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Ponera Advice Needed

ponera ponera pennsylvanica antkeeping help

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#1 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 1 2019 - 1:03 PM

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I caught a Ponera queen, but the only thing I know about their care is the fact that they don't do well in test tubes. Is it possible to raise Ponera from a queen? If so, how? Can I keep multiple queens together, or even give her wild workers? What should I keep her in? Can I feed her cricket legs?


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 1 2019 - 3:42 PM

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yes, polygyne, workers accepted, a little dirt setup is best, springtails and small insect bits are prefered.


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#3 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 2 2019 - 1:04 PM

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Do you think I could make a dirt setup with a petri dish? Or should I just make a terrarium?


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 2 2019 - 3:06 PM

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.yes, petri dish works. I put two hypoponera queens in aterrarium and the result was a full fledged colony so terarium works too.


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#5 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 3 2019 - 12:24 PM

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For now I have them in a soil filled petri dish. i gave them a cricket leg and at least one or two of the queens ate from it.


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#6 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 3 2019 - 2:20 PM

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that'll do


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#7 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 3 2019 - 2:48 PM

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Now I have either 3 or 4 queens (I caught another one, but may have been injured and may have died; I hadn't seen all three of them at the same time in a while), as well as several workers (Not from the same colony.) which seem to get along with the queens and with each other. they haven't settled down yet though, though they might just not do this generally.


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#8 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 3 2019 - 6:37 PM

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Now I have either 3 or 4 queens (I caught another one, but may have been injured and may have died; I hadn't seen all three of them at the same time in a while), as well as several workers (Not from the same colony.) which seem to get along with the queens and with each other. they haven't settled down yet though, though they might just not do this generally.

often they'll just wander around and live in cracks until they get larger.


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#9 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 4 2019 - 11:19 AM

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Sounds about right.


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis






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