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#1 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 25 2015 - 6:44 PM

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I caught this colony on 4-20-15 by digging it up it has around 30 workers 4 pupae and a nice bunch of eggs.

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#2 Offline Miles - Posted April 25 2015 - 6:54 PM

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I have never seen a small colony of Tetramorium like this before. I often find queens, and then very large colonies. The in-between period seems to be impossible to find. Apparently it's possible!


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#3 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 25 2015 - 6:57 PM

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Yea I couldn't get all the brood that's why they only have 4 larvae.

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#4 Offline BugFinder - Posted April 25 2015 - 8:50 PM

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Nice job!!


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#5 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 26 2015 - 8:18 AM

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Thanks.

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#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted April 26 2015 - 2:15 PM

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Soon they will be looking like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v735/mrilovetheants/Ants%202011/Tetramoriumwar4.jpg


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#7 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 26 2015 - 2:16 PM

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Lol hopefully

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#8 Offline dermy - Posted April 26 2015 - 3:31 PM

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I can't wait to see how large this colony gets :D


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#9 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 26 2015 - 3:32 PM

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I didn't know they were invasive.

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#10 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 9 2015 - 10:53 AM

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Update 5-9-15

They have been steadily growing, most of the eggs are larvae now.
They also modified the entrance.

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#11 Offline dermy - Posted May 9 2015 - 11:00 AM

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Nice, hopefully the colony gets huge!


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