May they rest in pieces...
Hopefully you can find more, it sure would be incredible to have a successful "colony" of these with a bloated queen.
Edited by NickAnter, July 6 2021 - 11:35 AM.
May they rest in pieces...
Hopefully you can find more, it sure would be incredible to have a successful "colony" of these with a bloated queen.
Edited by NickAnter, July 6 2021 - 11:35 AM.
Species being kept:
Solenopsis "plebeius", Camponotus maritimus, Formica cf. subaenescens, Formica cf. aerata, Lasius cf. americanus, Lasius aphidicola, Lasius brevicornis, Lasius nr claviger, Nylanderia vividula, Temnothorax nevadensis, Temnothorax chandleri, Temnothorax arboreus Solenopsis validiuscula, Solenopsis truncorum, Solenopsis xyloni, Formica perpilosa, Formica cf. lasiodes, Formica cf. neogagates Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex salinus, and Myrmecocystus testaceus!!!!
Hoping to find this year:
Myrmecocystus, Liometopum occidentale, Camponotus essigi, Camponotus fragilis, Manica bradleyi, Formica perpilosa, Pheidole hyatti, and a Parasitic Formica sp.
People are stupid. It explains a lot...
TETRAMORIUM ATRATULUM
RIP
2021-2021
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
Join Our Fledgling Discord Server https://discord.com/...089056687423489
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.
YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)
Currently kept ant species: Camponotus parius, Ooceraea biroi, Carebara cf. diversa, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma), Tetraponera nigra, Polyrhachis cf. abdominalis, Lophomyrmex sp., Echinopla cf. striata, Anochetus sp., Crematogaster cf. ferrarii, Pheidole parva
Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.
Well I might just be the luckiest ant keeper.
Because two days after I posted the death of my previous run at raising T. atratulum, I found another atratulum queen. This queen’s gastor is already starting to grow. I took some photos, Ill get her some workers and maybe even callows tomorrow, I’ve found that these gals tend to only fly on overcast and kind of drizzling days, kind of like how pheidole generally tend to fly immediately after a rainstorm.
It looks like she's already started biting at her wings.
I will update tomorrow once she has her workers. I’ll use the same freezing method as last time as that seemed to work.
I have learned from my mistake of keeping multiple T. atratulum queens in the same tube, so if I find more I’ll keep them separate.
See y’a on another thread!
Edit: grammar
Photos:
Edited by yibsi, July 8 2021 - 6:05 PM.
Nylanderia parvula - 4 queen polygynous colony with larvae + devoloping workers
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - 1 queen with 2 cocoons, and a few larvae and eggs
Tetramorium immigrans - 3 colonies, first nanetics!
Formica pallidifulva - 1 queen, 8-10 eggs
Tetramorium atratulum - 1 queen with roughly 17 host workers
Pheidole pilifera - 1 queen! recently caught!
Solenopsis Molesta - 2 queens so far, polygenous set-up
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My Ant Journal - yibsi’s Wonderful Ant Keeping Journal 5-22-21 - Ant Keeping Journals - Ants & Myrmecology Forum (formiculture.com)
My T. Atratulum Journal - https://www.formicul...ontinued/page-2
yayyyyyyyy hope they don't die and that is one fat queen lol
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
Join Our Fledgling Discord Server https://discord.com/...089056687423489
Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.
YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)
Currently kept ant species: Camponotus parius, Ooceraea biroi, Carebara cf. diversa, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma), Tetraponera nigra, Polyrhachis cf. abdominalis, Lophomyrmex sp., Echinopla cf. striata, Anochetus sp., Crematogaster cf. ferrarii, Pheidole parva
Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.
Nylanderia parvula - 4 queen polygynous colony with larvae + devoloping workers
Camponotus pennsylvanicus - 1 queen with 2 cocoons, and a few larvae and eggs
Tetramorium immigrans - 3 colonies, first nanetics!
Formica pallidifulva - 1 queen, 8-10 eggs
Tetramorium atratulum - 1 queen with roughly 17 host workers
Pheidole pilifera - 1 queen! recently caught!
Solenopsis Molesta - 2 queens so far, polygenous set-up
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My Ant Journal - yibsi’s Wonderful Ant Keeping Journal 5-22-21 - Ant Keeping Journals - Ants & Myrmecology Forum (formiculture.com)
My T. Atratulum Journal - https://www.formicul...ontinued/page-2
Ummmm update?
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
Join Our Fledgling Discord Server https://discord.com/...089056687423489
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