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#41 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted September 3 2024 - 3:05 PM

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I caught a small colony of Brachymyrmex patagonicus under a brick and have recently moved them into a terrarium of mine. The colony has about 7-9 workers and 1 queen.

I also have a colony (a few actually) of brachymyrmex patagonicus. :lol:
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Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#42 Offline TheAntKid - Posted September 6 2024 - 8:21 AM

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I recently caught a Hypoponera queen and put her in a Petri dish settup with a foraging area and nest space:

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I combined all of the host colonies that I made from the Lasius colony I caught:

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Formica incerta 1x "The Golden Gasters"
Lasius sp. Host colony 100+ workers
Strumigenys sp. colony 1-2 queens, 5-6 workers 1x

#43 Offline TheAntKid - Posted October 15 2024 - 1:58 PM

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I recently caught a satellite colony of Forelius pruinosus and a part of a colony of Tapinoma sessile. 

I moved the Hypoponera queen to the terrarium with the Brachymyrmex colony and I added 2-3 founding colonies of Strumigenys (I say 2-3 because I believe that 1 queen might be from a different species.)

I also (apparently), have a fire ant colony in a my two tier terrarium. I assume that there was a queen in the soil I used, or that one flew in when it was open at one point.

Lastly, I would like to know if my Tapinoma sessile colony needs to hibernate?


Edited by TheAntKid, October 15 2024 - 1:58 PM.

Formica incerta 1x "The Golden Gasters"
Lasius sp. Host colony 100+ workers
Strumigenys sp. colony 1-2 queens, 5-6 workers 1x





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