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#21 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted May 8 2018 - 9:09 AM

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It could have been taken from the wild with a bunch of workers already.


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#22 Offline T.C. - Posted May 8 2018 - 9:12 AM

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It could have been taken from the wild with a bunch of workers already.

Still started with a queen. ;)

 

But yeah, personally my wild caught colonies never got huge in comparison with the ones I started with just the queen.


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#23 Offline Canadian anter - Posted May 8 2018 - 9:45 AM

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It could have been taken from the wild with a bunch of workers already.

Still started with a queen. ;)

 

But yeah, personally my wild caught colonies never got huge in comparison with the ones I started with just the queen.

 

I've had colonies of Myrmica rubra that were wild caught at around 200 workers and still got to their thousands.


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#24 Offline Barristan - Posted May 8 2018 - 9:48 AM

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Nice! How was this colony started?

 
They found colonies claustral and collectors mainly from China also collect only queens since they are very common there and fly in huge swarms. But when I received the colony from an ant keeper who quit the hobby the colony already had 100 or so workers.
 
That's how the colony looked like around 1 month after I received it. When I received it there weren't any pupae only larave:  https://sway.com/EGy...f=Link&loc=play

 


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#25 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted May 8 2018 - 10:13 AM

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Nice ! Proper keeping gives results !


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#26 Offline Barristan - Posted May 25 2018 - 4:32 AM

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As a good animal keeper, I gladly share the food with my protégés.

 

So today there were fish fingers (for the ants raw, roasted for me):

 

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#27 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 25 2018 - 4:37 AM

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Your Camponotus suprise me in what they like to eat :)

 

I don't think any of mine would touch that, apart from my Pheidole, and Iridomyrmex


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#28 Offline Barristan - Posted May 25 2018 - 4:42 AM

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So you haven't tried raw fish or meat yet? Just try and find out ;)


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#29 Offline CoolColJ - Posted May 25 2018 - 5:06 AM

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So you haven't tried raw fish or meat yet? Just try and find out ;)

 

Nope. I have plenty of small mealworms and live Wood roaches right now, so I haven't thought about it :)

My ants love wood roaches, and they last a few days of chewing


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Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#30 Offline Barristan - Posted May 31 2018 - 11:53 PM

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The 60x20cm AAC nest of my Camponotus nicobarensis colony is getting more filled with every day while the concrete nest is getting emptier instead. They seem to prefer a slightly moist nest over a completely dry one.

 

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The Heat Wave of the last few days seemed to be very good to the ants. As you can see, huge amounts of eggs and small larvae are present.
 
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#31 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 1 2018 - 12:24 AM

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big colony, how many years now?


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Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#32 Offline Barristan - Posted June 1 2018 - 12:29 AM

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When I received the colony in January last year December 2016 from an ant keeper who quit the hobby it fit into a single test tube.

So they grow quite fast ;)

That was the first video I made of the colony:

 


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#33 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 1 2018 - 12:38 AM

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crazy growth rate for a Camponotus especially....


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Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#34 Offline Barristan - Posted June 1 2018 - 12:41 AM

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Yes it is. But most tropical Camponotus grow quite fast especially if they are not so huge. And as you know they only get the best protein food available ;)


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#35 Offline CoolColJ - Posted June 1 2018 - 12:59 AM

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Although I think most ants need a threshold of workers before they really start to grow fast.

Kinda like having good brakes on a car before adding more power to the engine


Current ant colonies -
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Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/


#36 Offline Barristan - Posted June 6 2018 - 11:04 AM

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It is a matter of the heart to share the time-lapse video I recorded of the heartily feast too.

 


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