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CatsnAnts Reticulitermes flavipes journal


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#41 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted June 26 2019 - 1:31 PM

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Not sure which state you're in (assuming you're in the states), but they look like my Reticulitermes flavipes alates, so I assume that's the species.


I was thinking that due to them being common here, Thxs!
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#42 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted June 30 2019 - 12:06 PM

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Alright, just checked up on both of my termite colonies, and I figured out thy are both R. flavipes indeed. Colony number one is growing by the day in population. I think they have around 10 nymphs now. Here’s some pictures:







The other pair of R. falvipes is doing well with about 7 eggs. I can really see how much the first pair has expanded in comparison with the first. It’s kinda strange.
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#43 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 5 2019 - 9:29 AM

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Both colonies are still doing good. My first colony has around 11 workers, and a lot of the nymphs are starting to molt and get larger. The egg pile has also not shrunk, it’s grown. I’m hoping this colony really takes off so I can start using some of the termites as food when my ants are in need (although it will probably be a little while yet).

My second termite colony has around 10 eggs and is doing well.
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#44 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 16 2019 - 1:15 PM

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A lot of the termite nymphs in colony one are starting to darken a little bit. On another hand, colony two looks like it should be getting nymphs pretty soon.

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#45 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted July 16 2019 - 1:34 PM

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Do termite nymphs do any work around the nest in the months before full grown workers develop?


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


#46 Offline Nare - Posted July 16 2019 - 3:08 PM

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Do termite nymphs do any work around the nest in the months before full grown workers develop?

Iirc they're pretty useless until after a few molts. If you google pictures of them, you'd understand why. They're pretty much eggs with legs, a head, and antennae. can't really do much, and are mainly carried around by older siblings/parents.

EDIT: I'm a doof, there are larvae in the pic above. Suffice to say they're about as useful as they look.

Edited by Nare, July 16 2019 - 5:50 PM.

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#47 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted July 16 2019 - 3:11 PM

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Yeah, now that I think about it, they probably don't even have the mouthparts to chew cellulose.


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


#48 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 18 2019 - 8:53 AM

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Second colony now has its first nymph! :yahoo:

I never really expected to get this far with either of my termite colonies, but what do you know.
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#49 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 25 2019 - 8:55 AM

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you are good at this. make my attempts seem very primitive.


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#50 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted August 10 2019 - 6:07 AM

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you are good at this. make my attempts seem very primitive.


Thanks :D! It’s mainly luck that it’s working! I’ll try and get some pictures later today, but both colonies are still flourishing!

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#51 Offline ForestDragon - Posted February 4 2020 - 3:14 PM

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any updates?



#52 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 4 2020 - 3:26 PM

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yeah, looks really interesting! 


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#53 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted February 7 2020 - 12:53 PM

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I’ll do an update here soon, but I might have to do something about my vision into the tube- I can’t really see them :lol:

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#54 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 30 2020 - 9:05 AM

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Update? My pairs have 2 or so dozen workers and nymphs with 2 soldiers each.


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#55 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 30 2020 - 9:13 AM

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School's almost over, so we'll probably see him soon enough.  :)


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#56 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 30 2020 - 9:53 AM

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Update? My pairs have 2 or so dozen workers and nymphs with 2 soldiers each.

Awesome. I plan to drink the tetmite keeping Kool-aid this year. I got my cardboard traps already set.
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#57 Offline Nare - Posted April 30 2020 - 12:06 PM

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Update? My pairs have 2 or so dozen workers and nymphs with 2 soldiers each.

:o how old are your pairs? No sign of soldiers in my one pair, but they've started laying eggs again. I figured my termites would grow slow, but if yours already have soldiers and are from just last year, consider me impressed and envious.


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#58 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 30 2020 - 12:09 PM

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Update? My pairs have 2 or so dozen workers and nymphs with 2 soldiers each.

:o how old are your pairs? No sign of soldiers in my one pair, but they've started laying eggs again. I figured my termites would grow slow, but if yours already have soldiers and are from just last year, consider me impressed and envious.

 

Haha. I added the soldiers from my established colony.



#59 Offline M_Ants - Posted January 31 2021 - 1:40 PM

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Reviving this dead thread because I caught som Rets today. Can anyone explain the setup CatsnAnts used here? I don't entirely understand his explanation. 


Edited by M_Ants, January 31 2021 - 1:40 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#60 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 2 2022 - 4:51 PM

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I agree can we please have an update?


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