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MichiganAnts Supers colony journal camponotus pennsylvanicus *Updated 4/6/17*


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#1 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 25 2017 - 2:10 PM

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Species: camponotus pennsylvanicus

 

Location found: In a small branch near my swamp

 

Age of colony: ~2 years old

 

Workers/nanitics: 35

 

Majors: 6

 

**will post more info on the 2nd post, 1st post is just stats about the colony**

 

 

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Edited by MichiganAnts, April 6 2017 - 9:33 AM.

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#2 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 25 2017 - 2:23 PM

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This is my largest Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony I currently own. The colony was found on 2/20/17 and at that time the queen was still very much hibernating. But as of 2 days ago she is more or less awake and is moving around the nest by herself. These girls are very camera friendly and they don't seem to mind light at all. That could be due to them still fully waking up though. They are very active in the outworld and have been having no issue killing live prey. I'm assuming these girls are about 1.5 - 2 years old and I'm hoping to see a couple super majors by then end of the year. 


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#3 Offline noobkeeper - Posted February 26 2017 - 8:01 AM

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The nest looks great! What size is it? About 10x10 cm?


Edited by noobkeeper, February 26 2017 - 8:01 AM.

1x Tapinoma nigerrimum (4 queens) ~200 workers

9x Lasius sp. (founding)


#4 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted February 26 2017 - 9:24 AM

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The nest looks great! What size is it? About 10x10 cm?

do you mean the nest its self of the outworld? 

 

the nest is 88mmx60mm


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https://www.youtube.com/MichiganAnts

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https://www.facebook.com/MichiganAnts/

 

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Camponotus Noveboracensis

 

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#5 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted March 14 2017 - 2:34 PM

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small update: the population is about to double in this nest. it seems like the colony has both adapted and exploded even though it was a wild caught ~2 year old colony. the are VERY aggressive to live prey. most likely due to them being from the wild. i also added some old medium from my fish tank. yes it was cleaned and sanitized. they seem to enjoy moving the small rocks and crushed coral around and adapting the outworld to what they want.


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#6 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted March 19 2017 - 8:22 PM

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new pics!!!

 

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#7 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted April 6 2017 - 9:39 AM

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Update: these girls finally had the population explosion i've been waiting for. They still don't have any super majors but the population is roughly 50/50 in terms of workers/majors. 

 

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Camponotus Noveboracensis

 

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