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OhNoNotAgain's Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola, CA02


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#101 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted May 24 2023 - 1:49 PM

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Very quick update, but when I picked up my new Acromyrmex, I also picked up the following, all in test tubes:

 

3 founding CA02 queens.

1 founding C. "maritimus or anthrax" queen (I'll call it C. marianthrax).

1 founding C. vicinus(?)

1 C. vicinus with a crushed gaster who was able to found successfully anyway (I call her "Crushy").

1 C. cola colony.

1 established CA02 colony (now moved to a mini-hearth but I should've taken the nest tube out so she can fit).

 

---- Existing previous non-fraggle Camponotus colonies:

 

2 thriving C. vicinus colonies in mini-hearths (so sad that "Lucky" queen died after getting boosted)

1 C. cola colony outgrowing its tube-in-tub.

3 C. CA02 colonies, each in its own mini-hearth. One (the one with a bad front leg) is doing well with pupae. The other two are down to elderly workers and a few eggs.


Edited by OhNoNotAgain, May 24 2023 - 1:52 PM.

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Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and previously californicus

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.


#102 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted October 22 2023 - 11:13 PM

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So TWICE THIS YEAR Argies attacked my new CA02 colonies (2 new, 1 established). Twice!!!! All three had set up vulnerabilities and lost workers. The established queen lost everything multiple times. I’m calling her DoubleDown.

BUT I also found my old queens dead: beta and the lame queen who had been doing so well.

So I took lame queen’s workers and dumped them in with DoubleDown. So now after losing all her workers like 3X she has a new batch.
New Queen B has one gifted worker from A.
New Queen A has 4 of her own (argies failed to decimate them).
Old queen alpha has 1 surviving worker.
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Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and previously californicus

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.


#103 Offline 100lols - Posted October 26 2023 - 1:55 PM

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So far for me, the biggest “ant invasion” I’ve had was from Solenopsis molest, “thief ants.” Thankfully I noticed pretty quick… any type of invaders are the worst!




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