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Camponotus piceus- Shiny black beauties!

Started By Ernteameise , Jun 21 2023 12:00 PM

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#101 Offline Ernteameise - Posted April 25 2024 - 1:42 PM

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A better picture of their huge egg pile.

There is more to come apparently.

And they bring more!

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#102 Offline Ernteameise - Posted April 27 2024 - 12:59 AM

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So the ready-to-ship mini hearths arrived here save and sound.

Very well packaged as usual.

What I also love is that Mack always packs a little freebee like a feeding dish for the colony.

The normal mini-hearth will be an extension to this Camponotus colony when they have grown over this year. I do not expect them growing too much, since in nature, they form colonies of about 200 workers.

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#103 Offline Ernteameise - Posted May 1 2024 - 3:02 AM

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Here are some workers engaging in some trophalaxis (the majors really seem to act as repletes), right in front of a pile of eggs:

0105-Camponotus-Trophalaxis-and-egg-pile

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#104 Offline Ernteameise - Posted May 1 2024 - 3:30 AM

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More food for kids and queen!

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#105 Offline Ernteameise - Posted Today, 11:58 AM

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Some nice growth, here, too.

The queen is sitting on a pile of eggs, and her hungry workers dig into the provided cricket.

#106 Online AsdinAnts - Posted Today, 12:43 PM

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fat little happy ants :yum2:

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