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My Camponotus absquatulator colony got their first majors!


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#1 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted September 5 2019 - 1:59 AM

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...ca02 majors that is!  robbed a few pupae from some ca02 that were relocating to a new area, and they accepted them.. except the holes are too small for the pupae and one is jammed in while they enlarge the entrance  :D 

the substrate is extra-fine sand mixed with some clay and tuff i get from a hillside  only the top layer has sooty mold on it, that was caused by an accidental overflow of sugarwater, otherwise it's quite clean.  i use a delicup as a starter enclosure, it seems flimsy but the substrate is solid like a rock almost..  kinda like a soft ytong

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Random major because these are beautiful 

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Edited by mbullock42086, September 5 2019 - 2:00 AM.


#2 Offline Hightlyze - Posted September 5 2019 - 2:02 AM

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What's a major?

i eat cars for breakfast everynight


#3 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted September 5 2019 - 2:08 AM

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What's a major?

a caste type that grows immense in relation to the normal workers, they get a huge head- used for processing tougher materials, tackling stronger prey, etc.

Median- mid-sized, general workers, the main force

minor- tiny- used for delicate tasks 


Edited by mbullock42086, September 5 2019 - 2:13 AM.

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