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Started By TennesseeAnts , May 30 2019 4:29 AM
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#121 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 16 2019 - 10:27 AM

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I could only see your chroma pic.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#122 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 16 2019 - 10:57 AM

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I just dumped them. We’ll see what happens...
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#123 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 16 2019 - 11:40 AM

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I could only see your chroma pic.


Yea, that is what is happening to me.

The pics do not work on mobile. Please imbed the pics.


They are imeded. I just need to fix them.

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#124 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 17 2019 - 6:38 AM

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Yea, pics aren't working. I have to use a different method. I can see them on my laptop though. So that's weird.


Edited by Ant_Dude2908, July 17 2019 - 6:41 AM.

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#125 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 18 2019 - 7:16 AM

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Camponotus nearcticus (Colony #1)
7-18-19

She got her first worker today! She is about 4 millimeters long. They still have two pupae and some larvae and eggs.

Crematogaster cerasi (Colony #2)
7-18-19

An acorn fell from one of my pinoaks onto my driveway right in front of me, and being the curious me, I picked it up and there was a small founding colony of Crematogaster cerasi. One queen and ten so workers with lots of brood.

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#126 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 18 2019 - 7:30 AM

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Crematogaster cerasi (Colony #2)
7-18-19

An acorn fell from one of my pinoaks onto my driveway right in front of me, and being the curious me, I picked it up and there was a small founding colony of Crematogaster cerasi. One queen and ten so workers with lots of brood.

man that's gotta be lucky lol


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My Journal featuring all of what I'm keeping

 

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x2 Camponotus Novaeboracensis Queen(s)

x2 Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Colony

x1 Tapinoma Sessile Colony

#127 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 18 2019 - 9:16 AM

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Luck favors the vigilant.
We don’t call him CrematoMaster for nothin’.

Edited by ANTdrew, July 18 2019 - 9:26 AM.

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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.

#128 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 18 2019 - 9:56 AM

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Ok, this new Crematogaster colony is not cerasi, because this queen is half the size of my cerasi queen. I have (very crudely) identified this new colony as Crematogaster ashmeadi.

Btw the cerasi are doing great! Lots of new eggs, lots of larvae and a bunch of pupae!

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#129 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 18 2019 - 9:57 AM

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Oh, forgot to add: I'm going to try to combine a colony of Monomorium minimum with 7 queens with my current colony. We'll see how well this goes!

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#130 Offline Canadian anter - Posted July 18 2019 - 10:47 AM

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Ok, this new Crematogaster colony is not cerasi, because this queen is half the size of my cerasi queen. I have (very crudely) identified this new colony as Crematogaster ashmeadi.
Btw the cerasi are doing great! Lots of new eggs, lots of larvae and a bunch of pupae!

How are you literally having ant colonies fall out of the sky
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#131 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 22 2019 - 6:55 AM

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Camponotus nearcticus (Colony #1)
7-22-19

Two workers now.

Camponotus subbarbatus (Colony #2) (High yellow + orange variant, formerly IDed as Camponotus snellingi)
7-22-19

Nine workers and lots more brood.

This new Crematogaster colony is super cute. They are smaller than ashmeadi, so I don't know what these tiny, arboreal Crematogaster are.

Crematogaster sp. 2 (Colony #1)
7-22-19

They have lots of pupae still and three or four workers.

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#132 Offline Acutus - Posted July 22 2019 - 7:30 AM

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Wow! Lots of good stuff going on! :D

 

Don't know if you tried to fix but I still can't see the pics. :(

 

Also can you take a pic of your Fortress with the 500 ants and post it?  Thanks!!! :D


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#133 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 22 2019 - 7:41 AM

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Wow! Lots of good stuff going on! :D

 

Don't know if you tried to fix but I still can't see the pics. :(

 

Also can you take a pic of your fortress with 500 ants in it and post it? Thanks!! :D

I am in the process of fixing them right now. Yes, I will get that done. :)


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#134 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 27 2019 - 10:19 AM

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Pheidole bicarinata (Colony #2)
7-27-19

Their first workers are a few days away! Their pupae are orange right now.

Pheidole sp. 1 (Colony #1)
7-27-19

She has some large larvae and some pupae now.

