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Solenopsis xyloni journal

Started By JesseTheAntKid , Dec 17 2023 12:22 PM

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#21 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted January 18 2024 - 4:15 PM

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You can still feed the queens, I would rather feed them before they get workers then feed them when they get workers because solenopsis xyloni nanitics are TINY. (I'm talkin abt like honey or anything that they could drown in.) protein is fine

Edited by AsdinAnts, January 18 2024 - 4:15 PM.

Currently keeping
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-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#22 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted January 19 2024 - 5:45 AM

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wait feed them? They're fully claustral.

Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

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#23 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted January 19 2024 - 7:53 AM

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I know, but it may still help them in the long run.
Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#24 Offline michiganantsinmyyard - Posted January 23 2024 - 10:18 AM

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I mean no offense to AsdinAnts, but feeding her protein/honey will just stress her out. Even if nanitics are tiny, just feed tiny portions. They are fully claustral, so there is no point.


#25 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted January 23 2024 - 2:55 PM

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no offense taken, i’m js saying cause I usually do that with my queens.
Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#26 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted January 23 2024 - 6:43 PM

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Some bad news. One queen died. She was at the cotton, hunched over. The other two are fine tho, with more larvae.


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#27 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted January 23 2024 - 7:23 PM

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you should try to heat them, also give the deads queen larvae to one of the two surviving ones/split it evenly between the two queens.
edit: nvm i js remembered that you put all three of them together

Edited by AsdinAnts, January 25 2024 - 7:53 AM.

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#28 Offline BleepingBleepers - Posted February 4 2024 - 10:17 PM

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Any updates on this?

 

Hit us with some neat pictures / videos too when you have to chance and good luck with your two remaining Queen ants.

 

I know some of you guys might get annoyed at me asking for pictures, but pictures worth a thousand words and it's always interesting to SEE what you guys are up to with your colonies :D


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#29 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 5 2024 - 1:24 AM

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Update:

They're doing awesome. Huge batch of eggs and some big larvae.


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#30 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted February 5 2024 - 6:49 AM

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I had a solenopsis invicta queen like two days ago, but when I came back she was dead 😥
edit: Did you mix the two S. xyloni queens together? S. xyloni isn’t polygynous and after the nanitics come, one or both of the queens may end up dying.

Edited by AsdinAnts, February 5 2024 - 7:15 AM.

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#31 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 5 2024 - 2:02 PM

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I had a solenopsis invicta queen like two days ago, but when I came back she was dead
edit: Did you mix the two S. xyloni queens together? S. xyloni isn’t polygynous and after the nanitics come, one or both of the queens may end up dying.

Wait NEVER???????


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#32 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 5 2024 - 2:34 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

#33 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 5 2024 - 2:41 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

No

And wdym she? It's two queens


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#34 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted February 5 2024 - 3:08 PM

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I had a solenopsis invicta queen like two days ago, but when I came back she was dead
edit: Did you mix the two S. xyloni queens together? S. xyloni isn’t polygynous and after the nanitics come, one or both of the queens may end up dying.

Wait NEVER???????
wait wdym by wait never?

Edited by AsdinAnts, February 5 2024 - 3:08 PM.

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#35 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 5 2024 - 6:26 PM

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i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.

I might come back, who knows.


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#36 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 6 2024 - 4:38 AM

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i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.
I might come back, who knows.

Sorry about that. Just release them.

Keeping:

3x - S. molesta 

1x - C. chromaiodes

2x - F. pallidefulva

2x - C. cerasi

1x - B. depilis

2x P. imparis (colonies) 3x P. imparis queens (1x queen in test tube, 3x queens in test tube, and 6x queens in another test tube. Can't wait to see the results!)

 

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#37 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 6 2024 - 5:15 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

No
And wdym she? It's two queens
Oh, and sorry for the mistake

i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.
I might come back, who knows.

What the hell??

#38 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 6 2024 - 5:17 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

No
And wdym she? It's two queens
Oh, and sorry for the mistake

i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.
I might come back, who knows.

What the hell??

 

I am fine, but unfortunately, my ants are not in the same situation.


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

#39 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 6 2024 - 5:21 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

No
And wdym she? It's two queens
Oh, and sorry for the mistake

i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.
I might come back, who knows.

What the hell??
I am fine, but unfortunately, my ants are not in the same situation.
What in the absolute hell?? How did it happen? Why did she force you to do that

#40 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 6 2024 - 5:23 PM

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Ok but how is she doing? Does she have workers yet?

No
And wdym she? It's two queens
Oh, and sorry for the mistake

i will no longer be posting on formiculture. As of 2/5/24, i was forced to kill my ant queens and throw away my ant things by my grandmother. Goodbye.
I might come back, who knows.

What the hell??
I am fine, but unfortunately, my ants are not in the same situation.
What in the absolute hell?? How did it happen? Why did she force you to do that

 

Because i TOLD HER i was going out looking for ants, she said it was fine, and then got mad when i actually went out and looked


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

"ATTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" -Me

"AAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -Even more me

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"- Me personified

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