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Cheeto's Acromyrmex versicolor (Updated 8/16)


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#61 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 8 2021 - 2:14 AM

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Oh, yeah. Nothin’ too special. Just a desk top colony showing the very pinnacle of ant development and genius.
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#62 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 8 2021 - 6:42 AM

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Hehe


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Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#63 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted June 20 2021 - 8:31 PM

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Guess what? He's finally decided to start caring about his Acromyrmex; and you won't believe the results!

Recently their petri dish nest started to get almost completely full, so I decided to hook it up to a Formisquarium XL and appropriate outworld. To my surprise they started growing new fungus in the new nest almost immediately. I know I designed those nests with Acromyrmex specifically in mind, but still it was a big surprise to see how eager they were to occupy the new space.
 

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They've also been eating more recently, likely to support the new fungal growths. I even got them to accept some new leaves, the same type my Atta like.
 

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I'm also going to stop watering the old petri dish in hopes for them to completely move out of it. For now that doesn't seem like a priority for them, but I'm hoping to get them moved fully into the new nest. So far all 6 queens and all the brood still has not been moved, but I don't think that'll last too long with how fast the new fungus has been growing.


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#64 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted June 21 2021 - 5:15 AM

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Well if I ever find these in Cali, I will probably be using a Formisquarium  :lol:


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#65 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted August 4 2021 - 10:44 AM

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The old nest has been completely vacated and the fungus is growing extremely well in the new nest. I did end up stealing probably 20% of their fungus to boost my new queens this year and to sell, but even with that setback they're still growing very nicely.
 

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#66 Offline ExponentMars - Posted August 4 2021 - 2:38 PM

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Very poggers! 


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Acromyrmex, novos, Pogonomyrmex, Formica, and Lasius

#67 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted August 16 2021 - 2:59 PM

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Not much to say. El fungi es grande.

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#68 Offline Chasicle - Posted August 17 2021 - 10:40 PM

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Getting pretty big! Currently I’m binging all your journals as you can probably tell by all my comments :D
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#69 Offline Jhartman001 - Posted August 15 2022 - 11:08 PM

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Is the colony still going strong? Did the journal end?

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#70 Offline ZTYguy - Posted August 15 2022 - 11:28 PM

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Wow, it’s been 1 year to this day since the last update. I’m curious to see how this colony is doing as well.


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Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.





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