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[Lamarr]

Very nice pictures of them!

 

Is the outworld container with grout/plaster base poured at the bottom?

[dspdrew]

Yes. 1/8 inch of Hydrostone. Anymore than that, and it will crack the container.

[Foogoo]

Chromerust can hate all he wants, but Camponotus are definitely cool

[dspdrew]

Update 7-19-2015
 

This colony has shrunk down to about 27 workers. The weird thing is I don't really see any dead workers in the foraging container. I did kind of neglected them for about a month, so I don't know if that had anything to do with the die off; it still doesn't explain where they would have all gone, they couldn't possibly get out. 

 

It also looks like the brood still hasn't grown one bit.

[Ants4fun]

They either ate the de as d workers, or they escaped... that's all I could think of. Very beautiful ants.

[dspdrew]

Update 1-17-2016
 
The colony just continues to shrink, and is now down to only 14 workers.
 
A couple days ago I put them into hibernation in my new "hibernation cabinet".
 

 

 

Edit: The colony really did not need hibernation. I misidentified them at first and didn't realize they were a desert species. The high desert can get quite cold in the winter, but not enough to warrant hibernation I don't think.

Edited by dspdrew, February 21 2024 - 8:49 PM.

[dspdrew]

Update 4-4-2016
 
I took this colony out of hibernation last week, and luckily they still have all 14 workers alive and well. They have a few larvae, but it doesn't look like there are any new eggs in there yet.

[Air]

Updateeeee

[Kingjay]

This colony is so cool. Like foogoo said all camponotus are cool.

[EstuaryAnts]

Update???

[dspdrew]

Update 8-22-2016
 
This colony has been doing poorly for a long time. Now the queen finally died, leaving only five workers behind.

[PacificNorthWestern]

Where do you get all your formicaiums at?

[dspdrew]

Where do you get all your formicaiums at?

 

I make them.