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Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Queen (Southern California)


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#1 Offline Daniel - Posted June 30 2021 - 9:34 PM

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I found this gal running along the wall of a planter where I had just moved a pile of damp sphagnum moss.  I am pretty sure she is Cyphomyrmex wheeleri but I would certainly be open to hearing other suggestions.

 

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#2 Offline ReignofRage - Posted June 30 2021 - 9:36 PM

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That is for sure a Cyphomyrmex wheeleri queen, very nice find! Good luck with her.


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#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted June 30 2021 - 9:36 PM

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I found this gal running along the wall of a planter where I had just moved a pile of damp sphagnum moss. I am pretty sure she is Cyphomyrmex wheeleri but I would certainly be open to hearing other suggestions.

Daniel

I think it is. Keep her! Would love if you started a journal! I think they are just the CUTEST!! I want them so bad dang.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#4 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted June 30 2021 - 10:00 PM

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Nice find. I have been stalking some cypho nests I found in my yard. Hope to find queens of my own soon!
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#5 Offline Daniel - Posted June 30 2021 - 10:24 PM

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Nice find. I have been stalking some cypho nests I found in my yard. Hope to find queens of my own soon!


Cool, and good luck!

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#6 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 1 2021 - 8:10 AM

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How do you care for these? These are definitely on my target list for when I move there.

#7 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 1 2021 - 8:14 AM

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Awesome! Be sure to get a source of caterpillar frass and other decaying matter.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#8 Offline Daniel - Posted July 1 2021 - 9:12 AM

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How do you care for these? These are definitely on my target list for when I move there.


I will let you know what I learn. Like NickAnter said, I'm trying dead plant matter and caterpillar frass. Also, dead insect parts. If it ends up looking like she may actually have fungus then I will make a journal.

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#9 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 26 2021 - 6:29 PM

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How do you care for these? These are definitely on my target list for when I move there.

C. Wheeleri is everywhere in california i found some in el dorado.


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What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

 

 

What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.


#10 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted July 26 2021 - 11:43 PM

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If I am not mistaken, C. wheeleri can subsist on plant matter; it is the other species with a yeast-based fungus which feeds on caterpillar frass and animal waste. I hear rose petals can do the trick, though you'd have the best luck harvesting whatever native plant species you see workers nabbing. 


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#11 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 27 2021 - 10:48 AM

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If I am not mistaken, C. wheeleri can subsist on plant matter; it is the other species with a yeast-based fungus which feeds on caterpillar frass and animal waste. I hear rose petals can do the trick, though you'd have the best luck harvesting whatever native plant species you see workers nabbing.

Thanks for the info!




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