sooo, how are the colonies doing?
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sooo, how are the colonies doing?
Been keeping ants since January of 2021
Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.
sooo, how are the colonies doing?
Very well I'll put together an update when I get home from school.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
Update 20/5/22
Tetramorium immigrans- I hope this queen slows down child production because she has pumped out eggs like crazy. The Camara nest from Canada Ant Colony is filled to the BRIM with Tetramorium brood so much so that workers can barely get in and out. Sadly the 3D printed ant nest was not escape proof so around twenty workers escaped before I noticed these girls escaping. I have been creating another nest for this colony this time out of firebrick. This colony has at least 1000 workers and has been eating as much as ever. I haven't seen the queen since the last time I updated this journal and I don't think I'll see her for quite a while.
Photo (This photo was taken a long time ago):
Crematogaster cerasi- This queen has increased her colonies worker count by quite a bit and is now sitting at a pretty impressive twenty six workers. I feed them everyday and they are by far the most active ants in the outworld compared to their colony size out of every ant colony I have. I moved this colony into a Buckeye Myrmecology Stick Nest and have been filling it up quite quickly.
Photo:
Temnothorax curvispinosus- Nothing to update. This colony is so incredibly eventful.
Photo:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus- I recently collected a colony of Camponotus pennsylvanicus. They have four workers and around twenty eggs. I really hope that this colony will thrive under my care.
Photo:
Formica incerta- This colony has a MOUNTAIN of brood with around thirty cocoons and many larvae. The queen continues to produce eggs and I hope she continues to produce eggs because this is such a cool species.
Photo:
Lasius neoniger- Surprisingly this queen hasn't gotten any other workers since the last update. I hope everything is okay with this queen.
Photo:
Prenolepis imparis- Nothing new, except my first and oldest queen turned two!
Photo:
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
looks at my tetramorium queen tetramorium queens for sale.... For real though the formica is really cool
Update 15/6/22
Tetramorium immigrans- I saw the queen for the first time in a really long time she isn't looking physogastric at all which amazes me. At the moment I'd estimate there are twelve hundred workers present in this colony with so many more on the way. The pupa pile on its own fills up the entire Camara nest from Canada Ant Colony. I am continuing to work on the Firebrick nest and it is going very well so far with most of the chambers carved out.
Photo of a small portion of the pupae pile:
Temnothorax curvispinosus: These ants keep their test tube so clean so I can get really good photos of them ( by really good I mean the best you can do with a twenty dollar digital microscope). But as always their is nothing new to update.
Photo of the queen and brood:
Formica incerta: At the moment the queen is taking a little break from laying eggs. Other than this the colony has around fifty workers now with many more on the way.
Terrible photo (these ants move so fast almost all the photos I take of them are terrible):
Lasius neoniger: Finally these ants got another cocoon I can't wait for this colony to explode in population as they are one of the top species on my Canadian ant list to keep a flourishing colony of.
Photo of the queen and brood:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus: This colony has a very large brood pile and a few cocoons and have been eating like crazy always hungry for sugar and protein. Because they are so big I can take some very nice photos of them.
Photo of the brood and queen:
Prenolepis imparis: Both colonies are doing well but I have noticed that my older queen's gaster is a lot more physogastric than the younger queen's gaster.
Photos of both colonies:
This is the final update for the next seven weeks as I have a large family vacation coming up plus final exams.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
Edited by ColAnt735, July 29 2022 - 3:14 PM.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
It's update time!
Update 31/7/22
Tetramorium immigrans- Honestly this colony hasn't grown much. After like three hours of watching this colony I saw the queen for the first time in a very long time (sadly the photo is terrible though).
photos:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus- This colony got big. Well not big, but larger than when I left. The queen has been rather busy creating the third generation of workers with lots of eggs and small larvae in the colony at the moment.
photo:
Camponotrus novaeboracensis- I found this queen in a log a couple of days ago she has larvae and smaller larvae.
photo:
Formica cf. neogagates- This queen was found two days ago running along the concrete. She has laid six eggs. I hope she will create a successful colony.
photo:
Sorry for the blurry photo she wasn't cooperating.
Formica incerta- This colony got SO much larger than I thought they would. At the moment I'd say they easily number at around 110 workers. I moved this colony into a Tar Heel Ants Fortress and they have been doing rather well in it.
photo:
Prenolepis imparis- Eggs! Larvae! Pupae! Come on down to ColAnt735's Ant roo- no to unoriginal,Pismire Pala- that sounds weird, Prenolepis Palace (Perfect!) to marvel at the once a year Prenolepis imparis brood that has been created! Both these colonies have gotten brood for the second and third time.
photos:
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
I caught a few Solenopsis molesta queens, like only a few. Only thirty two...
I caught two colour variants though!
Photos:
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
I've had zero luck finding those. Great job!
Currently kept species
L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, P. imparis.
Previously kept species
T. rugatulus, B. depilis.
Looking for
Myrmecocystus kennedyi, Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus semirufus, Myrmecocystus testaceus
Pheidole californica, Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Solenopsis molesta, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans
I caught a few Solenopsis molesta queens, like only a few. Only thirty two...
I caught two colour variants though!
Photos:
That's... that's... 32 Solenopsis molesta queens. Wow.
Once I caught 10 or so Solenopsis sp. queens and tried putting them but they all decided to lay some eggs, and die. I'm interested to see how they go.
My Ants:
Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w
Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)
Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium
Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major
Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube
Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney
I have caught over 200 in one night. Most were unmated sadly.
This was my kitchen that day. I left the door open, lol.
All queens
Edited by NancyZamora4991, August 7 2022 - 1:08 PM.
Keeping ants since 2020
I keep:
Myrmicinae: Solenopsis molesta( 2 queens). Tetramorium immigrans ( 3 colonies with the biggest nearing 800 workers!),
Crematogaster cerasi ( 1 colony with a worker). Temnothorax curvispinosus ( 1 queen with colony of 2 workers).
Formicinae: Prenolepis imparis ( 2 single queen colonies). Lasius brevicornis ( 19 founding queens) haven't seen many journals of them. Lasius Neoniger (a founding queen).Formica incerta( 1 colony with 22 workers)
Previously kept: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ( 1 colony with 9 workers).
As you can tell I like ants
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