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[antsriondel]

Update! Sorry for the late reply I was trying to finish a video to go with this. 

 

Liometopum colony: They have been growing at a great rate but unfortunately that was slowed last week as their heating cable broke and they have missed the heat. Fortunately I managed to buy a new one and it arrived yesterday along with a blacklight for catching more Queens.

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=BN7LMoXAfwg

 

I also brought all of my other colonies out of hibernation! 

 

Manica Queen: She still has four larvae and has been getting more active as she wakes up. 

 

 

Camponotus hurculeanus colony: She has only one worker and still refuses to move into the nest (Probably because the outworld is in total dark). I will continue to feed them and hopefully she bounces back. 

 

 

Lasius americanus Queen: Hopefully she will lay eggs soon as I really want to raise one of these colonies.

 

 

Thanks for reading my journal! God bless. 

[antsriondel]

Update!

 

Liometopum luctuosum colony: They are doing nicely! Hopefully their larvae will start to develop faster but other than that they are doing great (Queen Samah has been pumping out those eggs  ) 

 

 

 

 

Manica Queen: One of her larvae looks like it is about to spin a cocoon which is exciting. Hopefully that happens as I am so excited to see what her workers would look like.

 

 

Camponotus hurculeanus colony: They finally moved into the nest and I will start to feed them more often as they need to get more workers to survive.

 

 

Lasius americanus: I have no idea why this Queen still has not lain eggs. I think she could be infertile, but I will still hope that she can start a colony.

 

 

Here is a short video of my ant room: https://www.youtube....h?v=P0E9A7QHsEo

 

Thanks for reading my journal, God bless. 

[antsriondel]

Update!

 

Liometopum luctuosum: They have become increasingly more active, and have around ten nice size workers. I would not call them majors as they are not easily recognizable but they are still pretty large. 

 

 

 

 

Manica Queen: Unfortunately one of her larvae died after hibernation, but on the plus side the other larvae are a few days from pupating. 

 

 

Camponotus hurculeanus: I woke up a few days ago to this Queen eating her last worker..... Luckily she did manage to lay some eggs so I'm hoping they survive.

 

 

Lasius: I believe this Queen is a dud. Hopefully I can catch another Queen of this species this year.

 

Thank you for reading my journal! God bless. 

 

 

 

 

 

[antsriondel]

Update! I will be gone this weekend so Expect less activity here.

 

Liometopum luctuosum: They have slowed down as we recently got a whole ton of snow and everything got really cold outside. 

 

 

 

They were very active in their outworld today, making massive trails all over their outworld.

 

 

Manica Queen: At this point I do not know when her larvae will pupate as they just keep getting bigger.

 

 

Camponotus Queen: She ate all of her eggs but two. I unfortunately do not think she will make it. 

 

 

Lasius Queen: This might be the last time I update on her as she still has not laid any eggs which is a sign of infertility. 

 

 

Thanks for all of the support so far on this journal. God bless. 

Edited by antsriondel, March 1 2024 - 6:42 AM.

[100lols]

Awesome updates!!! The ladies are looking good.

The Camponotus queen probably needs some alone time for awhile. Likely stressed.

[antsriondel]

Update! I missed last weeks update because of a family trip, and when I got back I decided to wait till Queen Carmine got a pupae.

 

Here is a video of the Liometopum and the Manica colonies: https://www.youtube....h?v=uZS2jvITan0

 

Liometopum luctuosum: They are doing well and have plenty of larvae but have seriously slowed down as I was unable to feed them for a few days but now should start to have massive piles of pupae.

 

 

 

 

Manica invidia colony: Pupae! She finally has a pupae! Unfortunately when I came back one of the larvae had failed to pupate but the other larvae succeeded in pupating. She now has one pupae, one massive larvae, and a pile of eggs.

 

 

Camponotus hurculeanus: She played another pile of eggs so hopefully they last to make it to workers.

 

 

Thanks for reading my journal! God bless. 

[antsriondel]

Wow sorry for the late update on this I have been so busy the last month, but now I'm back!

 

Liometopum luctuosum: They have been growing slowly as I have been gone for such a long time, but they still have plenty of brood and workers.

 

 

 

Manica Queen: I came back from my trip to find this Queen with zero brood and this in her outworld:

Her only pupae failed to make it to "worker hood". I am worried she won't make it but I am stumped as to why this happened. 

 

Camponotus Queen: This Queen has a low likelihood of survival so I am going to move her into a test tube and see if she can make it.

 

 

Thanks for reading my journal! God bless.