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ANTdrew's Camponotus Species Journal

Started By ANTdrew , Apr 25 2019 10:29 AM

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#141 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 2 2020 - 10:12 AM

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I wonder if any more majors have showed up since the last update......

"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

#142 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 2 2020 - 12:27 PM

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I actually sold all my colonies, but they’re doing well. My C. castaneus queen’s eggs refuse to hatch after four months, so it’ll probably be a trip to the freezer for her.
I’m focusing all my energy on my tiny swarming ants.

Edited by ANTdrew, October 2 2020 - 4:09 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.

#143 Offline AleeGuy - Posted October 2 2020 - 12:47 PM

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I actually sold all my colonies, but they’re doing well. My C. castaneus queen’s eggs refuse to hatch after four months, so it’ll probably be a trip to the freezer for.
I’m focusing all my energy on my tiny swarming ants.

I hope youre not trying to make ice cream from them) Jokes aside, I think my Camponotus should make a trip to the fridge too

#144 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 2 2020 - 1:06 PM

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No, I mean to euthanize her because she’s clearly not mated.

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

#145 Offline AleeGuy - Posted October 2 2020 - 1:26 PM

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Oh, I just let her go so other animals or insects eat her, or wait she will die in the test tube. I'm hibernating mines soon like Kit said, what about your colonies?

Edited by AleeGuy, October 2 2020 - 1:27 PM.

#146 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 2:11 PM

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Most of his is in hibernation other than his pheidole and nylarandia because those 2 are the only that can go without it. All of yours ants sadly cannot go throughout winter without hibernation even if they are warmed they will still basically shut down.

We don’t talk about that