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cooIboyJ's Solenopsis invicta journal

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#1 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 24 2024 - 10:18 AM

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I know its a little bit late to start a journal but I have been occupied with my Brachymyrmex patagonicus colony and my Solenopsis invicta colony now has nanitics!!! I am surprised the queen got nanitics so soon especially since i was using an oversized test tube. So i got a big test tube like thing (to show how big it is, you need one cotton whole cotton ball to plug the entrance) and since i was out of test tubes at the time and that was all that i had available. I am going to petco today to get some lizard jelly to feed them for their first meal. Once they have more workers I'm going to give them a small fly i caught from the park.


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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#2 Offline Stubyvast - Posted August 24 2024 - 10:23 AM

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Wow...this is gonna be big! I know for a fact that RIFA grow huge. Check out AntsCanada's latest videos about his colony! That's only after two years! Looking forward to following this journal.


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Currently raising: 

Myrmica rubra (1 queen +  ~5 workers)

Lasius niger (single queen + ~90+ workers)

Lasius neoniger (3 single queen + brood)

Formica spp. (Queen [likely parasitic, needs brood])

Formica pacifica (Queen)

Also keeping a friend's tetramorium immigrans for the foreseeable future. Thanks CoffeBlock!


#3 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 24 2024 - 11:18 AM

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It it just me of doesn't Mikey have S.geminata? Not Invicta? 

Anyhow good luck @coolboyJ


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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 cooIboyJ - Posted August 25 2024 - 6:14 AM

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The ants haven’t touched the jelly I gave them; the queen looks like she really wants to go and eat it but the workers don’t care.

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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#5 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 26 2024 - 6:05 AM

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They have more workers every time I check up on them, but they still haven’t touched the jelly.

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#6 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 27 2024 - 12:52 PM

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They have finally started eating the jelly.

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#7 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 27 2024 - 3:20 PM

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I thought I’d post it here but I have a question. My brothers colony of solenopsis invicta has four workers and he really wants to move the ants into a formicarium he bought but we want to wait until he has enough workers to move them in. How many workers should he have when he moves them into the nest? (The nest isn’t big, so we don’t have to worry about them not being big enough for the nest).

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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#8 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 27 2024 - 3:40 PM

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Do you have any pics of the nest?


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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

  

 

 


#9 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 27 2024 - 3:49 PM

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Pics:

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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#10 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 28 2024 - 7:34 AM

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The red things in between the chambers are dividers.
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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#11 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 28 2024 - 9:21 AM

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I would say at least 25-50.


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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

  

 

 


#12 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 28 2024 - 2:58 PM

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I would say at least 25-50.

is the number because they need that many workers to move all the brood and such or is it because they need that many to fill the nest? Because if it is the latter then we could move them in right now because every chamber in the nest is the size of a founding nest.
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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#13 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 28 2024 - 3:53 PM

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About how many workers do they have right now?


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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

  

 

 


#14 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 28 2024 - 4:23 PM

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Around five but there are about six more about to eclose.
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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#15 Online GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 28 2024 - 4:44 PM

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wait for them to eclose.but that is bare minimum


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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

  

 

 


#16 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:40 AM

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I gave my colony a fly and a few hours later it was gone. They really like flys like my Brachymyrmex patagonicus

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.


#17 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted August 29 2024 - 8:05 AM

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I gave my colony a fly and a few hours later it was gone. They really like flys like my Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Flies, whether fruit flies or house flies, are some of the best foods to feed young ant colonies because of their thin exoskeleton. New colony nanitics for many species refuse to drag large insects(ie. mealworm or superworm halves) into the nest, whether because of genetics, foraging techniques and habits, or weight of the insect. Flies are far lighter and also appear to have easier to digest or consume forms of protein(ie. meat vs. stew) than other insects.


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#18 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 29 2024 - 5:01 PM

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It it just me of doesn't Mikey have S.geminata? Not Invicta? 

Anyhow good luck @coolboyJ

They are geminata; they are actually native to Arizona and New Mexico, pretty close to the Vegas area. In terms of growth they're about the same as invicta, still crazy. Even little Solenopsis molesta up here has an insane growth rate, though not as impressive as their 'fire ant' cousins.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#19 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted August 29 2024 - 5:36 PM

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nice


I keep:

Pogonomyrmex Rugosus journal
Myrmecocystus Deplisis journal
Monomorium ergatogyn Journal

And many Carnivorous plants such as:

Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) 

 

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#20 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 30 2024 - 4:00 AM

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nice

Posts like this are in violation of rule 4. Just use the like button in the future or post something meaningful.
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