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EchoMeter4's Exclusive Bingo Bango Camponotus sericeiventris (Golden Camponotus) Journal Updated 31/03/2020


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#1 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 28 2020 - 12:02 AM

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Introduction (Warning: All my pictures are terrible : D)

Greetings people, I am here to present you the rarely kept Golden Camponotus (Camponotus sericeiventris).

I don't think there are many videos/journals of people keeping them so I thought I would just do this journal.

 

Well, let's talk a little bit about this colony and species, first of all they're super duper cool because of their golden coloration, it isn't really that they're actually golden but they have hairs which make it so that when you shine light over them they look golden, this means that in a low light setting they still look golden but can also look pretty silver (The queen's gaster is always pretty golden no matter what).

 

Anywaysss, so these ants were probably the best test tube colony I've ever had until I moved them to their mini heart, this is because they would never freak out or go out of the tube whenever I take the cotton out. Apart from that they are fairly aggressive against insects (even applying formic acid to dead stuff) but pretty tame and curious with me.

 

The big downside of this species is they grow SLOWLY, this is a fact at least for young colonies, maybe they speed up a ton later on but for now they're growing at a snail's pace since even when heating them their egg to worker cycle is of about 2 months or maybe even a little bit more... which is understandable since (don't take this as a completely accurate measure) I measured their workers to be 8-10mm with the queen being 18mm.

 

They're basically the perfect Camponotus if you don't take into account their slow growth and the fact that they chug down hummingbird nectar like a 16 year old hormone filled dehydrated teen. 

 

So anyways, the colony is 5 workers strong by the time I post this (11/28/2020) and they have a pretty decent brood pile which you can see in the pictures.

 

 

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in the picture below you can see they get their gaster in between their legs like polyrhachis when they're startled (this is when I was moving them)

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Edited by EchoMeter4, March 31 2021 - 10:53 AM.

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#2 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 28 2020 - 12:04 AM

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golden Camponotus, very nice  :D



#3 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 28 2020 - 8:45 AM

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I can’t see the photos

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.


#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 28 2020 - 8:49 AM

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I can’t see the photos

I can't either.



#5 Offline AleeGuy - Posted November 28 2020 - 10:33 AM

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Same

Edit: it works now

Edited by AleeGuy, November 28 2020 - 11:14 AM.


#6 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 28 2020 - 10:58 AM

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Wellp, I'll have to upload them to the gallery thing :|



#7 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 28 2020 - 11:05 AM

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Fixed



#8 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted November 28 2020 - 11:07 AM

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gold


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#9 Offline ArmansAnts - Posted November 28 2020 - 11:09 AM

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Can't wait for them to get their 6th worker in 2022!  :D


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#10 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 28 2020 - 12:46 PM

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OMG THEY ARE AMAZING


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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.


#11 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 29 2020 - 11:04 AM

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They remind me of Polyrhachis.

Edit: I spelled it Polyrachis.

Edited by Kaelwizard, November 29 2020 - 11:05 AM.

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#12 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 29 2020 - 11:16 AM

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11/29/2020

They got their sixth worker which means that the rest of the pupae will eclose soon. I don't really have any pictures with the six workers but here's a piece of her cocoon lol.

 

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#13 Offline SoySauce - Posted November 29 2020 - 11:31 AM

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Wow they’re beautiful. Where did you collect them? Where do they naturally occur?
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#14 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 29 2020 - 11:36 AM

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Wow they’re beautiful. Where did you collect them? Where do they naturally occur?

I got them from a friend that is further east in my state where it's a bit more humid than the semi desert I live in. They range from northern México to a southern Brazil :)


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#15 Online OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 29 2020 - 5:47 PM

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Wow, beautiful ants. What are their favorite foods?


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Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus

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#16 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted November 29 2020 - 7:58 PM

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Wow, beautiful ants. What are their favorite foods?

They don't particularly like roaches, fruit flies are ok and mealworms are what I constantly feed them, they also love hummingbird nectar.


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#17 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted December 2 2020 - 2:15 PM

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12/02/2020

I thought I'd post an update since they have a ton of eggs/small larvae now, seems like they're gonna start growing faster now. :^)

 

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#18 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted January 2 2021 - 8:24 PM

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A whooole month after last update they have like 15-20 workers (I'm too lazy to count them) and a whole bunch of brood. I took them off the heater like a 10 days ago so they wouldn't dehydrate from me not being home so that should slow their development a little bit. Anyways, here are the pics. :)

 

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#19 Offline Jakerobs - Posted January 2 2021 - 9:08 PM

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Wow such beauties! Looks like they're doing really good!



#20 Offline EchoMeter4 - Posted February 27 2021 - 3:29 PM

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27/02/2021

Almost two months since last update so I thought I'd update this, they got like 37 workers give or take and the mini hearth was getting crowded so I moved them into a ytong nest. They also just had a major eclose today! :)

 

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