Here's the progress of my carpenter queen.
On the 1st of this month, I captured this majestic creature on my terrace using an empty medicine bottle, which I carefully cleaned, removing any residue that could harm it. It still had its wings, but the next day I realized I had removed them.
Yes. I left it to sleep in the bottle overnight, as I didn't have a test tube ready to transfer it to (I solved that the next day). After some initial resistance, the transfer was successful, and finally, it was where it wanted to be (I assumed this when I found a small egg in the tube the next day). 😄
So, I decided to leave it alone for at least a week, observing it at least once a week. Last week, I found clusters of eggs and posted a video here, trying to figure out what kind of Camponotus it was, and a week later, here's what I found in today's observation.
Is it a larva? Oh my God, I'm so happy! So happy! 🤩🤩