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Leo's ants Updated 29/09/19


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#21 Offline Leo - Posted May 6 2019 - 1:25 AM

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Carebara sp 20mm queen

Plastic container with some dirt

30 - 55 workers, some larvae, eggs and pupae

 

Well, looks like they will be skipping major and going straight to supermajor! They have one larvae the size of the queen's thorax. at least 5x bigger than the other workers.

Also, they are constantly foraging and accepting food now! They have about 20 pupae waiting to enclose along with new eggs and larva.

 

 

Carebara diversa 25mm queen

Critter keeper with soil and buried boiling tube

900 workers, 300+ larvae

 

Pupae are enclosing  :o

 

 

Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis 7-8mm queen

​reservoir-less test tube

(2 queens, 5 eggs)

 

Yay, eggs 

 

 

Colobopsis sp 10mm queen

test tube

2 queens, 3 eggs

 

3 eggs that look like noodles. They have a striped orange and black gaster, like a tiger. Real pretty  :)


Edited by Leo, May 6 2019 - 1:26 AM.

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#22 Offline Leo - Posted May 19 2019 - 12:03 AM

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Pheidole sp 10mm queen

test tube

1 queen, 20 eggs, 9 larvae

 

Found a week ago. Already has decent sized larvae.

 

Pheidole sp2 10mm queen

sand filled jar

4 queens, some brood, 100 workers

 

Caught these yesterday in a chunk of rotted wood I found. Digging their new nest rn.

 

Carebara sp (cf affinis) 20mm queen

Plastic container with some dirt

40 - 60 workers, some larvae, eggs and pupae

 

I'm pretty sure the order goes:

worker, major, super major and super mega major 

Not:

worker, super major, super mega major

They have a larvae the size of the queen's gaster and it is still growing. Seems like they decided majors were for losers.

 

Colobopsis sp 10mm queen

test tube

2 queens, 1 egg, 1 larvae

 

Finally larvae!

 

Paratopula bauhinia 10mm queen

test tubes

3 queens

 

WhY wOn'T yOu laY eGgs GoDdAmMiT

 

 

On a side note:

massive crematogaster flights. Haven't caught one yet.


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#23 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 19 2019 - 7:42 AM

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I'm jealous of your Colobopsis....

#24 Offline Leo - Posted May 20 2019 - 4:00 PM

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Carebara castanea 23mm

Capture container

5 queens

 

Looks like CJ's pheidole queens. Never had a successful one though  :( . Not sure if I should keep them. What do you think?



#25 Offline Rstheant - Posted May 20 2019 - 6:46 PM

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Pics of myrmecia?

#26 Offline Leo - Posted May 21 2019 - 2:21 AM

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GRRRR


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#27 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 21 2019 - 3:52 PM

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why so angry



#28 Offline Leo - Posted May 21 2019 - 3:56 PM

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Because I disturbed her



#29 Offline Zeiss - Posted May 21 2019 - 4:02 PM

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Because I disturbed her

Disturb her more and record it.


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#30 Offline Leo - Posted May 25 2019 - 6:09 PM

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Carebara sp (cf affinis) 20mm queen

Plastic container with some dirt

40 - 60 workers, some larvae, eggs and pupae

 

damn they ate their largest larvae  :(

 

 

Anochetus sp 5mm - 2 queens

15mm test tube

2 queens, ? eggs, 3 larvae

 

3 large larvae  B).

 

 

Leptogenys sp 11mm - 1 queen

Big plastic tub

1 queen, 80 workers, some brood

 

ooof. Didn't feed them for a week and all the pupae and half the larvae are gone. Not going to make that mistake again...



#31 Offline Leo - Posted May 29 2019 - 4:16 AM

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Colobopsis sp 10mm queen

test tube

2 queens, 1 pupae, 1 larvae

 

Oooh, a cocoon...

 

 

Newly caught:

 

Camponotus cf irritans 16mm queen

test tube

1 queen

 

I don't know why, but she looks larger than my other camponotus queens, even though they should be the same size....

