u/Honest-General9089

I’m pretty new to this, but I assume this is mating?

Hi!!

I have this 20 x 30cm Forest floor terrarium with about a dozen white Porcellio laevis Isopods and orange springtails in it. I have a lone Messor barbarous queen with no workers that I’ve been thinking about putting in there. I’ve never done this before and this is my first terrarium. Would this work?

Other species that I have that I could put in there are Lasius niger, Formica Rufibarbis, Tetramorium caespitum, and Lasius flavus.

Edit: I only plan on putting one species in there. Above are just other options.

Would it be ok that it’s left at room temperature? 73F, 23c? How would I handle diapause?

Substrate is a mix of coco, sphagnum moss, worm castings, charcoal… it gets about 3-4 inches in some parts.

Just some questions I have as I ponder this. Thanks!