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Skwiggledork's Tetramorium bicarinatum journal. Discontinued 7/31/2020

Started By Skwiggledork , Apr 9 2020 2:48 PM

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#21 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted April 24 2020 - 1:42 PM

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I'm not sure how fast they grow from egg to worker, but I read they will mate in the nest, so they grow exponentially.


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#22 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 24 2020 - 1:45 PM

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Now that's my kind of Tetramorium.


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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

#23 Offline Canadian anter - Posted April 24 2020 - 2:02 PM

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Hi!

 

Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked. 


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#24 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted April 24 2020 - 3:53 PM

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I wasn't planning on outing you. lol. It wasn't anything you could have predicted would happen and I'm really happy to have a colony I wasn't expecting. They look like they are going to be fun.

The petridish formicariums are great by the way.


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#25 Offline Canadian anter - Posted April 24 2020 - 6:38 PM

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Man. Surprised to see there were so many queens. I ought to keep them on a leash...


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#26 Offline BugFinder - Posted April 24 2020 - 6:48 PM

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Hi!

 

Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked. 

 

no worries bud.  your customer got a nice littel bonus colony.  I would have loved to have received that with my new formicarium lol


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Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

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Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

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#27 Offline BugFinder - Posted April 24 2020 - 6:49 PM

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Hi!

 

Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked. 

 

do you have  a web page for your products?  I might make a purchase hoping to get a bonus ant colony ;)


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“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

My Journals:

Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!

#28 Offline Canadian anter - Posted April 24 2020 - 7:08 PM

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Haha, had a friend take care of all my tramp ant species to keep them out. Webpage is in my signature.

Also it's not good cause it's illegal

Relating to this thread: https://www.formicul...nt/#entry143725

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#29 Offline Vendayn - Posted April 24 2020 - 9:26 PM

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Sure, during packing you didn't notice a bunch of ants crawling around. Did you just throw everything into a box and send it? What a weird excuse to "accidentally" ship ants. that's a new one, though not very sneaky. Next is someone starts sending random packages and goes "whoops ant colony inside, oh my how did that get there?". 


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#30 Offline Otter - Posted April 25 2020 - 7:47 AM

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The colony is like 15 workers max, "crawling around" is probably the exact opposite of what they did.
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#31 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 25 2020 - 7:51 AM

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Even 100 workers would barely have been noticeable.

"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

#32 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted April 30 2020 - 12:53 PM

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Few more workers and lots of brood.


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#33 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 30 2020 - 2:46 PM

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They don't lack their cousin's spunk.  B)


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#34 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted May 7 2020 - 4:49 PM

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I dislike trying to take pictures of ants in a test tube. lol. There are a good amount more ants and brood, it just doesn't look like it in the photo.


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#35 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted May 14 2020 - 6:38 PM

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Moved them into a mini AC hybrid nest. There is A LOT of brood. I foresee having to upgrade again in a short time.

 

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#36 Offline ForestDragon - Posted May 15 2020 - 2:14 PM

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doesnt this species breed in nest?


#37 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted May 15 2020 - 4:35 PM

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doesnt this species breed in nest?

I believe so. I hope so, but I don't know how large of a colony I want them to get to. lol. I do have a pretty large empty nest on standby for whatever colony I get up to that size first though.


#38 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 15 2020 - 6:33 PM

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doesnt this species breed in nest?

I believe so. I hope so, but I don't know how large of a colony I want them to get to. lol. I do have a pretty large empty nest on standby for whatever colony I get up to that size first though.

 

You can limit their size by limiting their food supply and keeping them at room temperature.


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#39 Offline Skwiggledork - Posted May 20 2020 - 5:26 PM

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Oh god yours are growing fast. More than the ones I have haha. Might be the quantity of queens you have since I have a small amount with me at the moment. Anyway fyi there's a few alates in te brood pile
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