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Dspdrew's Camponotus us-ca02 Journal [055] (Updated 11-12-2023)

Started By dspdrew , Apr 6 2019 11:22 AM
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#21 Offline WestLA_DO - Posted April 17 2019 - 8:30 PM

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Mine have between 8-15. Sorry lagging on making a journal. Just been super busy.

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#22 Offline nurbs - Posted April 17 2019 - 8:43 PM

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Mine have between 8-15. Sorry lagging on making a journal. Just been super busy.

 

 

All my queens have between 5-8 eggs

 

 

 

All my queens have between 5-8 eggs

 

All of mine have about 10-15 eggs.

 

 

 

Guys. This is not a size contest. Men.


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#23 Offline TheAntGuy - Posted April 17 2019 - 11:19 PM

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I've got 2 nurbs certified queens with like 5-7 eggs each, going to include them in a huge journal I'm making soon.
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#24 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 17 2019 - 11:39 PM

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Guys. This is not a size contest. Men.

Says the one who ants with a giant stick.


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#25 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted May 15 2019 - 8:05 AM

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Update?


#26 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 22 2019 - 9:26 PM

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Update 5-22-2019

These colonies are all doing great. Quite a few of them just got their first workers a few days ago. The nanitics are about the same size as the large black and red C. vicinus nanitics.
 
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#27 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 23 2019 - 5:45 AM

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#28 Offline anttics - Posted May 28 2019 - 3:46 PM

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Mine are lagging. But my room is cold. So that is why. I do have pupa that look yellow. So any day now

#29 Offline anttics - Posted June 8 2019 - 3:06 PM

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Hello drew can you please post pictures of pupa about to be born. I want to see what color they have when ready to be open.





Look how dark mine look conpared to the pics you have of the worker on top of the pupa

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#30 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 11 2019 - 3:56 AM

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Update 5-22-2019

These are all doing very well. I think I have only had one queen die so far. By now they almost all have workers, and some close to ten or so.
 
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#31 Offline KBant - Posted June 19 2019 - 11:52 AM

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Just got my 1st CA02 worker. My other two queens should have workers soon too. I kept mine in a drawer, dark, and without heat. And wow, my workers are late by almost a month. My room temp stays in the mid to low 70s. I’m guessing Drew’s ant room is much warmer haha.

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#32 Offline NickAnter - Posted October 13 2019 - 3:59 PM

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How are they doing?

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#33 Offline Golgo13 - Posted October 13 2019 - 4:15 PM

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I’m sure Drew’s are doing better than mine but I am up to 17 workers, 2 cocoons ready to pop and the queen Is still laying eggs.
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#34 Offline NickAnter - Posted October 14 2019 - 5:56 AM

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I’m sure Drew’s are doing better than mine but I am up to 17 workers, 2 cocoons ready to pop and the queen Is still laying eggs.

Nice!

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#35 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 14 2019 - 12:57 PM

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Dang, these ants are like fire ants in the Camponotous world

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#36 Offline Broncos - Posted November 14 2019 - 1:00 PM

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Update?

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#37 Offline jasond1979 - Posted September 18 2020 - 8:09 AM

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Yes update please


#38 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 3 2021 - 8:12 AM

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Update 4-3-2021

My last queen from previous colonies died about a month ago.

 

I just found more of these queens on 3-28-2021 in the Santa Ana mountains.


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#39 Offline Broncos - Posted April 3 2021 - 8:15 AM

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Update 4-3-2021

My last queen from previous colonies died about a month ago.

I just found more of these queens on 3-28-2021 in the Santa Ana mountains.

Noooo I missed it. Maybe they’ll fly once more?


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#40 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 3 2021 - 8:17 AM

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They flew for a few days, but they're probably finished by now.


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