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NickAnter's Hypoponera sp. Journal (DISCONTINUED)

Started By NickAnter , May 19 2019 5:34 PM

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#21 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 24 2019 - 2:03 PM

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That would make sense, and Antwiki indicates that, along with D. Insanus.

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). 

#22 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 25 2019 - 9:24 AM

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maybe. I know there are orange variations along with the usual black.


#23 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 11:22 AM

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I am going to make a Hypoponera thread where everyone can have at it. I like the talk on this journal, but I would like it to be filled with colony documenting, not discussion on the species. This is not criticism, but I think that this discussion should be on a different subform.

Edited by NickAnter, May 25 2019 - 1:04 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). 

#24 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 1:04 PM

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I found another queen!!! It was under a piece of concrete, in a shaded area. I had to run a half a mile with her in a tissue, in my hand to get her home. Luckily, I did not get stung. I did what you said, ponerinecat, and made a tunnel for her. It took her two minutes to find the tunnel, and when she did, she went right in. Hopefully this one will not drown herself.

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). 

#25 Offline Acutus - Posted May 25 2019 - 1:24 PM

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Congrats!!! Good Luck with this one!! :D 


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#26 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 1:28 PM

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Thanks!
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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). 

#27 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 2:43 PM

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Well, I think it is a queen, because I went back to that area, and found what I thought was a queen, but was a worker, thin thorax. Hopefully what I brought home is a queen. I also put in a springtail.

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). 

#28 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 25 2019 - 2:47 PM

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dig around the sides and 1 centimeter down. you may find more.

 

also, you can share any thoughts on my journal/study on my colony of H. opacior


#29 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 3:02 PM

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Around the sides of what? The concrete thing? All around that area has workers and that price of concrete was three inches by three inches, and I did dig around it after I flipped it over to check for workers and none came similar to how I found the worker later, I thought it was a queen but, it did not have a bulky enough thorax, yet there were no more workers.

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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). 

#30 Offline ponerinecat - Posted May 25 2019 - 3:06 PM

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that's really unusual. hypoponera tend to forage near their nest and like to nest closely under neath solid objects.


#31 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 3:23 PM

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I hope that I did not let go an ergatoid queen then, as it was rather long. The worker/ergatoid was longer than any argentine ant, so I wonder if they were Brachyponera, or just very large Hypoponera.

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). 

#32 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 25 2019 - 7:03 PM

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That suspected ergatoid queen that I let go, well, I went back and found it in the exact same place and kept it. Hopefully she is fertile along with the other one.

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 NickAnter - Posted May 26 2019 - 6:09 AM

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Well, no obvious deaths so far, woohoo!

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). 

#34 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 26 2019 - 10:02 AM

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Oh, and the suspected ergatoid queens, she was found next to a rotting stake in the ground

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 ponerinecat - Posted May 26 2019 - 12:11 PM

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hypoponera tend to be the same or slightly larger than linepithma


#36 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 26 2019 - 12:53 PM

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Oh.

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). 

#37 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 27 2019 - 7:14 AM

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I put in some small subterranean, half dead, termites for them in hopes that I will not have to feed them in a while. Hopefully they enjoy these. Queen 1 has moved out of the tunnel, an is living underneath a leaf. Queen 2 is in the tunnel I made for her, yesterday.  For some reason this post did not go through, and I did not realize. Anyway, they both ate from their termites, and are both alive. Woohoo, a new record:two days! :lol:


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). 

#38 Offline Acutus - Posted May 27 2019 - 7:55 AM

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One day at a time! :D


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Camponotus castaneus

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#39 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 29 2019 - 2:13 PM

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Still alive, one I cannot seem to find, however.

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). 

#40 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 31 2019 - 3:54 PM

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The one that I could not find, died.  Now I can't find the other one, though! :facepalm:


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). 

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