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[NotAxo]

June 5^th, 2022

 

I am new to formiculture and i am a teen who has 1 year experience in antkeeping. i live in india

I'm really bad at self intros, so moving onto my colonies

 

Yellow crazy ant

- 15 workers

- idk how much brood

- in a dirt setup

- had 2 queens but one dies cause my little sister decided to poke her gaster    

 

1^st Diacamma rogosum

- about 20 workers

- about 13 brood

- no eggs seen cause i caught the colony under a pot yesterday

- in a tubs n' tubes setup

 

2^nd  Diacamma rogusom

- about 34 workers

- about 23 brood

- no eggs cause i caught them under a pot this afternoon

- tubs n' tubes setup

 

Camponotus sericeus?

- 3 workers

- idk how many brood (i was too lazy to count lol)

- test tube setup

 

Camponotus compressus?

- no workers

- a good pile of pupae, larvae and eggs

- test tube setup

 

Camponotus?

 - no workers

- 4 queens

- about 15 eggs

- test tube setup

 

Crematogaster?

- some teeny tiny eggs   

 

Will send pics soon

 

[NotAxo]

June 6^th, 2022

 

Updates :

 

1^st Diacamma colony

- I made a typo and they are not actually in a tubs n' tubes setup but are in a outworld connected to 2 test tubes

- 2 new workers

- i actually found 2 new eggs!

 

2^nd Diacamma colony

- i added well washed red sea sand gathered from trivandrum seaside

- several new workers

- still no eggs

- eating well

 

I couldn't get new pics sorry in advance

 

 

my 1^st diacamma colony

 

 

My 2^nd diacamma colony

 

 

My camponotus sericeus colony

 

 

My Maurauder queen

 

 

Idk what this is but i think its a crematogaster queen

 

 

My yellow crazy ant dirt setup

 

 

i think this is camponotus compressus

 

 

I'm pretty sure its a camponotus atleast

 

 

Bull ant colony

(my least favourite)

[ColAnt735]

Your Bull ants are actually Trap jaw ants (Odontomachus). Also your Ants are super cool! Looking forward to watching them grow!

[NotAxo]

oh yes thank you, i didn't remember the name "trapjaw"

[ANTdrew]

That queen does look like Crematogaster based on the dorsally attached petiole.

[NotAxo]

I've only seen crematogaster cerasi workers as crematogasters in my area. I've caught different crematogasters but only my cerasi survived. this was last years batch. i released all of them cause i didn't know how to care for them

 

this year i have more knowlegde and will try to keep them for longer periods of time like the diacamma.

 

they have a bad reputation in my area as they have a painful sting but I've always wanted an "giant" ant colony

[ColAnt735]

I've only seen crematogaster cerasi workers as crematogasters in my area. I've caught different crematogasters but only my cerasi survived. this was last years batch. i released all of them cause i didn't know how to care for them

 

this year i have more knowlegde and will try to keep them for longer periods of time like the diacamma.

 

they have a bad reputation in my area as they have a painful sting but I've always wanted an "giant" ant colony

Crematogaster cerasi isn't found in India.

[NotAxo]

hmmm, the ant was a glossy finish and looks almost like a cerasi

 

well again, i didn't have much education on ants and anting sites

[ANTdrew]

hmmm, the ant was a glossy finish and looks almost like a cerasi

well again, i didn't have much education on ants and anting sites

Crematogaster are famous for all looking very alike.

[NotAxo]

June 7^th, 2022

 

1^st Diacamma colony

- seeing a few more eggs

- fed them a baby roach 

[NotAxo]

June 7^th, 2022

 

I just caught a new Camponotus Compressus queen! hehe no pics sry.

 

And i feed a small roach to both my Diacamma rogosum and the yellow crazy ants

 

Trapjaw ants

- i sadly released them. the gamergate won't feed the larvae and won't eat the roaches i give her and her eggs 2 week old eggs havnt hatched.

 

i also found a small Diacamma colony in a pvc pipe but 25% of the ants got away so i didn't bother to catch any. Instead i kinda stole the larvae and brood-boosted the 2^nd diacamma colony

 

I should've given it to the smaller one but i didn't think enough *

[NotAxo]

June 8^th, 2022

 

SPEED UPDATE

 

Today i caught 2 more queens!

 

one is about 10mm and the other is about 4mm

 

my 4 queen camponotus have a few larvae, I'm happy

 

my c. sericeus have 5 nanitics now

 

new c. compressus have no eggs

 

both Diacamma have a few new workers

 

I'm really sorry for not bolding, adding pics or designing my post, i came home late today and have loads of HW from school.

 

see you tommorow

[NotAxo]

June 9^th, 2022

 

Yellow crazy ants

- more nanitics in outworld

- fed them

 

Diacamma 1

- 3 larva turned to pupae

- fed them

 

Diacamma 2

- not eggs yet

- fed them

- 3 pupa dead?

 

Marauder queen

- ate her 3^rd batch of eggs, disapointed, gave her to my lil' bro as his first queen

 

4 queen Camponotus

- nice pile of brood, no pupa

- since the queens are 9mm, i think pupa won't have cocoons

- really looking forward to it

 

C. Sericeus

- still 5 workers

- even more eggs

 

C. Compressus 1

- few pupa and larva, no eggs

 

C. Compressus 2

- caught on 7/6/2022

- no eggs

 

5mm queen (idk the genus and I'm lazy to know)

- caught 8/6/2022

- no eggs

 

8mm queen i caught with the 5mm queen(idk the genus either

- died ;-;

 

Crematogaster queen

- has about 20 eggs idk if larvae

- noice

 

also quick question, is elmers glue toxic to ants?

i mean the original liquid type.

 

see you tommorow bye

[NotAxo]

July 2, 2022

well that's a bummer...
I'm on my phone so can't make thus post look cooler.

well onto updates.

C. Sericeus
- 11 workers
- lots of brood

c. Compressus
- 10 workers
- tones of eggs

camponutus unknown
- broods are nioce
- 7 workers

crematogaster
- 3-4 pupae about to eclose
- some eggs

yellow crazy ants
- idk but they eat alot
- more than 15 workers

diacamma 1
- about 30 workers
- only about 30 eggs
- all pupae eclosed

Daicamma 2
- same as Dai 1 but with 40 workers

NEW COLONIES

a smaller type of black crazy ant I think
- 3 workers
- tonnes of brood

8 new c. Compressus or irattians
- looks like they are about to die.

solenopsis
- 4 larvae
- some eggs

pharoah ant queen
- nothing

3 tetramorium (I think)
- all seperate
- 2 have only eggs
- 3rd has pupea too

[ZTYguy]

Show photos of the rugosum. They are a favorite of mine. Always wanted to keep them but alas they are out of my reach.

[NotAxo]

New updates comin soon. WITH PICS!

its just a photo dump but you'll be surprised at how much some of these have grown!

Edited by NotAxo, July 10 2022 - 4:35 AM.