activity has started to dwindle since the larva incident. I unfortunatly don't think the nest is ever going to get large like normal. they seem way behind and after all of those larva that they lost... i would just love to know why they did it.
wild nests right now are larger and more populus than this one even though this one was started earlier.

even though things do not look promising, I am extremly grateful that this queen started a nest for me in captivity. This was a great oppertunity for me to study the development of the nest which i never could have done before becuase this species is primarily a ground nester.