A better picture of their huge egg pile.
There is more to come apparently.
And they bring more!
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Camponotus piceus- Shiny black beauties!
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Posted April 25 2024 - 1:42 PM
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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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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:
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Posted May 1 2024 - 3:30 AM
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More food for kids and queen!
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Posted May 8 2024 - 12:43 PM
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fat little happy ants 
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Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-C. vicinus
-F. neogagates
-L. fuliginosus
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
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-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-C. vicinus
-F. neogagates
-L. fuliginosus
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts
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Posted May 13 2024 - 12:44 PM
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Just watched something beautiful.
On one side of the nest, 4 workers were helping a large (probably major) larva spin a cocoon, bringing along small stones, turning her over, and helping her spin her cocoon.
On the other side, 3 workers helped a callow sister out of her cocoon, all working together to get her out. Afterward, the young callow was fed by one of the foragers.
Two majors then proceeded in chewing up bits of the cocoon.
I have noticed that with my Lasius niger colony, the cocoon shells are brought upstairs to the trash as a whole.
But I never have found any whole cocoon shells with these Camponotus.
They are a cryptic species- and one way of staying hidden might be that they have no flashy big whole cocoon shells in the trash announcing their presence, but only the inconspicuous bits.
I found all of that utterly fascinating and captivating.
THIS is why I keep these girls.
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Posted Yesterday, 12:48 AM
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Woohoo, and there is another egg pile.
Sadly, the development (egg to worker) appears to be quite slow (and they do have a heat cable), but still, they might grow quite a bit this year.
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