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[Leo]

(copied from CCJ)

 

Dead or released ants:

Harpegnathos venator (sickle jawed ant) 15mm queen, 20 workers

 Carebara sp (Marauder ant) 20mm queen, 50 workers

Pheidole parva - 4mm queen, 20 workers

Myrmecia rufinodis (Bull dog ant) 30mm queen, 2 workers

Oocerea biroi (clonal raider ant) 2mm worker, 15 workers

Camponotus nicobarensis (Carpenter ant) 15mm queen

Ectomomyrmex sp - 13mm queen

myrmoteras binghamii (Formicine trap jaw ant) 4mm queen, 30 workers

Diacamma rugosum (Queenless ponerine ant) 12mm worker

Paratopula bauhinia (Golden tree ant) 10mm queen

Polyrachis sp - 10mm queen

Cerapachys sulcinodis (Army ant) 12mm queen, ~30 workers

Camponotus singularis - 22mm queen, 25 workers

Odontoponera sp - 12mm queen

Leptogenys sp (Ponerine army ant) 11mm queen, >100 workers

Pheidole sp - 10mm queen

Pheidole sp - 10mm queens, 100 workers

Carebara castanea - 22mm queens

Colobopsis sp - 5mm queen

Camponotus cf irritans - 16mm queen

Buniapone sp - 10mm queen

Polyrachis sp - 10mm queen

 

Current species

Carebara diversa (Asian army ant/ Marauder ant) 25mm queen, 700 workers

Anochetus sp (Mini trap jaw ant) 5mm queen

Ectatomma ruidum - 13mm queen, 35 workers

Camponotus turkestanus (Yellow/black variant) 15mm queen

Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis (cute) 7-8mm queen

Colobopsis sp - 10mm queen

Polyrachis cf rastellata - 10mm queen

Odontomachus monticola - 15mm queen

Cataglyphis sp - 10mm queen, 10 workers

Meranoplus bicolour - 7mm queen, 30 workers

 

 

 

 

Termites:

Unknown species - 20 workers

 

Pictures will be coming soon 

Edited by Leo, September 28 2019 - 5:50 PM.

[ponerinecat]

"Formicine trap jaw ant"

...

what

[Leo]

search it up

[TennesseeAnts]

Yes! You finished!

[Manitobant]

Woah you have myrmoteras? Can I see the journal and/or some pictures? I love those!

[Canadian anter]

"Formicine trap jaw ant"
...
what

I believe the colloquial term is "awesome"

[Rstheant]

Thanks for making this. I don’t have time to make mine; school testing is coming up, and I NEED to study.

[Leo]

Anochetus sp 5mm - 2 queens

15mm test tube

2 queens, 8 eggs

 

Doing better than expected!

A really pretty bronze-red color, one of my favorite ants. The queens seem to cooperating well.

 

 

 

Myrmoteras binghamii 4mm 

Homemade plaster nest

1 queen, 25 workers - 10 pupae, 5+ larvae, 6 eggs

 

Larvae are beginning to pupate and the queen has laid a few eggs. Not accepting any food though...

 

 

 

 

Ectomomyrmex sp 13mm

A tub of damp plaster

5 eggs

 

Just a photo shoot 

 

 

 

Carebara sp 20mm queen

Plastic container with some dirt

30 - 40 workers, some larvae and eggs

 

Doing quite well

 

[Rstheant]

Your Myrmecia have workers? Pictures please.

[Leo]

Your Myrmecia have workers? Pictures please.

Only the queen left now, the workers escaped a few days ago and turned up poisoned.

[Rstheant]

[Leo]

Don't worry, she has 11 fat larvae 

[Rstheant]

there’s hope after all!?

[Leo]

Paratopula bauhinia 10mm queen

Petri dish with wet tissue

no eggs

 

Caught a queen!!! She shed her wings so I'm guessing she's fertile. If I manage to raise workers, I'll be the first person in the world to see more than one worker, larvae and eggs!

[Leo]

Carebara diversa 25mm queen

Critter keeper with soil and buried boiling tube

900 workers, 300+ larvae

 

Dang, I checked on their buried tube today and found the queen sitting in a fort/carpet made from larvae! There must be 300+ not sure if there is more in the dirt somewhere.

They ate 5 mealworms and 1 cricket yesterday. 

[Rstheant]

Does your colony have majors? Carebara I mean.

[Leo]

Does your colony have majors? Carebara I mean.

2 small ones and one slightly larger one

[Leo]

Many new species! Pictures come later, but here is a list:

 Cerapachys sulcinodis (Army ant) 12mm queen, ~30 workers (2 queens, ??? brood)

 Camponotus singularis - 22mm queen, 25 workers (1 queen, some larvae and 7 eggs)

 Camponotus turkestanus (Yellow/black variant) 15mm queen (1 queen, 3 larvae)

 Odontoponera sp - 12mm queen (1 queen, no brood)

 Leptogenys sp (Ponerine army ant) 11mm queen, >100 workers (1 queen, heck loads of brood  )

 Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis (cute) 7-8mm queen (2 queens, no brood)

 Colobopsis sp - 10mm queen (2 queens, no brood)

[ponerinecat]

does your acanthomyrmex have medians or majors?

[Leo]

does your acanthomyrmex have medians or majors?

No, I caught the two queens during their flight