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#1 Offline dermy - Posted May 29 2015 - 11:32 AM

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I found these queens [and more] on May 22/2015, at about 6pm-8pm. I only found them around my area, which is weird, and means the main flight hasn't taken up yet, but I'm hopeful that once this cold spell warms up we will get the next flight!

 

 

Two Pics, one of a Winged Queen and one of the Queen in this journal:
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She is pretty calm for a Camponotus queen, she sits nice!
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#2 Offline Lamarr - Posted May 29 2015 - 5:35 PM

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I'm pretty jealous! It seems like she's Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen from the pictures. Congrats on your catch!



#3 Offline AntsNY - Posted May 29 2015 - 6:42 PM

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I almost had a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen today. They were in my cherry tree.

 

I used to have a large colony for years. They are my favorite.



#4 Offline dermy - Posted June 2 2015 - 1:44 PM

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It's hard to tell from my pictures but the legs are rusty red and there is more on the other parts.

 

I'll try to get better pictures someday :P

 

The queen on my finger has some eggs.



#5 Offline Crystals - Posted June 2 2015 - 2:35 PM

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Camponotus pennsylvanicus does not occur in Saskatchewan.  It is very likely Camponotus herculeanus, which is the one of the more common species on the edges of the boreal forest in Alberta and Saskatchewan.  He caught this one when I was also reporting flights of Camponotus herculeanus, so I am pretty sure she is Camponotus herculeanus.

 

Hopefully this queen does better than her successors.  :D

 

Has she laid any eggs yet?


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#6 Offline dermy - Posted June 3 2015 - 11:39 AM

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Yes about 7-10, she is doing very well I got to say.

 

I'm almost 100% it's Camponotus hearculeanus. I've seen pictures of Camponotus pennsylvancius [spelling] and they look like their might be pure black, these aren't they have rusty red on them, and the workers also have a bit on them. [From nests I've seen anyway]



#7 Offline dermy - Posted July 5 2015 - 10:57 PM

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Just noticed larvae, I think. I'm very unsure at the moment if this queen is even fertile.



#8 Offline LC3 - Posted July 6 2015 - 8:44 AM

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Don't loose hope!



#9 Offline dermy - Posted July 11 2015 - 1:25 PM

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They are definitely larvae now I can see that line [i think it's their stomach?] anyway everything seems to be doing well!



#10 Offline LC3 - Posted July 11 2015 - 3:57 PM

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Larvae have tiny nubs on the end and have a more detailed surface compared to a smooth round egg.



#11 Offline dermy - Posted July 12 2015 - 12:02 PM

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I'm thinking they are larvae then. Hopefully she gets workers before I go back into hibernation!



#12 Offline LC3 - Posted July 12 2015 - 12:32 PM

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It's July she should have enough time.



#13 Offline dermy - Posted August 16 2015 - 12:59 PM

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I can't believe she still doesn't have workers, she has some nice larvae but no cocoons yet.



#14 Offline LC3 - Posted August 16 2015 - 1:03 PM

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Same. Even though she has workers she has no eggs but a pile of big larvae that won't pupate.



#15 Offline dermy - Posted August 16 2015 - 1:25 PM

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I've heard Camponotus does that around this time of the year, wouldn't be too surprised if they didn't turn into workers at all this year.



#16 Offline LC3 - Posted August 16 2015 - 1:27 PM

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Camponotus:the definition of wasting time



#17 Offline BrittonLS - Posted August 16 2015 - 4:07 PM

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Or they're just getting an early start on next year!


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#18 Offline William. T - Posted August 16 2015 - 4:56 PM

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Camponotus:the definition of wasting time

But when they get a nantitic, it's thebest feeling in the world.


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Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#19 Offline spytim - Posted August 20 2015 - 10:04 PM

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Camponotus:the definition of wasting time

Perhaps for some people... ;D lol I'm joking, yeah Camponotus are really hard to get started! :) 



#20 Offline dermy - Posted August 23 2015 - 12:11 PM

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No cocoons yet but the larvae are finally starting to grow a bit more. The queen keeps them in the weirdest place ever right up top and doesn't "guard" them like usual queens do.






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