no pics inside the nest?
Not yet. They are still digging like crazy and I can't quite get a good photo.
no pics inside the nest?
Not yet. They are still digging like crazy and I can't quite get a good photo.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Wow... just wow. These ants have to be growing about 5x faster than my formica francoeuri colony. They are at about 200 workers. I know this because there are about 70 workers foraging 24/7 and about 100 workers after they have discovering food. I'll be getting a photo once I feed them. I can't get a good view on the brood because I think the rest of the colony is at the bottom of the terrarium.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I would say this colony is at about 250 workers. They are still doing great and nothing has really changed.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Again nothing has really changed. I havent seen a huge boom in population but there still is a steady growth.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Still more than 500 workers. Lots of brood and they are looking for food a lot more for some reason. Maybe because winter is coming or they have more larva.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I would say about 600 workers by now. I don't see the brood at all because of the formicarium size but they are always hungry for sweets and protein!
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I need to get some sort of heating for these ants. The queen hasent died but production is slow and there is only about 30 workers foraging at a time. When I give them food that thirty turns into about 100 really quick so I know they still have large numbers.
Edited by Broncos, May 11 2021 - 9:12 AM.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Edited by Broncos, October 6 2021 - 3:03 PM.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
What seeds are you feeding them?
Pizza? what kind?
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Pizza? what kind?
I sure hope it doesn't have pinapples. Pinapples aren't good on pizza for ants and humans alike.
What seeds are you feeding them?
Normally amaranth but I've been feeding them walnuts as well
Pizza? what kind?
I sure hope it doesn't have pinapples. Pinapples aren't good on pizza for ants and humans alike.
No it was just pepperoni
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
1500+ workers by now They've also been digging A LOT more as well. Buried one of my test tubes overnight lol. They've taken about 10-20 walnuts easily over the past couple days. I'm expecting a major population boost. I just don't know what I'm going to do if they somehow outgrow the terrarium. I think they have plenty of digging room because they haven't dug up too much against the glass.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
2000 workers easily now. They're eating anything I give them. I was giving them dspdrews seed mixture but at the rate they were eating them, I would have run out in a couple weeks. So I'm sticking to crushed walnuts and almonds. There are several hundred alates that keep trying to fly in the formicarium. I accidentally left one of the lids off overnight and I woke up to several taking off on my floor and desk... it wasn't fun collecting them up.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Still some crazy progress on this colony. 2,500 workers by now. Absorbing as much food as they can.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
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