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Aaron's Colobopsis impressa Journal (Updated 4/16/21)

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#101 Offline Antkeeper014 - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:17 PM

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I love the look of Colobopsis ants, a shame Poland doesn't have any.

Actually, I have good news for you. There is one species of colobopsis found in Poland! C. truncata.
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#102 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:36 PM

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Awesome! Hopefully this colony will get to alates, which would be a first in antkeeping on this journal.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#103 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:37 PM

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Awesome! Hopefully this colony will get to alates, which would be a first in antkeeping on this journal.

Ahem....  :whistle:



#104 Offline NPLT - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:41 PM

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I love the look of Colobopsis ants, a shame Poland doesn't have any.

Actually, I have good news for you. There is one species of colobopsis found in Poland! C. truncata.

 

Technically yes, but its range is limited and even in that range it is very rare, just like Ponera coarctata, Stenamma debileMyrmecina graminicola, or Dolichoderus quadripunctatus.

There's a saying in Polsih "it's a white raven", which means that something is rare/one of a kind. C. truncata is one such myrmecological white raven here in Poland


Edited by NPLT, April 16 2021 - 4:51 PM.

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Um, uh, Ants!

 

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#105 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:42 PM

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Wait you got to that from freshly caught queens?? Or from colonies?

 

Sorry for clogging up the journal.


Edited by NickAnter, April 16 2021 - 4:45 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#106 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:45 PM

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Error in quote.


Edited by NickAnter, April 16 2021 - 4:45 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 


#107 Offline Aaron567 - Posted April 16 2021 - 4:51 PM

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Wait you got to that from freshly caught queens?? Or from colonies?

 

Sorry for clogging up the journal.

 

Yes, I caught the queens in May of 2020. This is my first journal entry of them.



#108 Offline NickAnter - Posted April 16 2021 - 5:54 PM

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Terribly sorry, I was referencing TenneseeAnts' post hence the quotation error post. I thought his "Ahem" was him saying that he got a colony to alates.

 

 

Wait you got to that from freshly caught queens?? Or from colonies?

 

Sorry for clogging up the journal.

 

Yes, I caught the queens in May of 2020. This is my first journal entry of them.

 

 


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 






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