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ColAnt735's Crematogaster cerasi Journal Discontinued

Started By ColAnt735 , May 26 2022 1:44 PM
crematogaster cerasi i like this species

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#21 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted September 4 2022 - 5:15 PM

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I recently went on vacation for a week and this colony had a HUGE die off due to dehydration, before I left I had watered their nest but forgot to refill their water source in the outworld and the colony had around 70% of the colony die due to my negligence I hate myself right now.
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"There are approximately 10,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair." (Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson)

 

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#22 Offline DRpepper - Posted September 4 2022 - 8:11 PM

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I'm sorry for your loss. one trick i use when i know i won't be able to check on my colonies a lot is to keep them in a cooler place so they need less water. :)


#23 Online ANTdrew - Posted September 5 2022 - 5:24 AM

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Really sorry to hear this. This species drinks water likes it’s 1999. As long as the queen and some workers survived, they should recover fine.

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#24 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted October 17 2022 - 1:09 PM

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Diapause update 17/10/22

 

This colony has recovered pretty well from the die off. At the moment they number at around 150 workers with a TON of eggs and small larvae that are being overwintered. I really really like this species and hope they survive diapause. The queen that I caught  this year has also been put in diapause and I hope she survives the winter.

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Sorry for the bad quality the queen was not cooperating also some of the brood

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Edited by ColAnt735, October 17 2022 - 1:10 PM.

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"There are approximately 10,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair." (Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson)

 

This is a joke

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