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#1 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted October 30 2016 - 6:25 AM

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This is my Solenopsis Invicta colony, she is just getting her first workers, and currently has four. She has a dark pupae, and a few more pupae. She also just laid another batch of eggs. These ants don't need to hibernate, so they will grow over the winter.


Here's a picture of them.

https://imgur.com/gallery/p8rCv

I'll continue to update them, so follow along.


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#2 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted October 30 2016 - 6:59 AM

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Sounds good! Hope it grows up to a decent size :)


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#3 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted November 7 2016 - 7:06 PM

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So, it's been about a week. I checked on them too much and she ate her brood, and she still has 4 workers.


Thankfully, she's laid, and I'm checking on her way less often. I'd estimate that she has about 25 or so eggs.

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#4 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted November 15 2016 - 2:45 PM

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About 6 larvae look like they're about to eclose. Also, I bought a few queens from someone in Illinois, so I'm giving one to a friend,?-'d keeping the other 2. Will have pictures once Queen 1 gets her second round of workers.


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#5 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted December 20 2016 - 5:32 PM

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This Colony hasnt been doing good. the queen ate all but 1 of her pupae. 1 worker died, leaving the queen with 3. Also, they won't accept any food. The only good thing is that she laid some more eggs.



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#6 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted January 10 2017 - 10:17 AM

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The colony went downhill until finally the last worker died on the 3rd. The queen died on the 6th. Maybe next time. :(


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#7 Offline Superant33 - Posted January 10 2017 - 11:50 AM

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Next time boost them. You don't even need to boost with larvae or eggs. Collect around 20 invicta workers and place a them in the fridge. Once they stop moving, introduce them to the queen. This method has always worked for me with S. invicta. With other species, it hasn't worked well for me. Going to try it with some Pogonomyrmex though . . .




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