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Manitobant's polyergus mexicanus journal (now ruined)

Started By Manitobant , May 17 2020 4:23 PM

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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 17 2020 - 4:23 PM

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Yesterday i finally caught a colony of polyergus mexicanus, my dream native species. The colony consists of around 30 polyergus workers, 150 formica subsericea slaves and a physogastric queen. The colony is kept in a 3-sided tar heel ants casita and overnight the queen has laid a few clutches of eggs. I'm extremely excited to watch them raid, but ill have to wait about a month for the wild formica pupae to emerge.

Edited by Manitobant, July 30 2020 - 12:42 PM.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#2 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 17 2020 - 4:26 PM

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Nice! Any pictures available?


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#3 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 17 2020 - 4:30 PM

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Nice! Any pictures available?

no good ones. My phone camera is really bad.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 16 2020 - 6:37 PM

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Update june 16th, 2020


The formica colonies in my area have started to get pupae, so i dumped a few subsericea and obscuripes pupae into the outworld. There was no scout out today for some reason but the slaves were happy to collect all the pupae. The eggs the queen laid have also developed into larvae, which is a good sign.

Edited by Manitobant, June 16 2020 - 6:40 PM.

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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 16 2020 - 6:40 PM

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Update

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#6 Offline AntsDakota - Posted June 16 2020 - 6:44 PM

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I think he fixed it.
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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 6 2020 - 1:17 PM

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Update july 5

I stumbled upon the queen dead this morning while doing regular matinence. I can't explain why considering the colony was doing so well...
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#8 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 6 2020 - 1:59 PM

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RIP. Too bad..


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

#9 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 6 2020 - 3:48 PM

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Update july 5
I stumbled upon the queen dead this morning while doing regular matinence. I can't explain why considering the colony was doing so well...

That’s kind of depressing.

Edited by CatsnAnts, July 6 2020 - 3:52 PM.

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#10 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:11 PM

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I think it can be said that the more difficult a species is, the more likely the queen is to just randomly die for some reason.


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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

#11 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 6 2020 - 4:42 PM

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Update july 5

I stumbled upon the queen dead this morning while doing regular matinence. I can't explain why considering the colony was doing so well...

 Slavemakers are pretty cool.  


Edited by Antkid12, July 29 2020 - 4:34 AM.

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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#12 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 28 2020 - 6:55 PM

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I'm gonna restart this journal as i found a queen today after nuptial flight. I put her in a tube with 15 formica subsericea pupae and a callow. She has so far accepted the callow and is currently investigating the pupae.


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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#13 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 28 2020 - 8:03 PM

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Fingers crossed! I want this colony to make it, such a cool species!
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#14 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 28 2020 - 10:45 PM

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Update july 5
I stumbled upon the queen dead this morning while doing regular matinence. I can't explain why considering the colony was doing so well...

 Slavemakers are pretty cool.  :(
Unless your the slave or the colony being raided.

Fingers crossed! I want this colony to make it, such a cool species!


Me too!
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

#15 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 29 2020 - 4:35 AM

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Hope they succeed! 


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#16 Offline Vendayn - Posted July 29 2020 - 6:45 PM

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For everyone reading this journal, manitobant is a self described homophobe who uses slurs against people who are gay and also using insulting words against those with special needs.

 

https://www.formicul...a-set/?p=156897

 

This is the link to the word he used

 

https://www.urbandic...php?term=natard

 

He tried backtracking by saying he "made it up", but he outed himself as a homophobic hateful person. Funny "coincidence" that the word he used is a word used in a bigotry manner. I never used any hateful bigot words in that thread, I did kinda insult people slightly but never in a way that was homophobic or hateful or using insulting words against those with special needs just because I disagreed with them. The first thing he does is use a homophobic AND special needs slur against me because he hates me. I hope he reports himself.

 

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#17 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 29 2020 - 6:56 PM

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that's nice. Instead of posting accusations on his journal, could you try to solve your differences through direct communication? Or if you can't get over them, perhaps it would be best to put them aside, or as a last resort, simply ignore/tolerate each other?


looking forward to your results, Polyergus would be fun to see captive if its possible to get a mature colony running.


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#18 Offline Vendayn - Posted July 29 2020 - 6:59 PM

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that's nice. Instead of posting accusations on his journal, could you try to solve your differences through direct communication? Or if you can't get over them, perhaps it would be best to put them aside, or as a last resort, simply ignore/tolerate each other?


looking forward to your results, Polyergus would be fun to see captive if its possible to get a mature colony running.

 

that's nice. Instead of posting accusations on his journal, could you try to solve your differences through direct communication? Or if you can't get over them, perhaps it would be best to put them aside, or as a last resort, simply ignore/tolerate each other?


looking forward to your results, Polyergus would be fun to see captive if its possible to get a mature colony running.

Only trump supporters defend those who insult those who are gay or with special needs. he needs to answer why he hates gays and special needs so much to use such insulting words against them.


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Also people need to know who they are supporting, and these days someone being so openly homophobic and derogatory against special needs is a thing that people need to know about. Its why there is the protests going on, because of racism and hatred against those who bigots deem "different" than them. 

 

Sexism, racism, bigotry, homophobia is a thing that people need to know about so they don't support that person. its 2020 and hate is out.


#20 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 29 2020 - 7:06 PM

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that's nice. Instead of posting accusations on his journal, could you try to solve your differences through direct communication? Or if you can't get over them, perhaps it would be best to put them aside, or as a last resort, simply ignore/tolerate each other?


looking forward to your results, Polyergus would be fun to see captive if its possible to get a mature colony running.

 

that's nice. Instead of posting accusations on his journal, could you try to solve your differences through direct communication? Or if you can't get over them, perhaps it would be best to put them aside, or as a last resort, simply ignore/tolerate each other?


looking forward to your results, Polyergus would be fun to see captive if its possible to get a mature colony running.

Only trump supporters defend those who insult those who are gay or with special needs. he needs to answer why he hates gays and special needs so much to use such insulting words against them.

 

In, fact, quite the opposite. Very opposed to his policies. If manitoba does indeed have bias against those groups, I'm also against that, but doesnt mean I have to go around attempting to get other people to hate him. Everyone is entitled to basic respect. But, again, I'm not seeing much evidence that he hates these groups. The definition link you posted doesnt seem especially reliable, and misuse of words is common enough these days.


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