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Greg's Solenopsis xyloni Journal (Discontinued)

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#61 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 6 2014 - 6:45 PM

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Because I am here in a hotel scuba diving until Monday?

#62 Offline Alza - Posted September 6 2014 - 7:15 PM

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lockwood valley road has neivamyrmex leonardi 



#63 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 6 2014 - 7:20 PM

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I already found the location of one, but thank, I wil have to look that location up, problem is they are nomadic, and never stay in one place, also take Drew's advice and don't hijack someone's topic. :lol:

#64 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 7 2014 - 6:56 PM

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I feel a deep rage within. As I came home today, from a weekend of scuba diving, I found no trace of the large colony in their test tube/foraging container. They disappeared into thin air. I have no idea where they could have gone, there is not a single egg or anything in the test tube. The foraging container has a water tight seal, I in no way see how this happened.



#65 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 7 2014 - 7:09 PM

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Also, while I was gone, one of my Nylanderia cf. vividula queens got nanatics, so I guess I will have to make a journal for them as well.



#66 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 7 2014 - 7:15 PM

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Ok, this is by far the funniest thing that has ever happened to my with ants. The whole colony gets out, and has a weekend head start from me. Where do I find them? I had another open test tube sitting on the table, and they decided to make that their home.  :lol:  :o  :facepalm:



#67 Offline dermy - Posted September 7 2014 - 7:35 PM

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Well at least you found them! If my ants got out I'd be in trouble :dash: :sore:


Edited by dermy, September 7 2014 - 7:36 PM.


#68 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 7 2014 - 7:38 PM

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They love me, although i don't see why they would leave the nice hygienic test tube/foraging chamber and food, for a completely dry and used test tube.



#69 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 7 2014 - 8:56 PM

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Ok, this is by far the funniest thing that has ever happened to my with ants. The whole colony gets out, and has a weekend head start from me. Where do I find them? I had another open test tube sitting on the table, and they decided to make that their home.  :lol:  :o  :facepalm:

:wtf:  That's pretty funny.



#70 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 7 2014 - 9:30 PM

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Sadly, this colony may have to pay the ultimate price, because of the move back into a controlled habitat. They seem very stressed and the queen is losing activity.



#71 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 8 2014 - 7:50 AM

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I forcefully move most all of my ants that are in test tubes or small containers, and I have never noticed any major problems from doing so. They get a little riled up, but then calm down and go back to their normal business a little while later. I just had to move about 25 colonies of about 10 workers or more into new test tubes just the other day, and they are all doing great. I literally just dump them and all of their brood into the new test tube. They will clean up the mess; that's why they're called workers. :P Sometimes they have newly laid eggs that do require some careful transplanting. I usually do that with a slightly dampened barbeque skewer.



#72 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 8 2014 - 9:01 AM

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That colony lost about half their workers, because they were still missing when I sealed that test tube.

#73 Offline DesertAntz - Posted September 10 2014 - 1:43 PM

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 I literally just dump them and all of their brood into the new test tube. 

I'm guessing eggs and pupae are pretty durable? 

 

I'd be scared of them squishing 


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#74 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 10 2014 - 2:03 PM

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I am scared that they get scattered across the white wet cotton, and then the workers cannot find them.

#75 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 10 2014 - 8:40 PM

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The three other colonies now all have 10-25 workers, the one that got out seems to be recovering as well.



#76 Offline Alza - Posted September 11 2014 - 8:50 PM

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update



#77 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 11 2014 - 9:12 PM

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I'm guessing eggs and pupae are pretty durable? 

 

I'd be scared of them squishing 

Under their own weight they're pretty strong. The ants walk all over them too even.

 

I am scared that they get scattered across the white wet cotton, and then the workers cannot find them.

They do get scattered sometimes, but the workers eventually find them all.



#78 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 11 2014 - 9:19 PM

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I forcefully move most all of my ants that are in test tubes or small containers, and I have never noticed any major problems from doing so. 

You said to me that was bad ant would hurt the colony.  :blink:



#79 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 11 2014 - 9:42 PM

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Say what?



#80 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted September 11 2014 - 9:57 PM

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You said forcefully moving them makes them stressed and the queen may die. 







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