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THG's Monomorium ergatogyna journal

Started By TacticalHandleGaming , Apr 21 2024 7:36 AM

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#1 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 21 2024 - 7:36 AM

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So one of my friends came across a colony of Monomorium ergatogyna while working in southern Oregon. He collected the colony and split it, as they had quite a few queens. I got 2 queens with about 30ish workers and eggs from him. I moved them into a bifurcated mini hearth, and they quickly set up shop on the water tower.

 

 

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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

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#2 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 23 2024 - 7:26 AM

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Wow, look at all that brood already! 

 

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L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#3 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted April 23 2024 - 10:05 AM

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Dang! Worker explosion incoming.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#4 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted June 13 2024 - 5:40 PM

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I'm starting to wondering how fast this colony is going to grow... :o

 

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L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#5 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted June 13 2024 - 6:48 PM

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I'm thinking the same thing :lol:


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 14 2024 - 4:42 AM

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Monomorium can grow crazy fast, and, at least for me, they invariably hit a point where they’re impossible to contain.
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#7 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted June 16 2024 - 10:55 AM

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Monomorium can grow crazy fast, and, at least for me, they invariably hit a point where they’re impossible to contain.


This is my first time keeping them. I'm excited to see how they do. I gave them a cricket last night and they swarmed it.
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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#8 Offline Stubyvast - Posted June 16 2024 - 1:53 PM

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Man yah that's a super fast growth rate! And with polygynous queens they'll reproduce even faster. I guess there's not much to do to stop their growth rate, though haha. I also noticed that their workers don't live very long, only a few months, compared to other species. From AntWiki: "worker longevity varies from 4-8 months (4 months appears to be the usual life span for workers of this genus)" I guess that's a good thing for overall colony growth rates, though. Hope your colony does awesome!


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Manica invidia (1 queen,  ~200 workers)

Manica invidia (1 colonies, 1 queens plus 3 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen, ~200 workers - naturalistic, predatory set-up)

Lasius americanus (1 colony, ~10 workers)

Tetramorium immigrans (3 colonies, 3 queens, ~ five workers each | 1 colony, 1 queen, ~1200 workers)

Formica aserva (aserva queen, ~15  ​Formica neorufibarbis workers)

 

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And God saw that it was good." - Genesis 1:25

 

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