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Camponotus!

Started By WSantkeeper , Jul 19 2021 3:57 PM

wood ants

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#1 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 19 2021 - 3:57 PM

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Journal on all of my Camponotus colonies/queens.

Heres a older colony I found when splitting wood:

Lone worker looking around in the firebrick nest I made them

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Edited by WSantkeeper, July 20 2021 - 8:57 AM.

Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 19 2021 - 4:06 PM

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You don’t need to make a thread for every ant you catch. I would put all these colonies in a single journal or post.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 19 2021 - 4:18 PM

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You don’t need to make a thread for every ant you catch. I would put all these colonies in a single journal or post.

Thanks. I'll put ants of the same genus together in the future.

Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#4 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 21 2021 - 3:03 PM

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Update: The test tube that the colony lived in was getting really moldy, so I shined a light on them for a couple hours. They responded well and moved to the firebrick nest.

Forgot to mention this earlier, but I also obtained a Camponotus sp. queen that seems to be laying a lot of eggs.

Terrible pics:

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Edited by WSantkeeper, July 21 2021 - 3:11 PM.

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Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#5 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 21 2021 - 3:04 PM

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hm. that's weird. The picture didn't show.

Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#6 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 22 2021 - 9:48 AM

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Update:
For a second I thought that the ants have escaped(the firebrick nest and the test tube were empty). But then I looked in their outworld, and It seems that they have moved under the THA feeding tray that I left them(lol)

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Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#7 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted July 22 2021 - 10:02 AM

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Starting to get ridiculous. While I was browsing around the forum, the ants decided to move back.

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Queens I keep:

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

#8 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted August 7 2021 - 11:47 AM

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Guess I haven’t updated in a while, but because my Formica queen had nanitics, I had to detach the AC out world, and make them live in the out world. I’ll make a feeding video if I feel determined.