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[Vendayn]

Yeah, the queens must go through periods of egg laying. Though this particular species/colony lays a lot of eggs on average. They have about 100 eggs now from what I can see. Its about double what it was before. That is still a lot of eggs for not having them that long.

Edited by Vendayn, March 23 2015 - 3:51 PM.

[Vendayn]

I found out they are Pogonomyrmex californicus.and not Pogonomyrmex subnitidus. They don't have the spine, which rules out P. subnitidus.

 

I also found a second colony of them yesterday, and they are doing great. This one went into a substrate nest, and have already done lots of digging! I don't think they've eaten anything yet, though. But, I hope they do good.

[Foogoo]

I also found a second colony of them yesterday, and they are doing great. This one went into a substrate nest, and have already done lots of digging! I don't think they've eaten anything yet, though. But, I hope they do good.

 

Where was this nest? All the ones I see are in plain dirt, and I imagine the queen is too far deep to try digging for.

[Vendayn]

They are along a mostly man-made canal. On top of the canal are concrete walls, and they pile sand on top of them to make them look nicer. Most colonies only literally have 4-5 inches of space to dig (some get lucky and have more) and almost none have large brood supplies. Very little food for the most part, and a lot of competition with other Pogonomyrmex.