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cocdeshijie's Myrmecocystus mimicus Journal 【2021】

Started By cocdeshijie , Jun 28 2021 8:16 PM

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#1 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted June 28 2021 - 8:16 PM

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I got some Myrmecocystus mimicus queens from dspdrew. I will try to update daily until they get workers.

 

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Edited by cocdeshijie, July 27 2021 - 5:46 PM.

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#2 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted June 29 2021 - 9:04 PM

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Day 2 — 6/29/2021

Queens got feed and some have eggs.

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#3 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted June 30 2021 - 9:12 PM

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Day 3 — 6/30/2021

Almost all the queens have laid eggs by now.

 

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#4 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 1 2021 - 9:08 PM

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Day 4 — 7/1/2021

No change.

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#5 Offline nurbs - Posted July 1 2021 - 10:24 PM

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Yell at them to hurry up


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Instagram:
nurbsants
 
YouTube
 
California Ants for Sale

 

Unidentified Myrmecocystus

https://www.formicul...ls-near-desert/

 

Undescribed "Modoc"

https://www.formicul...mp-ca-5-4-2017/

 

Camponotus or Colobopsis yogi:

https://www.formicul...a-ca-1-28-2018/

 
Camponotus us-ca02
https://www.formicul...onotus-us-ca02/

 

Unidentified Formica

https://www.formicul...l-ca-6-27-2020/

 
Pencil Case and Test Tube Formicariums
https://www.formicul...m-and-outworld/
 
Bloodworm Soup
https://www.formicul...bloodworm-soup/

#6 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted July 2 2021 - 5:27 AM

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Yell at them to hurry up

That always works.  :lol:


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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 2 2021 - 5:31 AM

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Is that foam in the tubes instead of cotton?
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#8 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted July 2 2021 - 5:34 AM

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Is that foam in the tubes instead of cotton?

It's a PVA sponge. 


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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#9 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 2 2021 - 8:15 AM

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Is that foam in the tubes instead of cotton?

It's a PVA sponge. 

 

Does that help prevent accidental floods?


#10 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted July 2 2021 - 10:37 AM

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Is that foam in the tubes instead of cotton?

It's a PVA sponge. 

 

Does that help prevent accidental floods?

 

It can, along with lots of other things. 


Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#11 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 6 2021 - 2:29 PM

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Day 9 — 7/6/2021

More eggs.

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#12 Offline antsandmore - Posted July 6 2021 - 3:09 PM

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cool! good luck on this species!


Ants I am keeping:

 none for now, planning on being more active this year

#13 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 12 2021 - 2:48 PM

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Day 15 — 7/12/2021

Larvae.

 

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#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 12 2021 - 3:21 PM

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Where do you get the pva sponge, and do you cut it to fit the tube or buy round pieces?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#15 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 12 2021 - 3:27 PM

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Where do you get the pva sponge, and do you cut it to fit the tube or buy round pieces?

 

I just contact the people that make pva sponges and ask them to precut.


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#16 Offline yaboiseth - Posted July 12 2021 - 8:31 PM

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Coming along nicely! Do you plan of selling any eventually?

#17 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 12 2021 - 9:06 PM

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Coming along nicely! Do you plan of selling any eventually?

  I have sold them before.....currently sold out should get more next month


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#18 Offline to_be_announced - Posted July 13 2021 - 6:04 AM

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That's a lot of larvae for founding!  Exciting!  She looks to be getting a good start.


Currently keeping Tetramorium Immigrans and Camponotus Pennsylvanicus in THA mini hearths.  I also have a couple Prenolepis Imparus queens in test tubes.

#19 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 23 2021 - 8:51 PM

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Day 26 — 7/23/2021

All of them got pupae and laid more eggs.

 

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#20 Offline ElisAnts - Posted July 26 2021 - 12:26 AM

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How much do you sell them for?


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