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Brad's Camponotus laevigatus Journal (Updated 9-13-20)


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#1 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted October 23 2018 - 3:17 PM

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October 23, 2018: On August 26 I bought this Camponotus Laevigatus colony from Nurbs. It costed $60 to buy. When I bought them they had 5 workers and 3 eggs. They came inside the pencil care formicarium. Ima try not to screw up like I did with my other colony. Luckily he gave me the care sheet for them so most likely I'm not going to screw up. 

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#2 Offline FSTP - Posted October 24 2018 - 2:10 PM

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looks great!

 

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#3 Offline Rstheant - Posted October 24 2018 - 3:01 PM

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I also got a colony
Ready for hibernation
6 workers

#4 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted October 24 2018 - 4:52 PM

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looks great!

Please review this thread: http://www.formicult...to-post-photos/


Thanks! I’ve been only using the links for the picture.

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#5 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted March 12 2019 - 4:22 PM

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UPDATE 3-12-19

 

So on the 9th I took them out of hibernation. I started to hibernate them on I think the 1st of December. So they got a good amount of rest through the winter. When I took them out no workers were dead, which relieved me considering I am sort of afraid of hibernating my ants. After I few hours I fed them a cricket and they didn't seem too interested in. Here are a few pics of them.

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#6 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 12 2019 - 5:01 PM

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Nice, I was just checking on mine. Same worker count, except they ate their brood.

#7 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted March 17 2019 - 5:16 PM

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Nice, I was just checking on mine. Same worker count, except they ate their brood.

Aww, that sucks. Mine ate their pupa before they hibernated :(


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#8 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted March 17 2019 - 5:25 PM

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Little vid I made for them


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#9 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted March 27 2019 - 2:32 PM

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time lapse of colony feeding

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#10 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted April 6 2019 - 10:15 AM

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UPDATE 4-6-19

Yesterday one of the workers died :(  Nurbs told me that the ant got sick. About a week ago it would just stand around outside of the nest. The good thing is that the queen laid TONS of eggs. There is also a pupa that is going to hatch soon. In the pic the queen is covering the eggs but you can see the dead worker and the pupa.

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#11 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted April 23 2019 - 6:39 PM

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UPDATE: 4-23-19

Earlier this morning one of the pupae hatched bringing the population up to 5 again. Nurbs and others told me that it was a median because of how big the worker is. Currently the colony has 2 pupa and about 10-20 eggs or something. I would think that this would get updated in a few weeks. Here are the before and after pics.

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#12 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted May 17 2019 - 3:45 PM

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UPDATE 5/17/19

Just recently this colony has reached 10 workers. They still have lots of more pupa to hatch. I also changed their test tube into a bigger one. This should allow them the have more room so they are not cramped in. Also the other day I fed them a mealworm through the vent. When I taped it I guess the tape hadn't completely stuck. Then when I came home I saw a worker then put it back in. Then I went out to practice basketball and came in to 3 workers gone. I got 1 but I had no clue where the others went. Then I decided to take a shower. When I came back the WHOLE COLONY WAS GONE. Just kidding. I ended up seeing the 2 workers crawling on my backpack. I then got new tape and taped it better. I hope this never happens again. 

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#13 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted May 17 2019 - 4:04 PM

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My gosh, you SCARED me there for a second!

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#14 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted May 17 2019 - 7:46 PM

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Nap! MRAAAAA! I worker just died

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#15 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted August 21 2019 - 4:17 PM

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Update 8-21-19

​I am extremely disappointed in myself. For 2 weeks in the end of July I never fed these guys. I ran out of food and I needed to save up some money. Then I went on a trip and came back to many dead workers. I fed them a wax worm and I thought they would be fine. Then every worker died. Just a week ago the queen died. Lesson learned: never neglect your ants super badly. Hopefully I can get one of these guys again.


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#16 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted June 5 2020 - 9:16 AM

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Update 6-5-20

I bought 3 of these guys from someone on Discord. They all arrived with a small pile of eggs. Now this time i'm not going to screw up and kill them after their first year. Hopefully I get good colonies out of these.

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#17 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted June 30 2020 - 11:56 AM

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Update 6-30-20

2 of these guys have pupae and larvae. The one that doesn't have pupae has a good amount of larvae though. I expect workers in the next few weeks.


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#18 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted July 14 2020 - 12:59 PM

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Update 7-14-20

This morning one of the queens got it's first worker. The other queens should be getting some pretty soon. 

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#19 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 13 2020 - 9:26 PM

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Update 9-13-20

These guys are doing similar to the last colony I had last year. They all have 4-5 workers and 2 are in pencil cases. Hopefully I can get some sort of formicarium for the tubed one because I've been having to feed them in there.


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#20 Offline BroJack - Posted December 24 2020 - 6:48 PM

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How are they doing now? I have several 1st years like yours that are in the fridge now until the end of February or so. I have trouble getting these guys past a second year and it is my hope that I can do it this year.


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