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Dspdrew's Camponotus us-ca02 Journal [055] (Updated 11-12-2023)

Started By dspdrew , Apr 6 2019 11:22 AM
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#41 Offline Broncos - Posted April 3 2021 - 8:19 AM

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Darn. I’ll probably go next heat wave to see what else is there.


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#42 Offline dspdrew - Posted December 14 2021 - 12:02 AM

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Update 12-13-2021

I didn't keep any of these this year.


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#43 Offline dspdrew - Posted December 14 2021 - 1:32 AM

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Here is some video of a wild colony during a small mating flight.

 


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#44 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 7 2023 - 7:57 PM

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Update 9-7-2023

I found a bunch of these queens this year and kept three colonies. Right now the largest has 13 workers.


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#45 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted September 8 2023 - 4:57 AM

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Cool. They remind me of C. sedulus or C. irritabilis winkleri with the majors' colouration. I don't understand how people can compare these with Dinomyrmex gigas. They aren't even close in size and certainly do not look the same. D. gigas looks more like some weird cross of Camponotus and Opisthopsis, not to mention the insane size difference.


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Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever. 

#46 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 8 2023 - 6:06 PM

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I don't think anyone is saying they are similar in size. It's the coloration.


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#47 Offline ZTYguy - Posted September 8 2023 - 8:05 PM

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Cool. They remind me of C. sedulus or C. irritabilis winkleri with the majors' colouration. I don't understand how people can compare these with Dinomyrmex gigas. They aren't even close in size and certainly do not look the same. D. gigas looks more like some weird cross of Camponotus and Opisthopsis, not to mention the insane size difference.


Well, most people say that Camponotus us-ca02 is a “mini gigas”. It’s really based on color, nobody every really said they are similar in size.

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#48 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 12 2023 - 10:00 AM

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Update 11-12-2023

Not much to update here, but I still have the three colonies and the largest is up to 17 workers now.

 

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