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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Cocoons not hatching?

Started By enflamingo , Jul 16 2019 7:43 AM

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#1 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 16 2019 - 7:43 AM

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I don't have pictures currently but I have a camponotus pennsylvanicus queen with about 7-9 cocoons. She has had them for well over a week now. What's am I doing wrong? Yesterday I moved her to a new tube because her old was getting that nasty water. Hope to find out the problem, thanks!

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#2 Offline DJoseph98 - Posted July 16 2019 - 8:10 AM

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Camponotus take a long time to develop. If you take a look at the care sheets for this species, pupae to worker time is estimated to be 18 to 25 days. I know for my Camponotus chromaiodes it took about 25 days for the first workers to develop after the first pupae appeared. Overall it took around 65 days (give or take a day or two) from first egg to first worker for me. Just be patient.

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#3 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 16 2019 - 8:17 AM

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ok thanks. hope they will be here by next week, my other camponotus novaeboracensis already got a worker and i caught her later :lol:

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x2 Camponotus Novaeboracensis Queen(s)

x2 Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen(s)

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x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Colony

x1 Tapinoma Sessile Colony

#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted July 16 2019 - 8:29 AM

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Are you heating them? I have all of my Camponotus colonies from this year's flights at 82 degrees and my largest Camponotus pennslyvanicus colony has 50 workers and the queen was caught in April. When only took 3 weeks to get her first worker. Most of my other Camponotus queens took 3 and a half weeks too.

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#5 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 16 2019 - 8:49 AM

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not heated but kept on a bookshelf in my room (second floor no ac)

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My Journal featuring all of what I'm keeping

Keeper of:

x2 Camponotus Novaeboracensis Queen(s)

x2 Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Colony

x1 Tapinoma Sessile Colony

#6 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 17 2019 - 9:03 AM

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Are you heating them?

I'm heating them now

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My Journal featuring all of what I'm keeping

Keeper of:

x2 Camponotus Novaeboracensis Queen(s)

x2 Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Queen(s)

x1 Tetramorium Immigrans Colony

x1 Tapinoma Sessile Colony

#7 Offline Boog - Posted July 17 2019 - 10:19 AM

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Camponotus take time to pupate and longer in general to eclose compared to other species. I keep my colony in a room with A/C and have to heat them with a cable in order to see any growth, it speeds up the process but you need to monitor the temperature. I unplug my heating cable when it gets around 87 degrees F because that was the temp they brought their brood out of the nest before. It'll be fun when you update on your first workers!

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#8 Offline enflamingo - Posted July 17 2019 - 10:24 AM

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Camponotus take time to pupate and longer in general to eclose compared to other species. I keep my colony in a room with A/C and have to heat them with a cable in order to see any growth, it speeds up the process but you need to monitor the temperature. I unplug my heating cable when it gets around 87 degrees F because that was the temp they brought their brood out of the nest before. It'll be fun when you update on your first workers!

yeah my journal has updates on all oF my queens/colonies