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Dermy's Camponotus herculeanus Colony 2016

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#1 Offline dermy - Posted June 13 2016 - 1:22 AM

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I wanted to make sure that I was going to be able to get a Camponotus Colony this year so I grabbed quite a few queens this year, I was suprised that one had done well, in fact within a month she already has some nice sized larvae and maybe even a cocoon. I'm hoping to get first workers by the end of June [the stages last forever it seems].

 

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I'll provide updates when I can on this Colony :D



#2 Offline dermy - Posted June 26 2016 - 10:01 PM

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Ironically enough close to the end of June, and I have already gotten my First Worker, I'll get a video up shortly on this Post showing it :D They are so much larger then my Lasius neoniger nanitics!

 

 

Here's that Video of the new little worker :D [forgets to post link :lol: ]

 

 

There we go:


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#3 Offline dermy - Posted July 5 2016 - 2:13 AM

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Another Queen has had her first Workers, this one had 3!

 

 

 

 

I also still have tons of these in my fridge, so I'm going to re-awaken some and start more queens up, so I can experiment with one of these.


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#4 Offline dermy - Posted July 14 2016 - 6:38 AM

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Quick update on how they are doing, they have been feeding well and one colony has 6 workers the other has around 4 workers.

 


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#5 Offline dermy - Posted July 17 2016 - 5:48 AM

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The first original queen has a very large abdomen and I've seen a lot of egglaying going on :D

 



#6 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 18 2016 - 7:49 AM

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She's a biggen. 


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#7 Offline dermy - Posted July 18 2016 - 10:42 AM

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Yeah I think it has to do with the fact that this colony has a great feeding response for a small colony, some people say Camponotus are picky, these so far seem very open to food.



#8 Offline dermy - Posted July 23 2016 - 9:20 PM

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A worker jumped out and ran away..... I assume she's a gonner.



#9 Offline dermy - Posted August 25 2016 - 1:22 PM

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Here's a quick update on the active colony, the other one is in Hibernation, and has been for about 2 weeks.

 

 

 

There was 6 workers, but one ran away, just like how my Lasius neoniger workers [that took 7 months to go from egg to worker I might add.....] also ran away. I'm slowly waiting for my Myrmica to Run away as well.


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#10 Offline dermy - Posted October 22 2016 - 6:45 PM

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I know this isn't an amazing update but here it is anyway, both Colonies are now in Hibernation. One with 5 workers and one with 3 workers. One has nice brood [mainly larvae] the other, I can't tell because they ripped up the wood and made  a nest with it.



#11 Offline fortysixandtwo - Posted October 22 2016 - 9:21 PM

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Nice. I don't consider Camponotus to be too picky myself. They seem to be open to a lot of different things. Good progress. 



#12 Offline Crystals - Posted October 23 2016 - 6:11 AM

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Glad to see you have gotten them so far.  I hope they do well for you.

The 2nd and third years are more exciting with Camponotus.  :D


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#13 Offline Enderz - Posted October 23 2016 - 7:29 AM

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Did you really make a nest from a medicine bottle xD
 


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#14 Offline dermy - Posted October 23 2016 - 9:27 AM

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Nice. I don't consider Camponotus to be too picky myself. They seem to be open to a lot of different things. Good progress. 

Yeah once I got them past the founding stage it seems like they ate well and did pretty good. Especially since I was busy this summer.

 

Glad to see you have gotten them so far.  I hope they do well for you.

The 2nd and third years are more exciting with Camponotus.  :D

 

I'm looking forward to it! :D

Did you really make a nest from a medicine bottle xD
 

Yeah, they work surprisingly well, esp. for the Founding Stages, and better yet Child Resistant Caps!



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#16 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted November 15 2016 - 2:30 PM

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My camponotus wouldn't eat anything except honey. Their pile of larvae didn't even grow in a month. They're in hibernation now. What should I be feeding them?


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#17 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted November 15 2016 - 5:00 PM

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My camponotus wouldn't eat anything except honey. Their pile of larvae didn't even grow in a month. They're in hibernation now. What should I be feeding them?

if you have them hibernating you don't need to feed them, make sure that they have access to water and if you are hibernating in a nest, make sure it dosent dry out


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#18 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted November 15 2016 - 5:52 PM

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My camponotus wouldn't eat anything except honey. Their pile of larvae didn't even grow in a month. They're in hibernation now. What should I be feeding them?

if you have them hibernating you don't need to feed them, make sure that they have access to water and if you are hibernating in a nest, make sure it dosent dry out
oh yes I know, but when they're out of hibernation. What is recommended then?


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#19 Offline Mdrogun - Posted November 15 2016 - 10:01 PM

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My camponotus wouldn't eat anything except honey. Their pile of larvae didn't even grow in a month. They're in hibernation now. What should I be feeding them?

if you have them hibernating you don't need to feed them, make sure that they have access to water and if you are hibernating in a nest, make sure it dosent dry out
oh yes I know, but when they're out of hibernation. What is recommended then?

 

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#20 Offline dermy - Posted November 15 2016 - 10:25 PM

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Larvae are known to randomly stop growing in Camponotus. I feed mine Mealworms and the odd spider and things. They love Maple Syrup too.







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