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Dspdrew's Temnothorax caguatan Journal [191] (Discontinued)

Started By dspdrew , Sep 24 2014 1:21 PM
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#21 Offline dspdrew - Posted December 7 2015 - 7:14 PM

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That's right.


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#22 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 7 2015 - 7:58 PM

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Oh... :(


#23 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 17 2016 - 7:44 PM

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Update 1-17-2016
 
The queen left behind from the colony that almost completely died out has now died also. All I have left now is one newer queen that doesn't have any brood.


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#24 Offline Vendayn - Posted January 17 2016 - 11:19 PM

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I did some reading up into Temnothorax not too long. What was the temperature you were keeping them at? There is one species at least, of Temnothorax (I think its this one) that need it cooler and not warm/hot. Then the other species of Temnothorax, temperature is not so much a requirement I guess.

 

Then again it could be other reasons they died on you, but I know I read about at least one Temnothorax species not liking the heat.


#25 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 18 2016 - 4:21 AM

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They were always kept 85F and above.


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#26 Offline Vendayn - Posted January 18 2016 - 8:25 PM

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Ah, that could be the reason then. From reading up on them, they aren't an ant species/genus that likes it hot.


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#27 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 18 2016 - 9:42 PM

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They were a healthy colony for over a year and suddenly all died, so I doubt it was related to any heat.


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#28 Offline dspdrew - Posted January 30 2016 - 10:41 AM

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Update 1-30-2016
 
The last queen died. Hopefully I find more of these this coming season; we don't have very many larger species of Temnothorax here.


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