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RIP Camponotus Clarithorax Colony


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#1 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted February 21 2019 - 8:12 PM

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So just recently my Camponotus Clarithorax queen died

 

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I bought this colony from Drew in 2017. I suspect that he caught them in 2016. 6 months earlier I found out about AntsCanada. He randomly showed up on my Youtube recommended list. I then clicked on it then 20 minutes later I realized ant keeping was perfect for me. I then showed it to my parents and they thought it was cool. Before I knew about ant keeping I was already into bugs so that's why my parents were fine with ants. Then after 6 months of watching AntsCanada I decided that I wanted to buy ants because I couldn't find any queens. I heard about Drew in one of his videos so I wanted to hit him up. Then on mothers day we were going to Orange County so I asked if I could buy a Camponotus Clarithorax colony from him. Why that colony, I don't know. We then showed up and he gave me the colony and a 3D printed feeder. 
 
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At the time I thought that all ants hibernated. At the time I was pretty dumb so I had no clue what colonies needed what. I had the colony for a while and they were doing super good. I only had 1 egg that didn't turn out good. At the time I had 12 workers or something.
 
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Then winter came. Before I had my ants I was already not looking forward to the winter. Even now I hate the winter because of not watching my ants. But then I hibernated my ants. Like I said I didn't know that this species didn't hibernate. Then 3 months later I took them out and 4 ants were dead and I had 7 ants. Since I had an AC starter pack so I tried moving them. Over time they never moved and more ants died. So I disconnect the AC setup and tried formicuture. I figured out I couldn't do anything so over the next year they all died. I wish that I knew how to keep them better and hope nobody else does something as stupid as I did. 

                                                                                        R.I.P Camponotus Clarithorax Colony 2016 - 2019

 

 


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#2 Offline FSTP - Posted February 22 2019 - 7:44 AM

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This is a great thread. Usually people only want to share thier sucesses. This is a good example of what can happen when you rush into a hobby without taking the time in doing the proper research. So thank you for openly and honestly sharing your experience. Perhaps others can learn from this blunder. 


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#3 Offline Rstheant - Posted February 22 2019 - 11:13 AM

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If you catch them again, do NOT put them in nurbs pencil case formicariums. Mrymentoma Camponotus are pretty flat, and can escape through the small gaps in the case. I gave my clarithorax queen to YsTheAnt. It was my first ant colony.




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