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#761 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 20 2020 - 6:15 PM

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For anyone interested, I put together a playlist of all the Pogonomyrmex updates a few months ago, as well as some others. The older videos are not very good, but I suppose that's fine for now.

New Trachymyrmex video coming out tomorrow (or after I find where I placed the file)!

 

https://www.youtube....0aEaw/playlists


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#762 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 20 2020 - 6:28 PM

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Update; 4/20/20

 

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis; Colony #1

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They have been really busy with growing the fungus, which is now about 0.5 inches in diameter now. The queen seems to have laid a small clutch of eggs as well, so that's great!

 

 

Camponotus chromaiodes; Colony #1

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Up to around 600 or so workers, with a metric ton of brood, about 500 in total. That is mostly pupae and larvae. Two new "supermajors" have eclosed this week, bringing the total "supermajor" count up to 6 or 7. The largest is pushing 15 millimeters, which is impressive even for C. chromaiodes!

 

 

Camponotus subbarbatus; Colony #1

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These beauties are up to 37 workers now, with a single major and 20 or so larvae and pupae. The queen has been laying some new eggs recently, and their appetite has slightly increased. Most likely in response to the increased egg production.


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#763 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2020 - 6:42 PM

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Freya’s doing great!
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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.

#764 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 20 2020 - 6:47 PM

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Freya’s doing great!

She most certainly is! I have a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen with some eggs and 3 boosted pupae from Freya that is going to need a name, btw. I'm thinking a Norse goddess again. Its a shame my last C. pennsylvanicus colony died last year. They had reached 67 workers in their first season and got several large majors! I believe their death had something to do with the silicone I used for their last nest.



#765 Offline madbiologist - Posted April 20 2020 - 7:44 PM

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I'm surprised your subbarbatus only have 1 major, mine are at 20-30 and have 3 or so majors.

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#766 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 21 2020 - 2:49 AM

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Name her Verdandi or Skuld.
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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.

#767 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 21 2020 - 8:42 AM

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Name her Verdandi or Skuld.


The Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen's name is now Verdandi.
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#768 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 21 2020 - 11:52 AM

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I'm surprised your subbarbatus only have 1 major, mine are at 20-30 and have 3 or so majors.

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That's actually quite a lot.


"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


#769 Offline madbiologist - Posted April 21 2020 - 11:58 AM

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Just checked, it's 4 majors.

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#770 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 21 2020 - 12:06 PM

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I wonder if this is normal for subbarbatus.


"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


#771 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 22 2020 - 6:06 PM

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Here's a new video, showing my Trachymyrmex septentrionalis colony:

 



#772 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 22 2020 - 6:41 PM

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What’s up with your old Crematogaster colony? Never hear much about them with all these new-fangled species.
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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.

#773 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 22 2020 - 8:19 PM

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What’s up with your old Crematogaster colony? Never hear much about them with all these new-fangled species.


Still doing great, as always. They're at 800-900 workers now, and I expect alates this year.

#774 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 29 2020 - 4:45 PM

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Here's a Neivamyrmex video:

 



#775 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted April 29 2020 - 6:13 PM

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What’s up with your old Crematogaster colony? Never hear much about them with all these new-fangled species.


Still doing great, as always. They're at 800-900 workers now, and I expect alates this year.

 

I wouldn't expect alates until next year. They may began producing large larvae, but they will be consumed before they reach the pupal stage unless you feed them truckloads of protein. My colony did this last year, and they were at the same population as yours. 


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I accidentally froze all my ants 


#776 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 29 2020 - 7:22 PM

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What’s up with your old Crematogaster colony? Never hear much about them with all these new-fangled species.

Still doing great, as always. They're at 800-900 workers now, and I expect alates this year.
I wouldn't expect alates until next year. They may began producing large larvae, but they will be consumed before they reach the pupal stage unless you feed them truckloads of protein. My colony did this last year, and they were at the same population as yours.

Hmm. Thanks for this info. I'll try to feed them as much protein as possible...

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what are they eating ?



#778 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 30 2020 - 6:32 AM

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what are they eating ?

There are about 150 termites in each outworld, hiding in the wood.



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what are they eating ?

There are about 150 termites in each outworld, hiding in the wood.

 

Hiding in the wood? Fat chance the ants actually get them without human help. Just sayin'  :whistle:


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#780 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted April 30 2020 - 7:11 AM

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what are they eating ?

There are about 150 termites in each outworld, hiding in the wood.

 

Hiding in the wood? Fat chance the ants actually get them without human help. Just sayin'  :whistle:

 

Well they did. The Neivamyrmex workers range in size from 3.5 millimeters to just under 8 millimeters, so I guess the minors pulled the Reticulitermes workers out of the galleries. 







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