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Camponotus Variegatus Journal


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#1 Offline ElisAnts - Posted September 5 2022 - 8:25 PM

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A friend from Hawaii recently sent me a colony of Camponotus Variegatus, they have 2 pupae (1 hiding behind queen) and around 6 larvae, the queen is 14-15 mm and the third largest species of ant I have at the moment.
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#2 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 6 2022 - 7:41 AM

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cool beautiful queen 


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#3 Offline FinWins - Posted September 6 2022 - 8:18 AM

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I saw some of those for sale on Etsy recently and they are definitely a cool species but the price scared me away lol, this journal will be so unique because there are so few ants on Hawaii. Good luck!


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I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 


#4 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 24 2022 - 10:23 PM

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Update?

#5 Offline ElisAnts - Posted October 22 2022 - 11:46 PM

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Colony is at 5 workers, 6 pupae and cluster of eggs/larvae. I have been feeding crickets and sugar water.


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#6 Offline Ant-nig321 - Posted October 23 2022 - 6:32 AM

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Keep up the good work.
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#7 Offline JaydenScheepers - Posted November 6 2022 - 10:25 PM

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I'm interested to see how this colony progresses.
I'm interested to see how this colony progresses.




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