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All my inverts

Started By ponerinecat , Dec 9 2019 5:13 PM

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#121 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 14 2020 - 12:20 PM

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This isn't good, she's sluggish and both her antennae are damaged...


#122 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted April 14 2020 - 12:26 PM

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Can arthropods regrow their appendages?


My ants

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#123 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 14 2020 - 12:34 PM

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Can arthropods regrow their appendages?

I don't believe so.


Edited by AntsDakota, April 14 2020 - 12:34 PM.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#124 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 14 2020 - 12:35 PM

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At least not ants. I introduced her to two foreign workers and they just ignore her.


#125 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 14 2020 - 1:41 PM

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#126 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 14 2020 - 7:12 PM

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Well that was short lived excitement. Her disabled antennae were her fatal flaw, she drowned in condensation. Too bad, she was doing okay for a disabled queen.


#127 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 15 2020 - 5:55 PM

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My Armadillidium maculatum arrived today! A hefty 75-80 individuals.

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Summers coming up, and all my isopods are starting to breed (Except the laevis, lazy bums. Stop cannibalizing each other and find love.)

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I've been experimenting with food for the Calicina, and so far I have not observed any feeding. Trying all sorts of things, an expert recommended fungus or springtails or meat or even odorous cheese.


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#128 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 5:57 PM

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They cannibalize each other? I always saw them as quite peaceful and somewhat cute...........

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#129 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 15 2020 - 5:58 PM

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They cannibalize each other? I always saw them as quite peaceful and somewhat cute...........

ha ha, nope. I've had them chew on my skin and they've been recorded devouring molting reptiles and other inverts.


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#130 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 15 2020 - 5:59 PM

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The little devils......... 😂

Edited by AntsDakota, April 15 2020 - 5:59 PM.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#131 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 15 2020 - 6:17 PM

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Sooooo... It appears my vulgare are not all vulgare. there's venozilla sp and Armadillidium versicolor too.


#132 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 16 2020 - 5:13 PM

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Hypoponera punctatissima

 

The lighter colored individual with an elongated abdomen may be an ergatoid queen. there's one other like it. We'll have to wait and see.

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Polyxena sp.

 

Bristle millipedes! Possible undescribed sp, as the Polyxena in Cali are a mess. 

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Myrmecophilous silverfish

 

Found 2 in a Prenolepis imparis nest, thinking of breeding some myrmecophiles now.

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#133 Offline ForestDragon - Posted April 17 2020 - 8:18 AM

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...teach... me...


#134 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 17 2020 - 10:07 AM

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What


#135 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 17 2020 - 10:22 AM

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Awesome finds, especially the silverfish.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#136 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 17 2020 - 3:38 PM

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These new millipedes are so fragile... I lost 5 after they were squashed by a rogue dirt clod.


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#137 Offline ForestDragon - Posted April 18 2020 - 8:15 AM

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how do you make a setup for most millipedes? just dirt and leaf litter?


#138 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 18 2020 - 10:07 AM

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how do you make a setup for most millipedes? just dirt and leaf litter?

Yes, but like half the ones I keep need special things. That works for most milli species though.


#139 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 18 2020 - 10:08 AM

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And isopods. They love decaying leaves and twigs, and will shred them to bare skeletons within days.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#140 Offline ponerinecat - Posted April 18 2020 - 7:24 PM

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And isopods. They love decaying leaves and twigs, and will shred them to bare skeletons within days.

Be sure to give em meat though. 


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