update please
Yeah! Time for update drew!
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Dspdrew's Pogonomyrmex rugosus Journal [113] (Discontinued 12-14-2021)
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, Oct 23 2013 3:27 AM
dspdrew pogonomyrmex rugosus journal
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Posted December 12 2018 - 5:50 PM
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Yeah! Time for update drew!
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Posted December 15 2018 - 8:15 AM
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Posted March 15 2019 - 6:00 PM
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wow, that a BIIIIIIIIIIIG colony.
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Posted March 16 2019 - 9:33 AM
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Did you ever place them in a 50 gallon?
They’ll just dug it up until it’s a mess. I would move them into a more permanent formicarium, unless you want them to outgrow the new nest in a couple of months or maybe at most a year.
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Posted March 16 2019 - 6:19 PM
Update 3-16-2019
I'm pretty sure the queen has died. This colony has been getting smaller and smaller for months now, and I do not see anymore brood anywhere. 
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Posted March 21 2019 - 2:51 PM
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Update 3-16-2019
I'm pretty sure the queen has died. This colony has been getting smaller and smaller for months now, and I do not see anymore brood anywhere.
aww that sucks 
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Posted August 4 2019 - 12:38 PM
Update 8-4-2019
I found a few more of these back on 7-15-2019 in Taylor, CA, after the first storm of the season hit the desert.
I still haven't inspected the 10-gallon tank colony that I suspect is doomed. I will soon, because I probably want to move something else into the enclosure.
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Posted August 4 2019 - 5:43 PM
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P. rugosus is the coolest Pogonomyrmex!
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Posted November 16 2019 - 6:59 PM
Update 11-16-2019
Well it's official, the large colony is dead. I finally cleaned that 10-gallon "Dirt Box" out, and there wasn't a single live ant left in there. I have a few new colonies I got last season. The largest right now has only 5 workers.
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Posted May 15 2020 - 8:46 PM
Update 5-15-2020
Well I'm down to three of the new queens/colonies left from last season. One has 10 workers now, and the other has 11. They both have about a good amount of brood too. The third is still just a queen with a pile of eggs.
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Posted May 16 2020 - 6:05 AM
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This particular species does not do well with me. Your 11 worker colony is still better than I have ever done with them. I insisted on handling them too much and they insisted on dying. I have since been forced to learn patience with my Odontomachus colonies and may give Pogonomyrmex another go. Please assemble more large dirt boxes.
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Posted July 25 2021 - 4:31 AM
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update?
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Posted August 4 2021 - 2:23 PM
Update 8-4-2021
The last of the small colonies I had were either sold or died months ago. I do have some more queens from this season, so I will try to get another large colony going.
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Posted December 14 2021 - 12:11 AM
Update 12-14-2021
I didn't end up keeping any of these this year.
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