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NickAnter's Camponotus hyatti Journal(DISCONTINUED)

Started By NickAnter , May 12 2019 4:40 PM

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#61 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 9 2019 - 7:28 AM

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That is what I was thinking.

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). 

#62 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 17 2019 - 10:58 AM

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I removed the male days ago, and there is another large larvae, slightly longer than the worker. It is skinny, like the worker larva was before jt pupated, and unlike the male one. Hopefully it is a female larva.


Edited by NickAnter, March 16 2020 - 3:49 PM.

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). 

#63 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 25 2019 - 7:46 AM

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It pupated a few days ago and it looks like it is going to be another darn male. Hopefully their other larvae are female, and it was not a whole batch of trophic eggs that hatched.

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). 

#64 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 1 2019 - 9:36 AM

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Well the queen must have laid more eggs because thy have some small first instar larvae, and some larger ones as well.   Hopefully the larvae that is the size of the worker will pupate very soon.  The suspected male cocoon has darkened. 


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). 

#65 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 26 2019 - 8:31 AM

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Disaster! I stupidly knocked the mini hearth off my dest and it shattered the foraging area. A worker pupa was lost, but nothing else. They currently have 2 larvae, a male, and a worker. All in all, doing terribly. It will probably be a month before they get another worker, maybe longer.

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). 

#66 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 4 2019 - 6:52 PM

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Amazingly, this queen is still alone and alive, worker died mysteriously months ago.  She is currently very fat on honey, and will be put in diapause for 6 weeks.  She will hopefully lay again afterwards.


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). 

#67 Offline NickAnter - Posted January 10 2020 - 4:41 PM

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Still alive. I put her in hibernation for a few months, and today I took her out.


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). 

#68 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 8 2020 - 5:44 PM

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Still alive. I have been feeding her sugar water and the occasional mealworm, and she has finally accepted a mealworm. If she lays eggs, I will just treat her like a semi-claustral queen, and hope for the best. I really like this species, so I really hope that she can found a colony again.


Edited by NickAnter, March 16 2020 - 3:50 PM.

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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). 

#69 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 16 2020 - 3:27 PM

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She laid an egg!!!!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I have been waiting so long. I will now just feed her some sugar water and occasionally a bit of mealworm. I really hope she is successful, as it still haunts me to this day knocking over the mini-hearth.


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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). 

#70 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 17 2020 - 4:22 AM

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nice! my queen still refuses to get up lol


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#71 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 17 2020 - 5:02 AM

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Reminds me of when my cat knocked over my Lasius tubes.

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"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

#72 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 28 2020 - 5:11 PM

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Two eggs! And they look like they are about to hatch!


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). 

#73 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 28 2020 - 5:19 PM

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Nice!


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#74 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 4 2020 - 9:39 AM

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She has a larva! Her tube was being taken over by mold, so I moved her to a petri dish with cotton wool pads. I have been feeding her mealworms, and sugar water, as well as THA's complete ant juice supplement.

 

Her eggs then were sadly crushed by me. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

 

She soon layed another egg though. Now it is a small larva!!! :yahoo:

 

Hopefully, in about a month, she will have a worker. This time, there shall be no mistakes. They will be in a test tube inside a foraging container, so there will be NO issues.

I will keep her on her current diet.


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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). 

#75 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 4 2020 - 10:25 AM

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Good luck! I found six new Camponotus queens yesterday.
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#76 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 4 2020 - 10:33 AM

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For us, flights start in a couple weeks.


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"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

#77 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 4 2020 - 11:13 AM

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I missed the Camponotus flights, as I was not able to go anywhere that they flew. I might find one or two vicinus in the Eastern Sierra's though. And there is a possibility of getting C. fragilis. But that is low. So I'm very hopeful that this queen will pull through.


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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). 

#78 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 4 2020 - 11:15 AM

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 I might find one or two vicinus in the Eastern Sierra's though

I'll have to look for these next time I go to the Black Hills.


"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

#79 Offline NickAnter - Posted February 3 2021 - 11:17 AM

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This queen died a very long time ago. Never updated the journal.


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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). 

#80 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 3 2021 - 11:56 AM

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This queen died a very long time ago. Never updated the journal.

Sorry to hear that. I hope you get more this season!


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