Update 4-7-2016
Unfortunately, both of the new queens I found have died.
Update 4-7-2016
Unfortunately, both of the new queens I found have died.
That's a shame. I'm sorry
Update 6-14-2016
One of my colonies lost its queen. I only have one colony left now, assuming the orange and black ones are a different species.
I noticed a lot of your videos this year (maybe I didn't notice before?) have a floating, National Geographic, effect. Is that a filming technique or post processing effect?
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
Oh that's the image stabilization processing in the video settings on Youtube. I love it and do it to all my videos on Youtube.
Where did you get the dirt box you use?
My Current Colonies:
Such a cool setup!
Considering these guys have repletes,given a colony has a large supply of repletes how long can they go without feeding?
I don't know the answer to that.
Update 11-28-2016
I checked on the orange and black colony yesterday, and saw that they had completely moved into their new nest. There wasn't a single thing left behind in the old "dirt box" nest. They even moved all the repletes. I guess it wasn't too much of a problem since none of them were very large.
You should leave a ton of sugar-based foods out so that they can fully fill the repletes. That way, you don't need to worry about starving them on accident or if you leave on a trip.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Vicinus
Prenolepis Imparis
Tetramorium Sp. E x2
Update 7-9-2017
The queen I found in the last update is doing great, with about 40 workers now.
Update 7-23-2017
Well I came across a flight of these this summer up in Nipton, California on the morning of 7-18-2017. I collected quite a few of them this time.
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