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Giant Ant Colony Journal!

Started By dermy , May 8 2015 4:33 PM

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#1 Offline dermy - Posted May 8 2015 - 4:33 PM

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Thought I'd start a Journal for my newest Myrmica colony. It has over 1000 Workers and somewhere between 5-10 Queens. They are in a setup without an outworld and they do very well. They will eat almost anything you throw in their nest!

Will post a Video-Slide-Show when I get the time!

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#2 Offline dean_k - Posted May 8 2015 - 4:39 PM

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Woah, that's a big colony.

Yeah, I'd love to watch a video of them.

#3 Offline drtrmiller - Posted May 8 2015 - 5:05 PM

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Yeah, I'd love to watch a video of them.

I'm guessing you haven't seen a Dermy Studios production.

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#4 Offline dermy - Posted May 8 2015 - 5:32 PM

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Haha no kidding! I should start doing more Info in my journals haha!

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#5 Offline dermy - Posted May 11 2015 - 12:36 PM

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Here is a real vid, plan to make a better version soon!

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#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 12 2015 - 4:24 AM

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I feel like I'm spying on your ants through a cracked door.

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#7 Offline dermy - Posted May 12 2015 - 10:00 AM

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Haha I need to hold my iPod the other way sorry about that! I will make a better vid soon.

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#8 Offline dermy - Posted May 14 2015 - 2:48 PM

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Decided to go back to the colony to see if it was still there before something happens to it and found 13 more queens. I took 10

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#9 Offline dermy - Posted May 16 2015 - 11:58 AM

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So here is a question for yall, should I make another attachement to the colony?

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#10 Offline dermy - Posted May 16 2015 - 1:43 PM

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Hey guys here is that quick video of the Queen foraging:

Edit Whoops wrong colony haha!

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#11 Offline dermy - Posted May 22 2015 - 9:00 AM

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I am very angry :mad: My brother got into my room and messed with the colony, and I had to completely dump the whole thing into a bigger container and restart the whole thing. I hope they deal with this move They were doing so well, I found lots of really large larvae, which could have been Alates, I hope they bounce back well.