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NickAnter's Brachymyrmex patagonicus Journal

Started By NickAnter , May 13 2020 2:54 PM

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#1 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 13 2020 - 2:54 PM

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I caught these queens on April 27th in an enormous nuptial flight, and placed 8 queens together. The assumingly infile queens were slaughtered, leaving the tube with 5 queens. They immediately laid eggs, about 45 of them. It has developed at about the speed of Lasius, and only now do I see some tiny larvae. I'm mainly interested in this species to use as lab rats for formicariums, as they are invasive, so they are expendable, and small so if they can't escape, nothing can escape. I probably won't update these as much as my other colonies' journals. As soon as these get 20 workers, if they do, I will move them into a Formicarium I have designed specifically for Brachymyrex, and other small ants.

Edited by NickAnter, May 13 2020 - 2:56 PM.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#2 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 13 2020 - 2:56 PM

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I love this species. Saw them all the time in Arizona.


"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

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 13 2020 - 2:58 PM

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Oh, I don't like them like I do my Nylanderia, but, they will be nice to do experiments on.
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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#4 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 13 2020 - 3:00 PM

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I don't know........ there's something about me that tends to appreciate the unappreciated (in ants, and with anything in life).


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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

#5 Offline M_Ants - Posted May 13 2020 - 5:20 PM

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Oh, I don't like them like I do my Nylanderia, but, they will be nice to do experiments on.

Same. Great for testing new ideas without worrying if they'll succeed.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 13 2020 - 6:10 PM

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Yeah. I would use S. molesta, but they seem to be a little tricky, and they are native.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#7 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 13 2020 - 6:35 PM

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Yeah. I would use S. molesta, but they seem to be a little tricky, and they are native.

Believe me- Solenopsis molesta are not tricky.
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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

#8 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 13 2020 - 6:37 PM

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Hmm. Well, I suppose getting a fertile one to workers is easy, but having them not drown themselves is extremely difficult.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#9 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 17 2020 - 10:05 AM

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  They are doing very well, all of their eggs are larvae now. They are used to being checked up upon now, which is nice. Hopefully they will get workers in a couple weeks. When they get more than a few workers I am going to move hem into a formicarium, because the workers will be impossible to feed in just a test tube without an outworld; they are super fast, and tiny.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#10 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 26 2020 - 6:40 PM

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Here is a video I made on them. Sorry for the formatting. As you can see, they have a pupa and many larvae.

 


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#11 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 27 2020 - 4:19 AM

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That’s one tiny pupa........ (I know I shouldn’t be surprised, as I’ve seen them in AZ before, but anyways......)

"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

#12 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 6 2020 - 8:26 AM

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DFouHvRjjO3mCpvOzKTgv2lR7GyEl7HzpZ5e2pQ-They have a worker! Only 1mm!


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

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