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Formica Aserva journal 3 queens, down to 1

Started By Antguy , Sep 5 2023 7:31 PM
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#21 Offline Antguy - Posted March 1 2024 - 8:29 PM

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#22 Offline Antguy - Posted March 1 2024 - 8:30 PM

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I have a feeling this colony is going to be massive by fall


#23 Offline Antguy - Posted March 5 2024 - 8:52 PM

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Just got a new pupa!IMG_2555.jpg?ex=65fa6865&is=65e7f365&hm=


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#24 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 5 2024 - 8:55 PM

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Yay! :yahoo:



Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers

I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus

#25 Offline Antguy - Posted March 7 2024 - 6:21 PM

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5 pupae with more to come now


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#26 Offline Antguy - Posted March 14 2024 - 1:31 PM

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#27 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 14 2024 - 4:38 PM

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Tons of brood!

Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers

I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus

#28 Offline Antguy - Posted March 14 2024 - 4:56 PM

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There's even more eggs and larvae


#29 Offline Antguy - Posted March 14 2024 - 4:58 PM

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#30 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 14 2024 - 5:08 PM

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What do you feed them?

Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers

I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus

#31 Offline Antguy - Posted March 14 2024 - 8:39 PM

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Mealworms so far one cricket and on Saturday I'm trying out fruit flies


#32 Offline Antguy - Posted March 19 2024 - 2:50 PM

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Second generation worker!


#33 Offline Antguy - Posted March 20 2024 - 4:11 PM

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Another second generation worker


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#34 Offline Antguy - Posted April 1 2024 - 5:11 PM

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4/1/24

 

A lot of ants!

around 18 or 20 of the second gen have eclosed with another 60 or so left to eclsose!


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Sorry for the weird thing covering some of the brood, I don't know what it is


When the second gen ecloses I'm going to move them into a small formisquarium


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#35 Offline Antguy - Posted April 2 2024 - 6:32 PM

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She's already laying third gen eggs


#36 Offline Antguy - Posted April 4 2024 - 6:10 AM

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I just moved them into a formisquarium, they moved on their own


#37 Offline Antguy - Posted April 4 2024 - 6:21 AM

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#38 Offline Antguy - Posted April 6 2024 - 10:13 PM

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Not much more has happend except more callows, I'm heating the top of the nest now though


#39 Offline Antguy - Posted April 8 2024 - 7:40 PM

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They've began spinning cocooned pupae though


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#40 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted April 8 2024 - 7:48 PM

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Nice, I didn't know that they span cocoones after some time my Formica span them at the start. Also can you give us a pic of the whole setup?

Currently keeping
1.Camponotus vicinus. 5 workers
2.Camponotus modoc. 5 workers
3. Camponotus hyatti. 1 worker
4.Veromessor pergandei. founding
5 Linepithema humile. 70-100 workers 5 queens
6. Pheidole Californica. 65 workers

I want: Atta,Myrmecia,Myrmica,Myrmecocystus
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