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Greg's Solenopsis amblychila Journal (Discontinued)

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#1 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2015 - 3:33 AM

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Well I think I have one queen that is doing good enough to start a journal. I caught two queens in early June of 2015 at one of my local anting spots. Both of these two original queens are still alive, and one has some pretty large larvae of her own. :D In later June, I caught 16 more queens, but many of them were saved from being prey to Dorymyrmex insanus and bicolor and others. Most of these died to their wounds, and now I only have four queens from that flight remaining. (In total I have 6 queens.) Hopefully the first queen does good and the host workers will raise her brood successfully!


Edited by Gregory2455, February 20 2019 - 10:23 PM.


#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2015 - 6:44 AM

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That's amazing. All mine ever do is die.


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#3 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2015 - 2:15 PM

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Yeah, I think I am just really really lucky with the single queen in the picture above- none of the other five are doing so good...



#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 18 2015 - 11:57 PM

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Update: 8/19/2015

Well the very first queen I caught got a pupa today. :yahoo: You can see it in this picture pressed against the cotton.


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#5 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 3 2015 - 5:10 PM

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Update: 9/3/2015

Well the pupa disappeared but three more larvae are pupating so I guess it doesn't matter...



#6 Offline James C. Trager - Posted September 4 2015 - 4:30 AM

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Staying tuned...


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#7 Offline Mdrogun - Posted September 10 2015 - 5:44 PM

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Has anybody ever tried giving these queens 100+ host workers? Maybe the queens are like Argentine queens and they need a lot of attention to do well.


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 10 2015 - 5:45 PM

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No idea but she seems to be doing okay right now.



#9 Offline Mdrogun - Posted September 11 2015 - 1:09 PM

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I know this queen is doing great, but other people seem to have a lot of problems with these kind of ants.


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#10 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 15 2015 - 3:11 PM

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Discontinued

The last queen died because all the host workers died and I did not add new host workers in time.



#11 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 15 2015 - 4:38 PM

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So they never got any workers of their own?



#12 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 15 2015 - 4:45 PM

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No, the host workers tore the brood apart before they died...







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