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[That_one_ant_guy]

Soo I wasn't gonna make a journal on these but they have blew my mind. So a while back in around December I bought 2 camponotus semitestaceus queens incase one died I would have another. One laid eggs and founded a colony (that is now dead). But the other one I just kept in my drawer. I thought she ws a dud so I didn't do anything with her, until i checked on her. She laid eggs, then workers came in, and now she is producing like crazy fast. Now there in a mini hearth(this all happend in around a month.) Here they are she also recently laid some more eggs The queens is also very fat now 😅 But that about sums it up 😊 👋

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, October 12 2021 - 8:36 AM.

[KadinB]

I love this sp. I will for sure be following along on this journal.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Big update! They have more then doubled their size! They were at 3 workers, now there at 8 (in the corner you can see a bit of trophallaxis going on)I have also given them small cricket that they have absolutely demolishedI've seen people use ByFormica feeders so I bought some, put some nector in their and gave it to them, they REALLY like the feeder, it's only been 3 days and it's already halfway finishedSooo that's about it

[Lillyrose]

Wow! They're loving the feeder .. they were the best investment I made.

I love your pictures

[That_one_ant_guy]

Not really sure how to identify larvae, but is the one that the worker a major or just more mature?

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, September 28 2021 - 6:27 PM.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Okay well now I'm pretty confident we have a major on the way😁

[Dumpling]

Okay well now I'm pretty confident we have a major on the way20210930_195803.jpg

big.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Okay well now I'm pretty confident we have a major on the way20210930_195803.jpg

big.

lol

[That_one_ant_guy]

Sooo I checked up on her today and the major larvae is now a cocoon, and even though it's nearing winter, the queen doesn't care and produces eggs like CrAzY so yea I estimate around 25ish eggs are there.
This'll concluded this update, cya😁

[Bigchungus2137]

Nice colony 👍

[azzaaazzzz00]

Can't wait for that major to eclose!

[That_one_ant_guy]

Wow, it's been awhile since I've updated this-busy with stuff-. Butttt the colony is at 24 workers, and the queen continues to lay more eggs, and nearly all the cocoons hatched And her majesty looks majestic as usual
On a bad note, all the cocoons that I thought were majors, were actually just big minors. I also found out that there favorite food is spooders, they absolutely swarmed a spooler I gave them, and with an hour it's was hollowed out.
Welp that's about it cya👋

[That_one_ant_guy]

Okayyy so it's been awhile since I've updated but something very surprising happend. So on January 6th the queen died , but she still had alot of workers and brood. I was going to realese them, but I read somewhere that workers that don't have a queen might except a new one, or something like that. I didn't really believe it but It was worth a shot so I bought another queen from Ecan, and each day I would add a few workers from the old colony to the new queen, and too my surprise they accepted each other, and now here they are


Also I think I found there favorite food-crickets lol

I also feel like giving the queen a name, any sugestions?

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, March 2 2022 - 5:59 PM.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Small update, but the queen has laid tons of eggs(most of which are already larvae), and they placed most of their brood on the water tower.

Still looking for name suggestions for the queen🙂

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, March 27 2022 - 9:34 AM.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Update timeeee, the mini hearth xl had a mold outbreak(very surprising since they were very high quality) and a few workers passed away, I moved them into this ytong nest with two floors, and since I didn't have any spare outworlds I made my own DIY one it ain't the best but it'll do. The queen also laid another pile of eggs and most of the larvae have turned into pupae, still waiting to get a major though And if anyone's wondering I feed them a full sized cricket every 5ish days, and give them full acces to ByFormica ant nector 24/7. not sure why the queen be looking so mad🤨
I'll probably be updating more often now since summer is starting up and they'll be growing faster

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, April 18 2022 - 8:13 AM.

[azzaaazzzz00]

whoa, angry mom...beware!