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Ants_Dakota's General Ant Journal(Hibernation issues and experiments in South Dakota)

Started By Ants_Dakota , Feb 15 2020 6:13 PM
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#21 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 5 2020 - 9:09 AM

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In my experience with Solenopsis molesta I could never get more than a few queens to found together succesfully. Yet 57 queens do just fine together if in a large colony  :lol: . Good luck lol

This colony had some workers, but was neglected, and everything was dead, except the queen. i got if for free, and am nursing it back to full health.


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#22 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 5 2020 - 10:00 AM

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Nice man!


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#23 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 5 2020 - 12:50 PM

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I believe the Lasius has a larvae (right by her it's curvy so it defiantly isn't substrate), so congrats!


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#24 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted March 5 2020 - 2:06 PM

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I believe the Lasius has a larvae (right by her it's curvy so it defiantly isn't substrate), so congrats!

Larva have a dark spot in them, I think that's just a piece of sand.


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#25 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 5 2020 - 3:33 PM

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Yes. And it's not like Lasius to lay only one egg in a batch. It's not uncommon for them to lay at least a couple dozen.


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#26 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 5 2020 - 4:39 PM

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I did put some eggs in there, so maybe they became larvae?


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#27 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 5 2020 - 4:44 PM

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maybe...


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#28 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 5 2020 - 4:57 PM

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I did put some eggs in there, so maybe they became larvae?

From where?

"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

#29 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 6 2020 - 9:16 AM

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I did put some eggs in there, so maybe they became larvae?

From where?

 

from before she hibernated. She had a batch. I didn't know if she had found them, though...


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#30 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 12 2020 - 8:14 AM

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Update #3-3/12/2020

Here is my update. The solenopsis molesta is doing good, they have a huge batch of eggs. There is 6 or 7 queens(one might be dead or dying, i can't tell)

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My formica is also doing good with maybe 10 eggs, and there might be 1 or 2 small larvae in there

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And my tetramorium is doing good as always, with some new pupa.

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Lasius had been given to AntsDakota.


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#31 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 12 2020 - 9:12 AM

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Looks like their doin' good! That is alot of solenopsis queens :D By the way, what happened to that large colony that you dug up? The red ants, I can't remember what they were called :facepalm:


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#32 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:00 PM

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Looks like their doin''' good! That is alot of solenopsis queens :D By the way, what happened to that large colony that you dug up? The red ants, I can't remember what they were called :facepalm:

Myrmica Americana. The hibernation in SD took them :*(


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#33 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:23 PM

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Oh no!!!!! I’m so sorry! Hopefully you will find an awesome colony that you like this year.


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#34 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:26 PM

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Oh no!!!!! I’m so sorry!

I have learned my lesson. never put a colony in any small nest outside for hibernation. Something funny though, my only colony that survived was a lasius that was in a test tube, yet a colony in a Air Conditioning tower disn't survive(Yes, i do not like AntsCanada towers at all (n))


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#35 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:27 PM

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Pogonomyrmex are more interesting than Myrmica anyways. They’re always there if you ever wanted to buy some.......

"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

#36 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:28 PM

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Shoot! Well, as I said before, it’s part of the ant journey, and guess what? You learned something out of it! So, that’s good news...


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#37 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 12 2020 - 12:29 PM

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Shoot! Well, as I said before, it’s part of the ant journey, and guess what? You learned something out of it!

Never said better. It took me 3 years to raise my first queen to workers. It was formica.


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#38 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 19 2020 - 8:58 AM

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Update #4 3/19/2020

Quick note, I will be on formiculture rarely in the next months, as i am working on other things related to ants. Just wanted to note that.

Now, for my Formica. She has a clump of eggs, and maybe 3 larvae? Not positive.

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And here is for a new colony given to my by Ants4Fun. A Camponotus Pennsalvanicus queen. She has laid 3 eggs.

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#39 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 19 2020 - 9:02 AM

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Also on a good note for Ants4Fun, I did a business trade with him, and was 100% thrilled with the quality and design of the formicarium

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I will highly enjoy doing business with him in the future.


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#40 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 19 2020 - 9:05 AM

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It's a  shame that you aren't going to be on as much in the following months, it was always a joy to talk to you :(


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