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Jack Pearl's Camponotus Consobrinus journal

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#21 Offline VoidElecent - Posted November 12 2017 - 5:54 AM

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I love it! Those are some beautiful Camponotus!

 

For the new queens you catch, be sure to publish identification threads rather than uploading pictures to your journals. It's just a little bit easier.



#22 Offline JackPearl - Posted November 12 2017 - 11:41 AM

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I love it! Those are some beautiful Camponotus!
 
For the new queens you catch, be sure to publish identification threads rather than uploading pictures to your journals. It's just a little bit easier.


Thanks for reading :)

And I sure will identify them on the correct sub forum from now.

#23 Offline JackPearl - Posted February 19 2018 - 3:44 PM

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20/2/18

An update, Finally!

So much has happened to this colony since November, its insane. I was sure that the colony seemed to be growing well in the nest, until the pupa started to eclose, I noticed the 18th worker, and the next day, it was dead. A week or so later, another eclosed, and again, I found it dead and being cannabalised by her sisters. After some research, and another dead worker, I decided to move them out of the nest. I felt that the nest was too big, and the small mold growth was making it unsuitable for the colony, thus why the were killing their sisters.

As I connected the nest to a tube, another worker eclosed, this was good for My theory, because if she survived the next few days it’d mean the nest was probably the problem. Anyway, she did infact survive!

About a month after moving them into a tube, I noticed a lot of brood starting to develop, and over 40 eggs. Alongside this, a population explosion occurred! They grew from around 18~ workers, to 24 workers! This and the growing brood pile indicated they enjoyed their current setup And it hasn’t changed much since then. Now, they have maybe 27 or so workers, and a LOT of pupa and larva.
Most exciting, is the massive pupa. Which I believe may be the colonies first major!

Thanks for reading, I’ll try and get some photos soon :)

#24 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted February 19 2018 - 6:30 PM

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Wow, you have a very nice journal... keep it up.



#25 Offline JackPearl - Posted February 20 2018 - 2:27 AM

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Wow, you have a very nice journal... keep it up.


Thanks :) sorry for the inconsistency though xD
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#26 Offline CoolColJ - Posted February 25 2018 - 8:59 PM

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Hey, do your Camponotus Consobrinus do anything during the daytime?

Do they just sit and lazy around, or even move to go get food/water?

Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#27 Offline JackPearl - Posted February 25 2018 - 11:23 PM

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Hey, do your Camponotus Consobrinus do anything during the daytime?Do they just sit and lazy around, or even move to go get food/water?


They are actually fairly active during the day, with foragers etc. but at night is obviously when they do their majority of their outside antics





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