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#1 Offline AntsMAN - Posted March 11 2017 - 5:35 PM

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I never seen it the last time I fed the others. I don't see any wounds on the queen, and see seems to be taking care of it.

I looks like a maggot cocoon.

 

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#2 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 11 2017 - 5:39 PM

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Looks like what Mikey had with his Lasius queen.

 


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#3 Offline AntsMAN - Posted March 11 2017 - 5:55 PM

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Too the freezer it goes.


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#4 Offline Leo - Posted March 11 2017 - 7:02 PM

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no no take it out and see the insides



#5 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted March 11 2017 - 9:34 PM

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let it hatch.. then kill it and feed it back to an ant colony :)


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#6 Offline Serafine - Posted March 12 2017 - 2:25 AM

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He can just freeze it and then feed it. The ant will very likely prefer the pupa over the adult fly.


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#7 Offline AntsMAN - Posted March 12 2017 - 6:06 AM

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 I'm going to let it hatch and document it. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information on this.

The queen is still alive and tending it, she thinks its her baby.


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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#8 Offline Californian Anter - Posted March 12 2017 - 4:57 PM

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Let it become a fly, then damage a wing and throw it into a colony of Camponotus. See how long it lasts  :D .


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#9 Offline klawfran3 - Posted March 27 2017 - 9:36 AM

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Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin.  Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over ;)


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#10 Offline AntsMAN - Posted March 29 2017 - 6:21 AM

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Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin.  Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over ;)

 

I wish It had eclosed, but it ended up turning black and molding in the test tube. I do have a few dead queen specimens, some that I don't have a proper ID's for.

I'd pay to have them sent to you to be pinned, all I want is a good picture and ID.


Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#11 Offline T.C. - Posted March 29 2017 - 7:15 AM

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Why kill it? You should raise it until it ecloses and then ID it, and pin it for a scientific collection. Since it seems to be using the ant colony as a nursery it would be a very interesting addition to a collection. Just put the location, date of queen/fly collection, the date of eclosing, and the species of ant it used as a parasitic host on a tag or two for the pin.  Just glue the pupae to a card and put that on the pin with the adult. Then you'd have the pupae for comparison if this happens and the fly imago for the collection. It appears to be some sort of fly pupae, and it would be a good idea to keep it for later reference. If you don't want to do any of that I'd be willing to do it, and I'll pay shipping to have the dead fly and pupae sent over ;)

 
I wish It had eclosed, but it ended up turning black and molding in the test tube. I do have a few dead queen specimens, some that I don't have a proper ID's for.
I'd pay to have them sent to you to be pinned, all I want is a good picture and ID.

Why don't you pin them? It's cheap, and easy to do.
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#12 Offline AntsMAN - Posted March 30 2017 - 1:36 PM

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Challenge accepted!!


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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#13 Offline AntsMAN - Posted April 21 2017 - 4:50 AM

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Here's my first attempt. Not the prettiest but they will do.

 

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Current queens/colonies

Camponotus novaeboracensis x2

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2

Camponotus herculeanus x1

Formica sp. x1

Lasius americanus x1  (Lasius alienus)

Lasius neoniger x1

Crematogastor cerasi x1

Myrmica sp. x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#14 Offline klawfran3 - Posted April 21 2017 - 9:11 AM

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Looks Good! When pinning ants the point should go between the second and third pairs of legs and the legs should droop down to expose all their details. Also the points should always be on the right. Other than that they look very straight and level! Practice makes perfect
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#15 Offline T.C. - Posted April 21 2017 - 10:44 AM

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Looks good. Better than most people's first time. Depending on the type of insects they are pinned differently, but I remember seeing a post once where a guy stuck the needles into the ants back and other body areas. Rather humorous because he had destroyed the ant making it completely useless for ID'ing.
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