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#41 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted August 28 2018 - 2:21 PM

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I was able to disconnect the container holding colony and looked for their brood.  There was plenty of food-brood gathered but a section of the container was not visible so I am not sure of the status of their own brood from the eggs laid going on three weeks ago.  I am not certain about this species eating its own brood which I would find rather unexpected since they have clearly been eating the food-brood being offered.  It is a wait and see game now. 


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#42 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 1 2018 - 2:36 PM

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Collected fresh fire ant brood to feed the colony.

 



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#43 Offline gcsnelling - Posted September 1 2018 - 2:49 PM

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Very cool, keep up the good work.



#44 Offline Nare - Posted September 1 2018 - 5:12 PM

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What will happen during the winter months? I assume the colony will still need brood to eat? Will you be able to find colonies to take brood from? I'm not sure how severe your winters are, but where I live, there's too much snow, and the soil's usually frozen, so finding host brood would be impossible.

EDIT: Do you think you'd be able to freeze host brood for feeding at a later date? That would ensure a steadier food supply.


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#45 Offline Superant33 - Posted September 2 2018 - 2:23 PM

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Start a few fire ant colonies. They are easy to raise. Also, more updates and videos.
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#46 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 2 2018 - 5:48 PM

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Superant33:  Yes, keeping fire ants would be easy but it would take some time to build up a colony.  I will consider that.  I will work to improve posting more videos etc, I unfortunately do not have a proper camera to get close ups, so I need to solve that to make the updates here and just for my own log keeping better. 



#47 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted September 3 2018 - 8:43 AM

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You can buy a clip on macro attachment, and combine that with a camera app that allows for manual focus to get stellar closeups of your ants.

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#48 Offline Superant33 - Posted September 3 2018 - 1:50 PM

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This is a great journal. I honestly think that one of the reasons why the ants are still alive (maybe even prospering) is that he takes the time to feed them brood. Good job.

#49 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 16 2018 - 12:54 PM

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Been a while since I posted.  The colony is still with me....

 


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#50 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 16 2018 - 1:07 PM

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#51 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 19 2018 - 6:12 PM

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Today was able to actually observe the queen/gyne for quite some time.  I had given them fresh food brood which as usual the workers cache in different locations, one area was in a connecting tube where I found the gyne.  She feeds herself it seems.  I have not observed any trophallaxis at all in this species and I wondered how the gyne ate, so it seems like the workers she feeds herself. 


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#52 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 23 2018 - 1:31 PM

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Update:  The colony has been moved to three large outworlds.  These have been interconnected with two tubes forming three spaces.  I have done this as it seemed best that the colony have as much room as possible allowing for lesser disturbances thus stress.  Photos coming.



#53 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 30 2018 - 5:44 AM

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Queen images below...for those who are curious...


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#54 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 30 2018 - 5:46 AM

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Images of Queen...


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#55 Offline gcsnelling - Posted September 30 2018 - 7:14 AM

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Images are not showing, at least not for me.



#56 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted September 30 2018 - 12:32 PM

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Are the images not coming through?  they are on my computer..



#57 Offline gcsnelling - Posted September 30 2018 - 12:33 PM

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No, at least not for me,neither thumbnails or clicking on them is bringing them up.



#58 Offline nurbs - Posted September 30 2018 - 1:39 PM

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Start a few fire ant colonies. They are easy to raise. 

 

This is perhaps the best use of Solenopsis you guys have come up with.


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#59 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 30 2018 - 8:12 PM

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No, at least not for me,neither thumbnails or clicking on them is bringing them up.

 

That's weird. They're working for me.



#60 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 1 2018 - 2:38 AM

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They now work for me strange.






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