2 replies to this topic

[Mettcollsuss]

I'm looking to buy a portion of T. septentrionalis fungus to boost my colony, as I believe my colony lost it's fungus during hibernation. If anyone has T. septentrionalis colonies with some fungus to spare, please let me know, either here or on Discord (Mettcollsuss#2573). My colony is from a population near the northern edge of the species' range, so colonies/fungus from northern populations are ideal as they will hopefully better match their diapause cycle.

[Manitobant]

Trachymyrmex shrink their fungus down to tiny pellets during hibernation, and then regrow it in the spring. Chances are they have fungus, but you can’t see it.

[Mettcollsuss]

Trachymyrmex shrink their fungus down to tiny pellets during hibernation, and then regrow it in the spring. Chances are they have fungus, but you can’t see it.

I'm aware. When they shrunk their fungus down before hibernation the pellets were still visible when I looked closely, but now there's no pellets visible. Their hibernation wasn't exactly smooth, so it seems possible that the fungus pellets didn't make it through. Cheeto had a Trachy colony from the same population as mine, and by his account they had fungus gardens up and growing again by two weeks after after hibernation. My colony has been out of hibernation for three weeks now and I've seen no incipient fungus gardens or fungus pellets. 

Edited by Mettcollsuss, January 19 2022 - 6:32 PM.