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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 27 2021 - 9:06 AM

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So 2 days ago i found a S. molesta colony inside of a T. immigrans colony, and being the idiot that I am i collected them, all 7 queens and around 50 workers, it turns out that the test-tube was too close to the heating cable and 5 of the queens got overheated and died or so I thought. The next day 2 of the "dead" queens were moving but one of the ones that werent overheated apparently was but took longer to show it. I know i suck :facepalm:  :facepalm:  :facepalm:  :facepalm:  :facepalm:  :facepalm:

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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 29 2021 - 9:15 AM

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Well the re-introduction didn't go as well as i wanted, aka the 2 queens were killed


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#3 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted March 29 2021 - 9:17 AM

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So the 2 queens were part of the colony, and when you put them back in, the workers killed them?


I have a 3 queen colony of these ants, and they grow really quick.



#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 29 2021 - 9:32 AM

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yes i captured them as a like 100 wrkr colony but only manage to get like 50 wrkrs with 7 queens


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#5 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 6 2021 - 11:07 AM

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Well a few days ago i went back to the nesting site and found 8 more queens, and collected several hundred workers so now its a 9 queen colony, and yesterday i ordered a Minihearth that was already made


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#6 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 21 2021 - 8:52 AM

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a few days later i want back and collected more queens and workers so they are now a like 60 worker 18 queen colony, but a few days ago i went to fort collins and collected  small portion of a massive S. molesta colony like 1000-2000 worker, 15-18 queens and toooooooonnnnnnns of brood. and now they are in a tubs and tubes set-up, and happily eating isopods.

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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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#7 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 21 2021 - 9:02 AM

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Awesome!


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#8 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 21 2021 - 9:40 AM

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I wish I could find the colony on my property. I've only seen the occasional worker.  :(


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#9 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 21 2021 - 9:42 AM

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There is a huge xyloni colony in my backyard and I have to wait till august to get queens and sometimes they don’t fly.


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#10 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 22 2021 - 8:58 AM

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yesterday i moved the big colony into the mini-hearth with the small colony there was a little resistance from the small colonies workers but eventually they gave up. and it was a mistaje to move them in there. there is a blanket of workers covering the glass. i added on another diy outworkld


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1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#11 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 22 2021 - 9:04 AM

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Pics please!


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#12 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 22 2021 - 9:06 AM

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Is their mini hearth bifurcated? I'm pretty sure that gives tiny ants a bit more usable nesting space so that might help with the overcrowding a bit.


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#13 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 22 2021 - 9:29 AM

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Is their mini hearth bifurcated? I'm pretty sure that gives tiny ants a bit more usable nesting space so that might with the overcrowding a bit.

nope its not


Pics please!

ok soon


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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#14 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 22 2021 - 10:40 AM

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Pics!

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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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#15 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 23 2021 - 7:59 AM

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oh my lord that's a lot of little fire potatoes


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#16 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 23 2021 - 8:38 AM

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oh my lord that's a lot of little fire potatoes

yup only took me 30 mins to collectthem :wacko3:


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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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#17 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 23 2021 - 9:06 AM

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Holy moly! Going to have to upgrade to something bigger for sure! 


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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants


#18 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 23 2021 - 10:42 AM

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Holy moly! Going to have to upgrade to something bigger for sure! 

yeah just moved all of them out of the minihearth for until i get like a fortress for them


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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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#19 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 23 2021 - 10:52 AM

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Holy moly! Going to have to upgrade to something bigger for sure! 

yeah just moved all of them out of the minihearth for until i get like a fortress for them

 

They grow so fast, you might need to go bigger, especially with that many Queens! 


Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants


#20 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 23 2021 - 11:25 AM

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Holy moly! Going to have to upgrade to something bigger for sure! 

yeah just moved all of them out of the minihearth for until i get like a fortress for them

 

They grow so fast, you might need to go bigger, especially with that many Queens! 

 

oops i meant i moved them into a formicarium that i made the very first time i used hydrostone in a formicarium


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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.

 

My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw

 

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