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asd’s journal of Dark Rover Ants (B. patagonicus)

Started By AsdinAnts , Apr 12 2024 7:04 PM
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#1 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted April 12 2024 - 7:04 PM

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This will be the journal of my newly caught B. patagonicus queens, they are two days old, seeing as I caught them on Wednesday and Thursday. They already have a couple of eggs, and I have around 7-8 queens in one test tube, 3-4 queens in another, and 2 queens in the last test tube.


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

#2 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted April 24 2024 - 3:27 PM

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The brachymyrmex patagonicus are doing fairly well, both the colonies are growing nicely.
Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#3 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted Yesterday, 7:21 AM

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I feed the queens some sugar water like 10 minutes ago, and they completely ABSORBED that thing! Anyways, both the colonies have early staged larvae and I’m excited (not rlly) to keep some b. patagonicus..!
Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#4 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted Yesterday, 7:32 AM

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I came back to them in order to take more pictures, and what do I find? The sugar water literally touching their water source, and a queen just walking straight through it.  :mad:

 

(The brood is hidden under the queens)

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