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Tetra Talk

Started By AntsDakota , Feb 28 2020 4:07 PM
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#101 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 31 2020 - 1:34 PM

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My second year tetra colony is eating a scary amount… with a very large pile of brood. Wondering how large they'll get by Winter. :D

Wow, how many workers do they have?


Edited by Antkid12, July 31 2020 - 1:37 PM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#102 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 31 2020 - 1:38 PM

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They started out with 50-75 callows and pupae, and now have close to 150 workers, and 50ish more on the way. Many of the workers are the queen’s biological offspring. I also moved them into an AC Tetramorium nest, as I figured they’d be the only species around here that would actually appreciate and fit in one of his nests.

 

 

 

How do they seem to fill out that nest with only 150 workers?  Think that's what I will end up with for my Tetra's once they outgrow their mini hearth.

 

They don't fill up the nest, only taking up a couple chambers, but just give 'em a few months and they will.


"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

#103 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted July 31 2020 - 1:39 PM

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My second year tetra colony is eating a scary amount… with a very large pile of brood. Wondering how large they'll get by Winter. :D

Wow, how many workers do they have?

 

Uhhh. I honestly am not quite sure. It looks like they have around 200 workers. However, I don't really trust my estimation. All I know, is when I add a mealworm in or roach, they come pouring out. lol


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Aphaenogaster cf. rudis 

Tetramorium immigrans 

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus

#104 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 31 2020 - 1:42 PM

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My second year tetra colony is eating a scary amount… with a very large pile of brood. Wondering how large they'll get by Winter. :D

Wow, how many workers do they have?

 

Uhhh. I honestly am not quite sure. It looks like they have around 200 workers. However, I don't really trust my estimation. All I know, is when I add a mealworm in or roach, they come pouring out. lol

 

Probably much more than 200, that old of a colony should have over 1,000. My colony of 150 is still at the point where they're still timid foragers. 


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"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

#105 Offline madbiologist - Posted August 10 2020 - 10:55 AM

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So. It seems one of the 14 Tetramorium colonies I am raising to give out to beginners has laid what may be an intercaste? I didn't know Tetramorium could do this, to be honest.fb7e7d6bc57851c404a65f303d2cc6ef.jpga568727c64d7e9431695e58b482c8441.jpg

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#106 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 10 2020 - 11:56 AM

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Cool! 


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#107 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 10 2020 - 12:06 PM

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I have seen a couple instances of this on this forum.


"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

#108 Offline madbiologist - Posted August 10 2020 - 12:08 PM

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I have seen a couple instances of this on this forum.

Do you have any links? I would be interested to read them.

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#109 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 10 2020 - 12:11 PM

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I have seen a couple instances of this on this forum.

Do you have any links? I would be interested to read them.

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Not the one I was thinking of (of which I don't have the link) but I did find this:

 

Tetramorium tsushimae Extremely strange worker? - Ant Keeping Journals - Ants & Myrmecology Forum


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#110 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 10 2020 - 1:33 PM

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My eyes have now seen some things. Yesterday I saw a bunch of larvae, pupae, and a bunch of eggs. Now in my Tetra colony I see like 10 new workers, even more eggs and larvae, and some pupae... :o crazy fast growth speed


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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#111 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 10 2020 - 1:49 PM

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My duo tetra queens have around 20 workers and no queen death yet!  (y)


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#112 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 10 2020 - 2:59 PM

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Found two nanitics a couple days ago (probably eclosed three days ago). Yay!

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#113 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 10 2020 - 4:03 PM

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My eyes have now seen some things. Yesterday I saw a bunch of larvae, pupae, and a bunch of eggs. Now in my Tetra colony I see like 10 new workers, even more eggs and larvae, and some pupae... :o crazy fast growth speed

Prepare yo’ self! Tetramorium don’t play.
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#114 Offline Antliebe - Posted August 11 2020 - 6:54 PM

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It sounds like Tetra's like it warm.....how do you keep ants warm?  We live in the mild Northwest.


#115 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 11 2020 - 9:11 PM

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It sounds like Tetra's like it warm.....how do you keep ants warm?  We live in the mild Northwest.


You can use heat lights (which is risky at times) or heating pads or heat cables, those methods are used more then heating lights and are also helpful. But I don’t think you need to heat Tetras, they grow way too fast enough.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#116 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 12 2020 - 4:49 AM

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All my colonies will have double the workers soon judging from the amount of pupae and larvae.


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#117 Offline AntsDakota - Posted August 12 2020 - 6:12 AM

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It sounds like Tetra's like it warm.....how do you keep ants warm?  We live in the mild Northwest.

Yeah, you'd run the heating cable/pad along one of the nest's sides (not the whole thing). This will be enough to heat a good part of the nest.


"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

#118 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 12 2020 - 8:15 AM

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It sounds like Tetra's like it warm.....how do you keep ants warm? We live in the mild Northwest.

I have the test tube against a heating pad. I just reposition it if I only want to hear a certain area of it.

#119 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 18 2020 - 2:18 PM

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My colony now has 8 or 9 workers. It was kinda hard to see all of them because they are huddled at the back of a genesis insert. I gave them honey and a mealworm which they fed on immediately.
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#120 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 18 2020 - 3:44 PM

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My duo colony still hasn't killed a queen yet..... :thinking:


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

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