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Monomorium Minimum Info

Started By Nanos , Nov 19 2018 7:45 PM
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#41 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 29 2020 - 3:46 PM

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Guess I'll join the fun! Didn't realize M. minimum was such a popular species haha. I've only ever seen two queens, one of which was this year. I currently have her in a test tube setup, and have had her for about two weeks now. Since nobody is going to try and raise a colony from a single queen, I figured this documentation might be useful. Here's a photo from a few days ago, I'll get better one's soon:

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#42 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 29 2020 - 4:16 PM

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Nice!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#43 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 29 2020 - 4:16 PM

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#44 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 31 2020 - 3:16 AM

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Damn. I one of the three Monomorium queens kicked the bucket. Still have two in the tube and a big brood pile.
3/7 I found croaked. These must have a high mortality rate.
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#45 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 31 2020 - 3:17 AM

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Was she killed or did she just die?


Edited by Antkid12, July 31 2020 - 3:18 AM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#46 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 31 2020 - 3:37 AM

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Was she killed or did she just die?

No signs of foul play, so I can only assume she just croaked. Myrmicines love doing that. All ants, honestly.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#47 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 31 2020 - 6:51 AM

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Oof, all my hopes and dreams for this species are riding on my one queen, hopefully she’ll make it. She currently has a few large larvae.

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#48 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 6 2020 - 4:53 AM

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The pupae are darkening for my two remaining queens. I expect nanitics by the weekend.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#49 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 6 2020 - 10:19 AM

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Can I say Tetramorium immigrans is a wanna-be Monomorium minimum when comparing their looks.

Edited by TechAnt, August 6 2020 - 10:19 AM.

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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#50 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 6 2020 - 10:36 AM

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They're like 2-3x the size and not as shiny, but there are some similarities.


"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#51 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 6 2020 - 10:37 AM

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They're like 2-3x the size and not as shiny, but there are some similarities.


Exactly.
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#52 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2020 - 5:30 AM

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My Monomorium minimum queens just got their first nanitics! They were kept in the low to mid 80s for 31 days after laying the first eggs. From a high of seven queens, only two survived, plus I let some go that wouldn’t settle down.
I’ll probably keep them in a tub and tube set up until I can get an inception chamber or something like that. I’ll post a pic later today.
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#53 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted August 15 2020 - 7:22 AM

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My Monomorium minimum queens just got their first nanitics! They were kept in the low to mid 80s for 31 days after laying the first eggs. From a high of seven queens, only two survived, plus I let some go that wouldn’t settle down.
I’ll probably keep them in a tub and tube set up until I can get an inception chamber or something like that. I’ll post a pic later today.

Awesome! I can't wait to see!

 

Mine have had pupae for about a week now.


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#54 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 15 2020 - 7:24 AM

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My Monomorium minimum queens just got their first nanitics! They were kept in the low to mid 80s for 31 days after laying the first eggs. From a high of seven queens, only two survived, plus I let some go that wouldn’t settle down.
I’ll probably keep them in a tub and tube set up until I can get an inception chamber or something like that. I’ll post a pic later today.

Congrats!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#55 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2020 - 11:46 AM

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As promised, here is a photo of my duo with their first nanitics, which are much bigger than I expected, to be honest:

 
I'm going to name the duo Bil and Hjuki, but how will I tell them apart?? :unknown:

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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#56 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 15 2020 - 12:15 PM

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Adorable little ants. I want to pet them cause they are Monomins. Also, you must become a mind reader to tell what they are saying so you know who is which queen. I thought everyone knew this was the obvious way to tell your polygonus queens apart?
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#57 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2020 - 12:24 PM

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Adorable little ants. I want to pet them cause they are Monomins. Also, you must become a mind reader to tell what they are saying so you know who is which queen. I thought everyone knew this was the obvious way to tell your polygonus queens apart?

Ah, hadn’t thought of that. Bee-keeping paint marking would be super cool, too. Mettcollsuss did that with some Prenolepis once, I think.
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#58 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 15 2020 - 12:29 PM

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Adorable little ants. I want to pet them cause they are Monomins. Also, you must become a mind reader to tell what they are saying so you know who is which queen. I thought everyone knew this was the obvious way to tell your polygonus queens apart?

Ah, hadn’t thought of that. Bee-keeping paint marking would be super cool, too. Mettcollsuss did that with some Prenolepis once, I think.

 

That would be awesome!


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#59 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 15 2020 - 12:30 PM

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Adorable little ants. I want to pet them cause they are Monomins. Also, you must become a mind reader to tell what they are saying so you know who is which queen. I thought everyone knew this was the obvious way to tell your polygonus queens apart?

Ah, hadn’t thought of that. Bee-keeping paint marking would be super cool, too. Mettcollsuss did that with some Prenolepis once, I think.
I was writing that then deleted lol because it was actually real. But y’know that could work, only thing I’m worried about is Queen stress / she being squished.

Edited by TechAnt, August 15 2020 - 12:31 PM.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#60 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2020 - 12:36 PM

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Yeah, I’d do that right after collecting them. Wouldn’t be worth the stress now.
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