These are from a feeding session a few days ago.





These are from a feeding session a few days ago.
Well, here I am back at it almost 5 years on. My 3 colonies have been out of diapause perhaps 2-3 weeks and seem to be surviving so far. Two of my 3 queens were quite sluggish awakening but most seem active now. My largest colony is a 2018 C. pennsylvanicus. They’ll officially be 5 years old in May (I hope I’m not jinxing myself).
Just about a month out of diapause and all my colonies are doing well. I didn’t have a significant die off in my 2018 C. pennsylvanicus colony. The queen is actively laying with eggs and larva but no pupa as yet. My 2022 C. penns are also quite active with a productive queen and a large brood pile of eggs, larva, and pupa. Even my sluggish C. americanus queen is laying. I’m not expecting any significant growth from them but just hoping the colony holds its own.
2023 needs to be the year you find some new genera of ants!
I kinda agree but I’ve got this whole other species to deal with and man are they labor intensive to start!
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