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Pogonomyrmex Rugosus

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#1 Offline Broncos - Posted October 11 2019 - 2:51 PM

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A while ago I got a pogonomyrmex rugosus queen with three workers. One worker died but then another one enclosed from its pupae and that's where I am now. They are housed in a small starter formicarium.


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#2 Offline Broncos - Posted October 16 2019 - 2:28 PM

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#3 Offline smares - Posted October 18 2019 - 12:03 AM

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What kind of seeds do they have? Have you noticed them eating the seeds?

#4 Offline Broncos - Posted October 18 2019 - 7:56 AM

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What kind of seeds do they have? Have you noticed them eating the seeds?

Yes i've seen them take the large red and large white ones. I got the seeds from dspdrew when I baught the harvester ants. (from drew)

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#5 Offline Broncos - Posted October 28 2019 - 11:59 AM

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This colony has a small batch of eggs but litterally nothing has happened.


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#6 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 28 2019 - 12:03 PM

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Well, atleast they have eggs. Some people would be more than willing to do anything for eggs from a queen of any given species

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#7 Offline Apex - Posted October 28 2019 - 12:47 PM

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From my experience I have never had rugosus ever be sucessful unless they are able to dig.



#8 Offline Broncos - Posted October 28 2019 - 2:40 PM

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From my experience I have never had rugosus ever be sucessful unless they are able to dig.

Oh wow thanks! I will take that into account


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#9 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 28 2019 - 3:18 PM

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Every colony I have ever had started off producing very slowly.


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#10 Offline Broncos - Posted October 28 2019 - 7:08 PM

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Every colony I have ever had started off producing very slowly.

With your huge successful p rugosus colony that passed away... did you raise the queen in a test tube?

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#11 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted November 2 2019 - 12:41 PM

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I have a one year old colony that's at around 15 workers. By far the slowest growing Pogonomyrmex around. Feed them well and they explode though, especially in dirt setups.

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#12 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 3 2019 - 10:06 AM

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Every colony I have ever had started off producing very slowly.

With your huge successful p rugosus colony that passed away... did you raise the queen in a test tube?

 

 

I actually did. You can read all about it in my journal here (https://www.formicul...pdated-8-4-2019). As you can see, the colony started out growing extremely slow, but then started blowing up in size after about 9 months. If you notice my update from March of the next year, it says they only had 8 workers, then about 6 months later, they had 80 workers.



#13 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted November 3 2019 - 10:13 AM

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I wish most ants were like that. Would make ant keeping extremely interesting to say the least
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#14 Offline Broncos - Posted November 14 2019 - 12:56 PM

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These ants are in a dirt box formicarium at the very bottom doing well

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#15 Offline Broncos - Posted December 6 2019 - 3:43 PM

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EGGS have been spotted!! These guys didn't have any brood at all before so this is a good sign.


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#16 Offline Broncos - Posted December 16 2019 - 1:01 PM

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No brood and there is only one worker. :(  Hopefully they can pull through.


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#17 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted December 16 2019 - 1:03 PM

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Is P. Rugosus brood-boostable?



#18 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 16 2019 - 1:04 PM

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Yes.

#19 Offline Broncos - Posted December 17 2019 - 10:42 AM

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Do you think it is safe to boost with P Californicus?

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#20 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted December 17 2019 - 2:02 PM

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I have yet to see a species that brood boosting is unsafe for. Worst case scenario they make a meal out of it.

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