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#1 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 3 2022 - 3:40 PM

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I know there is a photography topic, but this is a topic for me to link to my Antscanada forum journal for photos(It doesn’t allow post there) Sorry if this gets in the way.

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#2 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 3 2022 - 6:56 PM

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Feeding time:

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#3 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 12 2022 - 6:48 PM

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Feeding time:

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#4 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 12 2022 - 7:04 PM

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You can always upload your photos to the Gallery. That should work just as well.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version


#5 Offline OiledOlives - Posted April 13 2022 - 4:45 AM

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Floridanus? Nice colony!


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#6 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 13 2022 - 7:53 PM

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Indeed, I do believe it is Floridanus. The majors are quite small currently, but I believe that will change as they mature. Also, please excuse the few discolor workers every now and then. I brood boosted in the beginning with the wrong species… I had to because I was at 3 workers left, and larvae were just spinning cocoons. Got a little freaked out and gave them mature discolor or similar species cocoons and it worked out.

You can always upload your photos to the Gallery. That should work just as well.


Might as well keep it here, or is it in the way. If it is in the way I can move it.

#7 Offline OiledOlives - Posted April 14 2022 - 7:23 AM

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Really cool that you boosted across subgenera for Camponotus! I might have to try that out sometime.



#8 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 14 2022 - 12:07 PM

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I didn’t notice until someone pointed out that one worker has a slightly darker head from “lighting”. I recently tried it again with C. discolor larvae, and we will see if any more discolor(Or related species) hatch! Would be really interesting to find out if they steal each others brood in the wild(When territory overlaps). I use to not want to keep Camponotus due to the egg laying of the queen, (In batches) but these have become one of my favorites of all Florida ants. Gotta love those repletes.

Anyway, here is the photos for today: (Sorry for bad lighting will try to improve in future posts)

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#9 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 14 2022 - 12:13 PM

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Another update: Tracked down what I believe is the brood boosted worker, and found something concerning…


I found a blotch of ant nectar one threw up, but I don’t know which one. Is this normal, or is one dying?

(Discolor worker has the dark head, and let me tell you, his head ain’t reddish)

I can’t help myself but realize it looks like pee in the nest lol.

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#10 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 14 2022 - 3:50 PM

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I just plugged off a tube, and an ant in the outworld barfed up nectar and died D: Stress or disease? Or is this normal for Floridanus….

#11 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 15 2022 - 5:41 AM

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Just found out C. Floridanus could be a subspecies to C.atriceps, but not confirmed. C. Floridanus already has subspecies like C. Tortoganus… Subspecies of a possible subspecies?

#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 15 2022 - 6:05 AM

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Sounds to me like you should make a journal for the colony.


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#13 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 15 2022 - 10:41 AM

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I should. Will start it now.




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