 

 

Colobopsis sp 5mm queen

test tube

1 queen

 

New species!

 

 

 

 

On a side note: Carebara diversa have small major


Edited by Leo, May 29 2019 - 4:19 AM.


#32 Offline Leo - Posted June 1 2019 - 11:51 PM

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Camponotus cf irritans 16mm queen

test tube

1 queen

 

Ooof she died

 

 

Paratopula bauhinia 10mm queen

test tubes

3 queens

 

Hallelujah !!!! One of them laid eggs! First person to see eggs of this species. Strangely, unlike others in this genus, these seem to have oval eggs (other paratopula have round eggs).

 

 

Myrmecia rufinodis 30mm queen

plaster nest

1 queen, 1 worker, 2 larvae

 

New worker enclosed  B)


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#33 Offline Leo - Posted July 11 2019 - 7:04 PM

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Paratopula: died

Myrmecia: sold for atta

Atta: died (then the bulldog died too, karma baby!)

Colobopsis/ Camponotus cf aotou: 1 queen down. still has 1 queen and 1 worker

Leptogenys sp: Released

Pheidole parva: Gone

Anochetus cf risii: 1 pupae

Carebara castenea: Down to 1 queen

Pheidole sp 1 and 2: Both dead

Harpegnathos venator: released

Oocerea biroi: dead

Cerapachys: dead

Ectomomyrmex: dead

Camponotus nicobarensis: dead

Myrmoteras: dead

New tetramorium: 3 queens, 30 workers



#34 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 11 2019 - 8:17 PM

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Sounds like Drew syndrome. Sorry for your loss
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#35 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 12 2019 - 10:22 AM

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RIP. Anyways I hope you get more cool species, acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis is one I would love to see.

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#36 Offline Leo - Posted August 23 2019 - 5:19 AM

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Long time no update XD

 

Long story short, a bunch of ants died and for a while nothing much happened.

 

Odontomachus monticola

Test tube, plaster nest and soil

3 queens

 

My luck today was pretty dang good. Found 2 delalates and a single alate today. All are in different setups. I have high hopes for the two dealates!

 

 

Cataglyphis sp

Just a box of sand

1 queen, 5 workers and 3 majors

 

Bought them of TaoBao along with meranoplus. They are really skittish and always open and close their entrances. Already have a nice ball of eggs and larvae.

 

 

Meranoplus bicolor

Dirt setup 

1 queen, 30 workers

 

Calm and fuzzy! Soooo adorable! They've dug a nest under the plants in their terrarium. Not too active, a nice species to keep in a comunal terrarium.

 

 

Bunches of polyrachis

Test tubes

3 species and 6 queens in total

 

Nuptial season for polyrachis. I'm running out of test tubes!!!



#37 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 23 2019 - 9:18 AM

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Fuzzy adorable ants? Pics please!


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#38 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 23 2019 - 2:10 PM

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Meranoplus are AMAZING. Really wnat some.



#39 Offline Leo - Posted August 25 2019 - 5:41 PM

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The odontomachus are refusing to dig =( 

At least carebara flights should start soon...



#40 Offline Leo - Posted September 9 2019 - 3:52 PM

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Hnggggg

 

None of them are laying, maybe cos its winter/autumn? 

 

10/09/19

 

Camponotus turk

Test tube

1 queen, 1 worker

This queen Camponotus is a horrible mother, that is all I'm gonna say.

 

 

Odontomachus monticola

test tube

1 queen

 

One left, and she seems half dead  :(  the other dealate escaped...

 

 

Ectatomma ruidum

Big [censored] terrarium

1 queen, 50-70 workers

 

Made them a new terrarium, pics coming soon.

 

 

Anochetus sp

Test tube

 

The queens built a chamber and have one larvae. Groooooow, larvae, grooooooooooow.

They HAD one worker, then they decapitated her and fed her to the larvae, who then got decapitated and fed to the other larvae.

 

 

Ants that died:

Buniapone

2x Odontomachus

Carebara affinis

 

 

 

Wish me luck!


Edited by Leo, September 9 2019 - 3:54 PM.





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