Camponotus americanus (Colony #1)
7-27-19

This queen has had her first biological workers eclose! I have her some pupae and 2 workers from a wild colony a while back, and she now has 10 workers with lots of her own on the way! I am giving them an outworld soon.

Camponotus chromaiodes (Colony #3)
7-27-19

This queen has 17 workers now with two being medians! They have no more pupae or larvae, but have over 20 eggs!

Camponotus pennslyvanicus (Colony #1)
7-27-19

This queen has 50 workers with 5 or so being majors and about 70 brood in all stages.

Camponotus nearcticus (Colony #1)
7-27-19

This queen has 3 workers, 3 pupae and some eggs and 1 larva.

Camponotus subbarbatus (Colony #2)
7-27-19

This is the rare, light queen and she has 13 workers, 3 pupae, some eggs and 20 or so larvae, one of which is a major larva.

Monomorium minimum (Colony #1)
7-27-19

They have a little over 600 workers now, with more than double that in brood. It got too hard to feed them in their tube, so they have a small outworld now.
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#135 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 28 2019 - 9:21 AM

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Pheidole bicarinata (Colony #2)
7-28-19

They got their first worker today! So small. I hope all four queens stay alive. I think they are truly polygynous, so hopefully they get to be a big colony!

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#136 Offline Acutus - Posted July 28 2019 - 1:48 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes (Colony #1)
7-15-19
Finally an update on these guys! I
Freya is still productive as ever, with a new batch of around 100 eggs. They have WAAAAAY too many larvae. I'm estimating 200-250. They have just about out grown their fortress, with a little under 500 workers now. Most of their brood seems to be minors and small majors this time. I
LONG LIVE FREYA! :lol:


Did you ever get a pic of these ants in their Fortress? I'd love to see a fortress with a fairly large colony in it. I want to possibly invest in a couple Fortresses to upgrade from Mini hearths
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#137 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 28 2019 - 2:28 PM

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Your Pheidole seem to be like two days ahead of mine. Mine have orange pupa, so they will hatch very soon, as they have orange workers. Congrats on the worker!
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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). 

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Camponotus chromaiodes (Colony #1)
7-15-19
Finally an update on these guys! I
Freya is still productive as ever, with a new batch of around 100 eggs. They have WAAAAAY too many larvae. I'm estimating 200-250. They have just about out grown their fortress, with a little under 500 workers now. Most of their brood seems to be minors and small majors this time. I
LONG LIVE FREYA! :lol:


Did you ever get a pic of these ants in their Fortress? I'd love to see a fortress with a fairly large colony in it. I want to possibly invest in a couple Fortresses to upgrade from Mini hearths

Pics are still broken. I need to get my pc fixed.
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#139 Offline Acutus - Posted July 28 2019 - 6:41 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes (Colony #1)
7-15-19
Finally an update on these guys! I
Freya is still productive as ever, with a new batch of around 100 eggs. They have WAAAAAY too many larvae. I'm estimating 200-250. They have just about out grown their fortress, with a little under 500 workers now. Most of their brood seems to be minors and small majors this time. I
LONG LIVE FREYA! :lol:


Did you ever get a pic of these ants in their Fortress? I'd love to see a fortress with a fairly large colony in it. I want to possibly invest in a couple Fortresses to upgrade from Mini hearths

Pics are still broken. I need to get my pc fixed.

Been there done that. I feel your pain. Trying to do everything from my phone now lol
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#140 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted July 29 2019 - 6:10 AM

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Camponotus chromaiodes (Colony #1)
7-15-19
Finally an update on these guys! I
Freya is still productive as ever, with a new batch of around 100 eggs. They have WAAAAAY too many larvae. I'm estimating 200-250. They have just about out grown their fortress, with a little under 500 workers now. Most of their brood seems to be minors and small majors this time. I
LONG LIVE FREYA! :lol:

Did you ever get a pic of these ants in their Fortress? I'd love to see a fortress with a fairly large colony in it. I want to possibly invest in a couple Fortresses to upgrade from Mini hearths
Pics are still broken. I need to get my pc fixed.
Been there done that. I feel your pain. Trying to do everything from my phone now lol

Been doing that since I joined :lol:

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