of most ant larvae
Queen ant
Onetenna
Queen ant with brood
Scar Smile and her brood

Thank you to everyone who voted! The official names of these two queens are Scar Smile and Onetenna. Scar Smile won with 55% of the votes, and Onetenna won with 70% of the votes. Both queens have more eggs, and one of Scar Smile’s eggs MAY be transforming into a larva. Onetenna has no transforming eggs yet, but hopefully they will begin that process soon.

However, I have one concern. Onetenna’s eggs are kind of scattered which makes me unsure if she is fertilized or not. If she has any larvae in the coming weeks then she is fertile, if not, she is unfertile, and will not survive. Her eggs are not too scattered, so she is probably fertile, and will raise a colony of ants. During the check however, about half a second after I removed the cover, she ran away from her brood, abandoning it, which may be that she just freaked out, or she is unfertile.

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Take 2, Day 7 – One week later – new brood
Take 2, Day 21 – New Larvae!

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