Hopefully they keep up the growth
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Posted October 15 2018 - 8:40 AM
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Last September, I bought a Andrei colony from Nurbs, with around 100 workers and a healthy queen. The queen has laid a large batch of eggs. She has a HUGE pile of larvae, almost the size of a pea. She has a lot of eclosed workers that are almost hardening. She has around 120-140 workers. I feed them a harvester ant mix, made up of, Kentucky Bluegrass, Chia and Poppy seeds, crushed, dried mealworms and some other seeds
Hopefully they keep up the growth
Hopefully they keep up the growth
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Posted October 15 2018 - 9:38 AM
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Please reply if you have any questions, or if you need some advice if you also have a colony of veromessor. Tahnks
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Posted October 15 2018 - 9:48 AM
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I just put I a whole mealworm, cut in half, and they are chewing and eating it as we post, and speak.
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Posted October 24 2018 - 1:47 PM
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What care would you recommend for this species?
-1x Parasitic Formica Sp. Colony
-1x Pogonomymrex Californicus Colony
-1x Camponotus Hyatti Colony
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Posted October 24 2018 - 2:57 PM
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Pretty simple
Put varied seeds and hydrate their nest
They don’t like sugar water or anything that goes in that range. But an occasional protein depending on the colony size is good too
Put varied seeds and hydrate their nest
They don’t like sugar water or anything that goes in that range. But an occasional protein depending on the colony size is good too
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Posted October 25 2018 - 3:29 AM
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Any pictures?
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Posted October 25 2018 - 6:18 PM
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What temperature do you keep them at?Pretty simple
Put varied seeds and hydrate their nestThey don’t like sugar water or anything that goes in that range. But an occasional protein depending on the colony size is good too
-1x Parasitic Formica Sp. Colony
-1x Pogonomymrex Californicus Colony
-1x Camponotus Hyatti Colony
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Posted October 26 2018 - 3:44 PM
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Around 80
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Posted October 26 2018 - 3:47 PM
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The queen and workers are slowing down a bit
Getting cooler.
I made the mistake of putting 3-8 veromessor on my hand.
Try to get them to bite me.
So so painful. Excruciatingly painful, but for some reason, I found it fun...
Getting cooler.
I made the mistake of putting 3-8 veromessor on my hand.
Try to get them to bite me.
So so painful. Excruciatingly painful, but for some reason, I found it fun...
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Posted October 28 2018 - 10:55 AM
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I have a question.
If the Andrei queen is maroon, can the workers be yellowish orange?
If the Andrei queen is maroon, can the workers be yellowish orange?
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Posted December 19 2018 - 5:24 PM
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Posted February 1 2019 - 4:58 PM
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Sorry, for the late update. 
Anyways I put this colony in a Drewcarium dirt box, and they have about 200+ workers. I feed them crickets and seed. They dig amazing tunnels. The queen layed so many eggs, that the actually carved a section just for eggs!
Anyways I put this colony in a Drewcarium dirt box, and they have about 200+ workers. I feed them crickets and seed. They dig amazing tunnels. The queen layed so many eggs, that the actually carved a section just for eggs!
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Posted March 19 2019 - 7:15 PM
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