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Spaz’s Pogosticks (P. Occidentalis)

Started By Spazmops , Aug 19 2020 8:08 AM

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#41 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:47 AM

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 I just checked my colony, and a worker was carrying at least two eggs. Yes!


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#42 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:49 AM

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just checked my colony, oh yeah right they are dead. :(


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#43 Offline Devi - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:53 AM

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just checked my colony, oh yeah right they are dead. :(

Just checked my colony, oh wait, they are dead too. :(


#44 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:54 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!


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#45 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:57 AM

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just checked my colony, oh yeah right they are dead. :(

Just checked my colony, oh wait, they are dead too. :(

 

mine didn't make it to workers, should have bought those P. occidentalis brood of of amazon, I am sure she was fertile because she had larvae


Edited by Antkeeper01, October 30 2020 - 8:58 AM.

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#46 Offline Devi - Posted October 30 2020 - 9:21 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!

Where!?!?!  I can't find any sellers!  :(


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#47 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 30 2020 - 9:34 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!

Where!?!?!  I can't find any sellers!  :(

 

Yes please! I'd like to know as well.


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#48 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted October 30 2020 - 11:21 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!

Where!?!?!  I can't find any sellers!  :(

 

gan farmers sell the queens for like 10$


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#49 Offline Devi - Posted October 30 2020 - 11:31 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!

Where!?!?!  I can't find any sellers!  :(

 

gan farmers sell the queens for like 10$

 

Yeah, but none reply. :(


#50 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 30 2020 - 11:55 AM

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i am just getting a colony of p. occidentalis! yes!

Where!?!?!  I can't find any sellers!  :(

 

gan farmers sell the queens for like 10$

 

Oh nice.


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#51 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 30 2020 - 8:28 PM

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Hey-

 I just checked my colony, and a worker was carrying at least two eggs. Yes!

Yay! I’m glad to hear your colony is showing promise. I seem to have some sort of mutant larvae thing... it looks like a normal larvae but I think it has some sort of appendage. If I can get a picture I’ll put it up. If it turns out to be a small larvae stuck to a big one I don’t know if I’ll be relieved or disappointed. 


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#52 Offline Devi - Posted October 31 2020 - 8:04 AM

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 I just checked my colony, and a worker was carrying at least two eggs. Yes!

Yay! I’m glad to hear your colony is showing promise. I seem to have some sort of mutant larvae thing... it looks like a normal larvae but I think it has some sort of appendage. If I can get a picture I’ll put it up. If it turns out to be a small larvae stuck to a big one I don’t know if I’ll be relieved or disappointed.

That doesn't sound right... Keep us updated.
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#53 Offline Spazmops - Posted December 24 2020 - 11:11 AM

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Update- 12/24/2020

Well, this will likely be the last update of the year. My Pogonomyrmex are hibernating at slightly below room temperature, and about a month ago I gave them plenty of chia seeds. The queen was the only one that gathered any, while the workers just watched. I'm not sure if this is because they're nanitics and can't lift the seeds, or if they're just stupid. The mutant larvae I mentioned earlier disappeared, and I'm assuming one of the ants ate it.  

I do have something big planned for this journal, but I don't want to say just yet in case it doesn't go as I plan. If all goes well, I'll have a new big update in about a week or so. As always, thanks for reading.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#54 Offline Spazmops - Posted January 8 2021 - 4:37 PM

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Update 8/1/2021

Well, here's the big news I promised. I bought a 40+ worker colony from Tarheel Ants! At the moment they're moving from their tube into a minihearth, but I'll move them into a fallen fortress or a labyrinth as soon as I can get my hands on one. 

The ants arrived looking very healthy and warm, and there were only a few (maybe 5) dead. I'm unable to see the queen besides her head and sometimes her gaster, so I don't know how healthy she is, but I'll edit this update when she moves. Also, I finally got okay photos! I recently upgraded my phone, and the camera is much better. The pics are pretty dark because photography in a minihearth is very difficult, but the pictures will improve when I get them a bigger nest. Most are the new colony moving into their minihearth, but one is from an experiment I did a few weeks back when I tried giving my small colony honey water. 

 

Oh, and for anyone interested, I named the new queen Ruth. 

 
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Edited by Spazmops, January 8 2021 - 4:40 PM.

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Co-owner and founder of Mountain Myrmeculture and The Menagerie Discord Server. 

Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#55 Offline Spazmops - Posted January 9 2021 - 9:58 AM

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The queen looks healthy! The colony finished moving in, I just had to manually move some stragglers. Luckily these ants are rather large, so it's much easier to catch them than, say, tetramorium. 


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#56 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 9 2021 - 1:05 PM

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any pics?


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#57 Offline Spazmops - Posted January 9 2021 - 1:06 PM

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any pics?

of the queen? Not really, she's tucked away in the back and has a wall of brood in front of her. I'll see if I can get any later.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#58 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 9 2021 - 1:16 PM

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ok

das gud

mine should be here in a week


Edited by Antkeeper01, January 9 2021 - 1:16 PM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#59 Offline Devi - Posted January 9 2021 - 6:45 PM

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I'm really happy that you have some Pogonomyrmex now Spaz!  I hope they do better than mine, mine are kind of tanking right now.  :(


#60 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 10 2021 - 6:45 AM

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I'm really happy that you have some Pogonomyrmex now Spaz!  I hope they do better than mine, mine are kind of tanking right now.  :(

Heating cable could that help?


Edited by Antkeeper01, January 10 2021 - 6:46 AM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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