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Camponotus vagus colony in my garden


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#1 Offline Barristan - Posted May 11 2017 - 9:50 AM

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I'm going to share in this thread some pictures and videos of the Camponotus vagus colony which lives in a rotten tree stub.

 

I often feed the colony with sugar water and insects. If you feed them with insects they react very aggressive as you can see in the following video:


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#2 Offline sgheaton - Posted May 11 2017 - 10:16 AM

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And you didn't speed anything up, ya? Those are just some...fast, quick darting ants eh? Haha...those dead bugs didn't stand a chance.  Cool video! Thanks!


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#3 Offline Barristan - Posted May 11 2017 - 10:23 AM

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And you didn't speed anything up, ya? Those are just some...fast, quick darting ants eh? Haha...those dead bugs didn't stand a chance.  Cool video! Thanks!

 

No that's normal speed during hot summer they're even faster.



#4 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted May 11 2017 - 11:47 AM

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Have they flown yet?



#5 Offline Barristan - Posted May 11 2017 - 11:54 AM

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Have they flown yet?

 

No not yet but I already saw alates near the nest entrances



#6 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted May 11 2017 - 12:01 PM

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OK. Thanks!



#7 Offline Barristan - Posted April 29 2020 - 10:22 AM

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Camponotus vagus workers in my garden eating a dead mouse (my cat caught it...):

 


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#8 Offline Barristan - Posted May 10 2021 - 4:12 AM

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Video of this year's nuptial flight:

 


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#9 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 10 2021 - 7:47 AM

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Awesome! 


Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#10 Offline Barristan - Posted May 10 2021 - 8:49 AM

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Awesome! 

 

Thank You, I will redirect this to the ants ;)


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