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POGONOMYRMEX HELP!

Started By AlexLebedev , Jul 27 2021 6:47 PM
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#1 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 27 2021 - 6:47 PM

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HELP! My colony of p. californicus with eggs that has a outworld with desert sand has started to abandon her testube and make claustral cells she has tried that 4 times and has 4 cells and a 5th one in the making HELP!


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What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

 

 

What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.

#2 Offline Roy3 - Posted July 29 2021 - 2:01 PM

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Maybe digging to find a spot with the right moisture and humidity. Make sure part of the nesting grounds are wet enough. Don't let all of it dry up. Good luck.

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#3 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted July 29 2021 - 3:02 PM

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Maybe digging to find a spot with the right moisture and humidity. Make sure part of the nesting grounds are wet enough. Don't let all of it dry up. Good luck.

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i moved her out of her outworld and now she's just in a tube cause she escaped took me ages to refind her. I ran out of fluon 2 weeks ago


What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

 

 

What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.

#4 Offline Roy3 - Posted July 30 2021 - 1:00 AM

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You know, I'm thinking now that maybe desert sand alone may not be a tough enough substrate if its just top sand. Not real dirt and clay soil that's below desert sand in itself. Plain desert sand will collapse when it dries out. So look into that when you take her into an outworld or dirt setup next time. Keep it moist and some heat. Glad you found her. Keep her fed. Watered and a supply of some sugars, then you will be good. Kentucky Bluegrass seed was a good seed for some of the founding queens I had in the past. But you might want to try other seeds too. One 2 queen colony loved sunflower seed kernels. I crushed them up for them of course. Again, good luck. But don't keep her in a test tube only. Use a tub and tube method. She needs to eat in founding stage. Until she has workers to gather for her, she will be the one looking for food, water and sugars daily.

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