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Ant_Dude2908's Crematogaster cerasi Journal (Discontinued)


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#21 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 21 2019 - 8:35 AM

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They would not move, even though the water was completely gone in the tube. So I dumped them into the outworld. They are now moving in. I did not realize how much brood they really have. I'd say they have about 250-300 brood. New workers too. I boosted the new queen with a pupa, so she can get a head start.

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#22 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 23 2019 - 4:47 PM

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The newer queen has her one worker and some eggs! I found a weird queen that looks like lineolata, but smaller. The large colony has about 45 workers and 200 brood. They forage a lot too.

#23 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 24 2019 - 3:16 AM

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Sounds like they’re thriving! You should change your username to CrematoMaster, lol. This genus is worth all the hype, for sure. So much fun to keep and observe.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#24 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 24 2019 - 5:40 AM

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Yeah I can't wait for June/July! They fly in the thousands and are impossible to not step on a few! Last year in one flight I got over 30 queens, but kept the five fittest. Those were C. cerasi. The lineolata flights aren't as big, but are still hard to miss.

#25 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 9 2019 - 4:36 PM

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The largest colony has easily 200 brood now and just about 100 workers. They are pretty active foragers now.
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#26 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 10 2019 - 3:57 AM

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Nice work! Two of my queens are doing very well, too.


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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#27 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 18 2019 - 9:09 AM

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The large colony has around 110 workers and too much brood to count! They took a huge cricket leg today as well.


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#28 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 24 2019 - 1:26 PM

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From what I have heard, C. lineolata is the only polygonous one so you are in luck. It is really rare though.



#29 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 24 2019 - 3:10 PM

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I found out these are cerasi.

#30 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 29 2019 - 9:16 AM

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Colony #1 has around 200 workers and too much brood, and colony #2 has 11 workers and about 20 brood.

#31 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 12 2019 - 10:11 AM

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I traded the small colony for a small colony of Aphaenogaster rudis. They weren't doing much.

#32 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 1:00 PM

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I check her twice every day. 

Seriously? Are you sure you didn't mean twice a week?


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#33 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 15 2020 - 1:44 PM

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I check her twice every day. 

Seriously? Are you sure you didn't mean twice a week?

 

Yep. I check all of my ants (except my Nievamyrmex) twice a day, sometimes more.


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#34 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 15 2020 - 1:52 PM

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I check her twice every day. 

Seriously? Are you sure you didn't mean twice a week?

 

Yep. I check all of my ants (except my Nievamyrmex) twice a day, sometimes more.

 

Same. They are all doing great, and don't eat their brood. I mean, I wouldn't check on Myrmecocystus or Hypoponera that much. They are ultra-sensitive.


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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). 


#35 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 1:56 PM

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I might just do that, except with Formica, as they would eat their eggs for sure.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#36 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 15 2020 - 1:58 PM

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I might just do that, except with Formica, as they would eat their eggs for sure.

I check my Formica every day as well.


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#37 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 2:03 PM

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Once I get a larger colony, I probably would acclimate them to light and not cover them at all, as I like to simply stare at them for long periods of time.  :)


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#38 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 2:08 PM

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I might just do that, except with Formica, as they would eat their eggs for sure.

I check my Formica every day as well.

Even the founding queens?


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#39 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 15 2020 - 2:37 PM

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I might just do that, except with Formica, as they would eat their eggs for sure.

I check my Formica every day as well.

Even the founding queens?

 

Yessir.


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#40 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted April 15 2020 - 2:41 PM

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Won’t they be more of a successful colony(s) if you didn’t check on them as much?


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