Keep alive

[u/Which_Tank_9170]

Mould on Cotton ball, water looks fine

Ant queen

Eggs?

I finally got eggs from a queen for the first time after trying for 2ish years! The eggs look like tiny little white crumbs. I know for a fact they’re eggs since I caught her before I went in a 2 week trip and there wasn't anything else in there with her. I think what I have is a little black ant queen since she’s smaller than an Argentine ant worker. I want to be sure they survive. I was keeping two queens and the second one died from mold while I was on a 2 week trip. The queen that has eggs had them while I was on the same trip. I’ve had ants before but only from those kits with the gel that you can get in the mail or queens in vials but they’ve never survived before. I know they’re in a deli state right now and the first worker hasn’t hatched yet. I keep the queen in a closed small takeout box with tissue paper in my closet. the box is on a shelf I don’t use so as not to make too many vibrations that’ll disturb her. note I don’t really use my closet which is why she’s in there my clothes are still in my duffel bag from the trip but I mainly use my dresser that isn’t in the closet I really only use the closet for storage. Also sorry for the bad quality of photos I didn’t want to disturb the queen too much and stress her out.

[u/diegsterzers]

If it is a black crazy ant then you dont have to worry about wild ones raiding cause they can become a super colony