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NickAnter's Hypoponera sp. Journal (DISCONTINUED)

Started By NickAnter , May 19 2019 5:34 PM

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#101 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted November 5 2021 - 2:29 PM

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#102 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 5 2021 - 3:54 PM

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Are you not able to see them?

The settings on the image links are correct, so it is most likely a problem on your end.


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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). 

#103 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 11 2021 - 3:33 PM

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3 workers, 4 pupae, at least 8 larvae, and some eggs now. They are really doing great, and I just can't say enough how fun they are to watch already. I can't wait until they get like 20 or so 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). 

#104 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 14 2021 - 9:03 AM

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4 workers, 5 pupae, larvae and eggs. Also, I am hopeful that the workers will remain orange, as there are 3 workers that have stayed the same orange color for days now, so hopefully they don't darken any further.

 

Also, I never mentioned it in here, but the big hypo died. Like a month ago.

 

However, the day before yesterday, I found another queen of the same species under a piece of ceramic in my Strumigenys spot. She is in a test tube w/ a dirt-sand mixture. She hasn't hunted any springtails, which is a bit worrying, nor did she go for the small mealworm. Hopefully she just isn't hungry.


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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). 

#105 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 14 2021 - 12:29 PM

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4 workers, 5 pupae, larvae and eggs. Also, I am hopeful that the workers will remain orange, as there are 3 workers that have stayed the same orange color for days now, so hopefully they don't darken any further.

 

Also, I never mentioned it in here, but the big hypo died. Like a month ago.

 

However, the day before yesterday, I found another queen of the same species under a piece of ceramic in my Strumigenys spot. She is in a test tube w/ a dirt-sand mixture. She hasn't hunted any springtails, which is a bit worrying, nor did she go for the small mealworm. Hopefully she just isn't hungry.

Can you udate the strumi journal?


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#106 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 14 2021 - 12:37 PM

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Sure thing!

I have some good news too!

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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). 

#107 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 21 2021 - 2:45 PM

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Well this colony is doing great.

They did lose one worker, but they gained it back on the same day, so they are at four workers. They do have about 8 larvae, 7 pupae, and eggs.

The workers are still orange, so that is very nice, since orange ants are awesome.

Also, the workers are becoming more skilled at killing the springtails, now actually carrying them back to the nest; before they would just kill them, and then let the queens do the rest. Now, two queens seem to stay inside the nest at almost all times, and I suspect that number will eventually include all of them when they get more workers.

Here is a cool video I got of a worker killing a springtail:

I have another video, one that is 30 seconds, that I am trying to combine with the video above. Sadly my editing skills are next to nil, and I have no proper software, just youtube.


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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). 

#108 Offline futurebird - Posted November 21 2021 - 4:27 PM

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Cute thing killing another cute thing.  :(

 

But seriously that video is awesome. How tiny are they that springtails are a little challenge???


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I like to make relaxing videos that capture the joy of watching ants.

If that sounds like your kind of thing... follow me >here<. 

#109 Offline futurebird - Posted November 21 2021 - 4:28 PM

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Oh, for video editing there is a phone app called "Videoshop" should be able to buy it NOT 'subscribe' it's dead simple and great for simple editing. 


Starting this July I'm posting videos of my ants every week on youTube.

I like to make relaxing videos that capture the joy of watching ants.

If that sounds like your kind of thing... follow me >here<. 

#110 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 21 2021 - 7:33 PM

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The workers are about 2mm long. And I could have sworn there was a "add clip" feature on youtube, or am I losing my marbles?


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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). 

#111 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 1 2021 - 10:08 PM

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OK, well bad news people.

 

The workers are dying as fast as they are eclosing, and I have no idea why. I am feeding them tons, and they have tons of brood, and so the conditions are clearly good. They are now at only 2 workers. :/

 

I will update this when either they all die off, or stop dying. Hopefully the latter.


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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). 

#112 Offline SYUTEO - Posted December 2 2021 - 6:25 PM

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Could it be because they're sensitive to light? After all, Hypoponera are mostly subterranean.


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#113 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 2 2021 - 9:24 PM

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No, I don't think so. These are kept in low light, and I have subterranean species in full light without issue.


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). 

#114 Offline NicholasP - Posted December 3 2021 - 10:08 AM

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Very possible that they have a natural resource underground like a certain type of food that you aren't providing them. For example, Aphids.


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#115 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 4 2021 - 8:31 AM

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Eh I'm doubtful of that also. These are a cosmopolitan ant by almost all metrics(they are punctatissima), they can be found pretty much anywhere, so I doubt it is one specific thing. I would believe that perhaps I'm not feeding them enough springtails, so I will probably increase feeding.


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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Sorry to hear this. Perhaps there is something in the soil microbiome they need?
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#117 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 4 2021 - 9:50 AM

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IDK. Not to jinx this, but they did get another worker.

 

They still have so much brood, so as long as the dying spree was temporary, they should be fine.


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). 

#118 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 4 2021 - 10:47 AM

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Keep increasing their springtails in that case.
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#119 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 15 2021 - 9:57 PM

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Well, hopefully good news!

 

They have 7 workers now, after having a couple more die, and even one queen.

 

However, they still have tons of brood, and now the aforementioned 7 workers. I really hope this colony is done with it's weirdness, and can continue on happily, and reach maturity by the end of next year.


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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). 

#120 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted July 6 2022 - 1:03 PM

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