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Greg's Pogonomyrmex rugosus Journal (Discontinued)

Started By Gregory2455 , Aug 24 2014 5:34 PM
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#61 Offline Foogoo - Posted November 19 2014 - 2:47 PM

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I wish I had CO2...

 

Dry ice + water. Check on yelp, but you can get dry ice at a lot of liquor stores and grocery stores. Did that once to try to eradicate my orchids of mealybugs...


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#62 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted November 19 2014 - 4:11 PM

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I know, I have used dry ice a LOT in the past. :P 


#63 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted November 19 2014 - 6:36 PM

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I have noticed that the worker was able to peel off most of the mites from the queen, but is not able to get them off herself. :( *The ultimate sacrifice*


#64 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted November 19 2014 - 7:07 PM

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Umm... I have one last strategy. I think I will continuously cycle their test tubes,so new generations cannot hatch in time to get them, and the old ones will eventually just die of old age. 

HOW OFTEN WOULD I NEED TO CYCLE THEM? (How long does it take for a mite to hatch from an egg?)


#65 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted November 19 2014 - 10:27 PM

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This may become a discontinued thread soon, as I have found mites in the test tube of my last queen with a worker, and mites ON an infertile queen. :(


#66 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 20 2014 - 10:44 AM

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Dry ice + water. Check on yelp, but you can get dry ice at a lot of liquor stores and grocery stores. Did that once to try to eradicate my orchids of mealybugs...

That works great on plants, considering plants breathe CO2, but CO2 will eradicate the ants as well as the mites living on them.


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#67 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted November 28 2014 - 10:36 PM

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My last healthy colony...

And its only brood item...


#68 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 22 2014 - 3:55 PM

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Update: 12/22/2014

After eating the larva shown above, I am seeing eggs in my last healthy fertile queen's tube. As for the two queens remaining that are affected with mites, the mite treatment has been working, as I am seeing less and less mites on them.


#69 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 2 2015 - 10:13 PM

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Update: 2/2/2015

My only healthy colony now has three new eggs! :D 

Also the two colonies with mites have lost almost all their mites after months of "ant therapy", and one of these colonies even has two eggs which may become larvae soon. :)


#70 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 24 2015 - 12:08 AM

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Update: 2/23/2015

After eating the eggs in the last update, the queen of my single healthy colony laid a huge new clutch! :D


#71 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 17 2015 - 6:31 PM

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Update: 3/17/2015

The egg pile of my only healthy colony of these is now at anywhere from 20-40 eggs! This is crazy, considering since I caught her, this queen has only made one worker (which is still alive and helping her).


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#72 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 17 2015 - 6:55 PM

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That's awesome. I haven't had any successful ones from last year.


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#73 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 17 2015 - 6:57 PM

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Lets just see how many of these eggs get to become workers. ;)


#74 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted March 21 2015 - 3:55 PM

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In their massive egg pile, I see larvae now! :D


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#75 Offline AntLover101 - Posted April 14 2015 - 12:59 PM

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Update?
I wanna get my hands on some Campontus Pennsylvanicus or Ponera Pennsylvanica Queens!:D

#76 Offline Tpro4 - Posted April 14 2015 - 2:55 PM

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how long does it take for a pupa to enclose, my brother has had one for a week and is very anxious.
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#77 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 14 2015 - 3:03 PM

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It can take a while, depending on the species of coarse. It can take upwards of two weeks in some cases.


#78 Offline Tpro4 - Posted April 14 2015 - 4:01 PM

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i meant of this species
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#79 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted April 14 2015 - 6:04 PM

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Update: 4/14/2015

The healthy colony has one pupating larva, a medium sized larva, a small one, and a huge egg pile.

 

The no longer mite infested ex-bejeweled queen lost her worker, but has some eggs... :(

 

 

I forget, but I think it takes 1-3 weeks for this species's pupae to eclose.


#80 Offline Thomas_Nguyen2456 - Posted April 17 2015 - 10:35 PM

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how long does it take for p.rugous pupae to enclose


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