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cocdeshijie's Pogonomyrmex californicus Journal 【2021】

Started By cocdeshijie , May 26 2021 8:17 AM

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#41 Offline nurbs - Posted June 10 2021 - 9:03 AM

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They are pleo. Works best when you collect them all in the same area.

 

P. calis fly by the thousands, and it's always best to group them in threes to increase your chance of success. I've done this year after year and it works. By the second year the colony usually kills off all but one queen.

Is it practical to divide up the colony once they get workers?

 

 

 

Sure. There's a chance one or two of the queens may not be fertile or strong egg layers, or they could all be OK. I've never split them but don't see why it wouldn't work. Would wait til the colony is robust though, maybe 100 workers - split 33.3  :D


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#42 Offline ZTYguy - Posted June 10 2021 - 9:08 AM

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They are pleo. Works best when you collect them all in the same area.

 

P. calis fly by the thousands, and it's always best to group them in threes to increase your chance of success. I've done this year after year and it works. By the second year the colony usually kills off all but one queen.

Is it practical to divide up the colony once they get workers?

 

 

 

Sure. There's a chance one or two of the queens may not be fertile or strong egg layers, or they could all be OK. I've never split them but don't see why it wouldn't work. Would wait til the colony is robust though, maybe 100 workers - split 33.3  :D

 

That one poor worker.


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#43 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 10 2021 - 9:20 AM

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#44 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted June 17 2021 - 2:06 PM

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Day 23 — June 17, 2021

Worker!

23 days from flight to worker.

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Edited by cocdeshijie, May 27 2022 - 5:45 PM.

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#45 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 17 2021 - 2:57 PM

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that's pretty impressive! These must have some of the fastest development of any ants in Cali in terms of first workers!


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#46 Offline AntsLA-1 - Posted June 27 2021 - 12:25 PM

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That was quick! Thanks for the update! You said that your keeping them at 80 degrees, are you heating them or is that the temperature of the room? 

I have them in an incubator at 90-95

 

What kind of incubator are you using? I have some of these and want to heat them. Do you have any tips?


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#47 Offline NoveltyAntsYT - Posted July 7 2021 - 10:44 AM

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What kind of seeds do you feed them?


#48 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 12 2021 - 2:59 PM

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Dumped them in an outworld.

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Edited by cocdeshijie, May 27 2022 - 5:45 PM.

誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#49 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted July 23 2021 - 8:53 PM

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They are now entering the state of being checked once a month

 

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Edited by cocdeshijie, May 27 2022 - 5:46 PM.

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