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Garrett's Myrmecocystus placodops Journal - Updated 1-5-2022


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#1 Offline attagarrett - Posted April 7 2021 - 7:55 PM

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This last weekend I was able to collect some Myrmecocystus placodops queens from an earlier flight and these girls are massive!

I have them setup in a 25mm x 200mm Glass Test Tube, quartz play sand was added as a substrate.

The queens are being kept at 78 degrees and so far no die off. (13 queens collected). 2 weeks since flight 6 days since collection.

 

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Excited to see how these progress and will post updates!


Edited by attagarrett, January 5 2022 - 3:44 PM.

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#2 Offline MsTesaAnt - Posted April 8 2021 - 5:56 AM

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Great photos.  This is an interesting looking ant.  Good luck with your colony.



#3 Offline ReignofRage - Posted May 19 2021 - 4:54 PM

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M. placadops flying in March?



#4 Offline attagarrett - Posted June 2 2021 - 5:46 PM

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A bit of an update, sorry its been so long. All the queens have had their first workers. Here are a few pictures

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Growth has been exceptional, exceeding M. mexicanus. Most of their first generation exceeded 17 workers, with the highest being 21. 0 die off from the original queens collected.


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#5 Offline JamesJohnson - Posted July 4 2021 - 2:47 PM

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Update?



#6 Offline ReignofRage - Posted July 4 2021 - 3:39 PM

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Considering a few research papers and the area you caught these, these are M. placodops-01. They are the largest M. placodops variant by far and only known to be in Texas and possibly stretching a little south into Mexico. Such an amazing find!


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#7 Offline attagarrett - Posted January 5 2022 - 3:43 PM

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Long awaited update. 1-5-2022

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Colony is now around 150 workers, this picture is from 2 weeks ago and since then around 50 pupae have eclosed. Should hit 1,000 workers by summer.


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#8 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 5 2022 - 3:56 PM

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Placodops are an incredible ant species to keep. I remember I caught one last year in June but she died from condensation.


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#9 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted July 3 2023 - 9:42 AM

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