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Brad's Myrmecocystus Navajo Journal (Updated 9-6-22)


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#41 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted October 6 2021 - 1:23 PM

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Cool. We have honeypots in Australia but one species you have to go right up to Alice Springs to find and the other is illegal to collect. ;-; (I think they die less though.)

 

As soon as we're 90% double-vacced it's straight to the desert with my grandparents for me.


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My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

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#42 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted July 24 2022 - 3:10 PM

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Update 7-24-22

Caught a good amount of these guys a week ago. All have eggs and are close to larvae.

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#43 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted July 29 2022 - 12:22 AM

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Update 7-29-22

Found 3 of these queens the other night. The others have larvae.


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#44 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted August 3 2022 - 12:43 AM

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Update 8-3-22

Just found yet another one 


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#45 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 5 2022 - 11:13 PM

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Update 9-6-22

These are all doing good. The best colony is 12 workers and the worst has like 2. I had like 2 queens get the sand wet causing a lot of the larvae to fail to pupate so they have a minor setback. Other than that they are doing good.

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#46 Offline aznphenom - Posted September 6 2022 - 5:01 AM

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Are there differences between navajo and mexicanus? Worth keeping both at the same time?


Keeps: Camponotus, Tetra
 

Wants (Please reach out if you have them for sale if you’re in the US): Acromyrmex Sp., Atta Sp., Cephalotes Sp., Myrmecocystus Sp (Prefer Mexicanus), Odontomachus Sp. (Prefer Desertorum), Pachycondyla Sp., Pheidole Sp (Prefer Rhea. The bigger the better. Not the tiny bicarinata), Pogonomyrmex Sp (Prefer Badius)., Pseudomyrmex Sp. (Prefer the cute yellow ones)

 


#47 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 6 2022 - 6:43 AM

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Navajo is just a smaller version of mexicanus


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#48 Offline UrbanOrganisms - Posted September 6 2022 - 12:21 PM

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Navajo is the superior ant



#49 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 6 2022 - 10:07 PM

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Navajo is the superior ant

Hell naw


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