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Dspdrew's Pheidole vistana Journal [85] (Updated 2-4-2024)

Pheidole vistana Dspdrew journal

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#41 Offline Vendayn - Posted July 2 2015 - 5:10 PM

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Nice, that is extremely fast. They are cute looking too!

I had a Solenopsis xyloni queen get workers in 2 and a half weeks. Wasn't even three weeks, and next thing I know there were workers. That was the fastest I ever got workers from any queen. No idea how she got workers THAT fast, but I was keeping them MUCH warmer than usual (it was summer and my room was very hot at the time).

 

Still, 3 weeks is very fast when the average time is over a month. And looks like a lot of workers eclosed almost all at once! Grats. :)



#42 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 6 2015 - 3:00 AM

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Nice. Mine is just dying as yours is getting workers. Found her covered in fungus...



#43 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 6 2015 - 4:41 AM

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Well that sucks.



#44 Offline PTAntFan - Posted July 6 2015 - 8:14 AM

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Drew what are the temperature and light conditions you're keeping these under?


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#45 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 6 2015 - 5:15 PM

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About 85F, and I keep them in the dark.



#46 Offline nurbs - Posted July 7 2015 - 8:33 PM

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This is an awesome looking ant.


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#47 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 7 2015 - 9:44 PM

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Well that sucks.

Yeah... she is dead now. I think she was infertile or a dud.



#48 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 29 2015 - 10:23 AM

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Update 7-29-2015
 
The first queen just got her first workers about five days ago, and I moved their test tube into a foraging container.
 
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Edited by dspdrew, November 25 2023 - 8:28 PM.
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#49 Offline PogoQueen - Posted July 29 2015 - 10:59 AM

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Population explosion! What set up are you planning on putting them in?



#50 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 29 2015 - 12:49 PM

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Good question. I forgot to mention it. I just moved their test tube into a foraging container.



#51 Offline Foogoo - Posted July 29 2015 - 12:49 PM

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Wow, those legs are no joke.


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Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta


#52 Offline Vendayn - Posted July 30 2015 - 12:07 AM

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That is a lot of workers! And they look cute.



#53 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 7 2015 - 1:32 PM

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Update 8-7-2015
 
Not only did this one of the two other colonies get workers in a very short amount of time, they got their first major just a couple weeks after getting their first workers. You can see by these pictures that there is at least one more on the way also. The quality of these pictures is pretty poor because of the white background. White backgrounds always make the subject very dark, and silhouette-like.
 
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#54 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 8 2015 - 12:36 AM

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Looking good!



#55 Offline LC3 - Posted August 8 2015 - 9:54 AM

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Those Pheidole have really long legs. o.O



#56 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 30 2015 - 9:50 PM

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Update 8-30-2015

 

The workers of the first colony were consistently dying for a while, and then yesterday I found the queen dead.



#57 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 30 2015 - 10:45 PM

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:( So sorry Drew.



#58 Offline Foogoo - Posted August 31 2015 - 6:57 AM

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That's a major bummer, these looked like a really cool species. I'm assuming you don't have any indication of what may have been the cause?


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#59 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 31 2015 - 7:12 AM

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Nope. No idea. I do still have my P. desertorum vistana, which are doing really well, and look a lot like this species.

 

 

Edit:  It was actually P. vistana as well.


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#60 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 16 2015 - 10:54 PM

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Update 9-16-2015
 
Just fed the remaining colony today and counted approximately 130 workers. :)


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