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[Kansant86]

Date collected: 04/22/2012

 

Colony Size: 1 queen; 10-15 brood

 

Location: Shawnee County, Kansas; wooded area near Perry Lake; underneath the bark of an old fell tree

 

Collection Method: coached into collection container

 

Conditions: 3:00 pm cst; warm, sunny

 

Family:    Formicidae

Subfamily: Formicinae

Tribe:     Camponotini

Genus:     Camponotus

Species:   pennsylvanicus 

 

05/07/2014

This queen was collected this year, she's not the biggest of C. pennsylvanicus queens that I've seen but she is a pretty good egg layer thus far.  I decided to try her out in my Tarheel Ants growth chamber and so far I'm satisfied with her progress!  I'll be sure and set a monthly reminder on my phone to update this journal for you all.  Here are a couple of pictures of the setup and the new colony, enjoy!

 

 

[dspdrew]

I usually update my journals only when there is a significant change. Sometimes it might be just a few days later though.

[Kansant86]

Yeah, If I don't set a reminder then by the time something happens it will go undocumented.  This way I can think back over the past month and have decent recollection of what needs to be updated.