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Acutus' Formica subsericea Journal Update 2/19/20 Egg!

Started By Acutus , Jul 24 2019 6:34 PM

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#41 Offline Acutus - Posted September 4 2019 - 9:34 AM

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I got workers today and got to see one of the 5 eclose! :D
How are yours doing?

Well see for yourself!! :D :D

 

I got three workers!!!  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:

I was away for the weekend and came in Monday evening to find this! They were moving so fast I couldn't get a picture!! had to video it! There are at least two more pupae ready to go anytime and I've hooked the test tube to a Mini-Hearth so they can move in whenever they want.  (y)

 

 

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#42 Offline Amazant - Posted September 4 2019 - 12:56 PM

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Nice! They look great, your pupae stage went by pretty quickly, mine now have 7 nanitics and some new larvae hidden under the cotton ball. Wish I could get the mini hearth it looks amazing and it seems to really help out the colonies that inhabit them.
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#43 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 4 2019 - 3:31 PM

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Congrats, brother!!!
What a cool species to raise up.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#44 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 4 2019 - 3:32 PM

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Her workers should arrive about this time next month, or later this month.

Antdude called it.
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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.

#45 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 4 2019 - 3:41 PM

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Yeah I've had 4 years of experience with Formica lol.
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#46 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 4 2019 - 4:04 PM

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All my Formica argentea died. I have no idea why.

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). 

#47 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 26 2019 - 2:00 PM

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Update?????
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#48 Offline Acutus - Posted February 14 2020 - 12:46 PM

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Hey All! Queen and 5 neonates still doing well. Shortly after this last post Queen stopped laying and hasn't since. I continue to maintenance and think she'll start laying again when they're ready! 

I removed the Mini Hearth for now and they are just in a Test Tube with an AC TT Portal attached. I switch this out weekly with new food and honey.

Fingers Crossed!!!  (y)  (y)


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Camponotus castaneus

Formica subsericea

#49 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 14 2020 - 1:44 PM

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Nice, man. Welcome back! I’m currently founding a Formica argentea queen. I traded some Crematogaster queens to get her. My fingers are crossed, too. I hope to start up a Formica journal if she works out.
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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.

#50 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 14 2020 - 2:27 PM

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Hey All! Queen and 5 neonates still doing well. Shortly after this last post Queen stopped laying and hasn't since. I continue to maintenance and think she'll start laying again when they're ready! 

I removed the Mini Hearth for now and they are just in a Test Tube with an AC TT Portal attached. I switch this out weekly with new food and honey.

Fingers Crossed!!!  (y)  (y)

Welcome back! Glad to see everyone's doing well.  :)


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#51 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 14 2020 - 8:57 PM

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Acutus, did you hibernate her?

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#52 Offline Acutus - Posted February 15 2020 - 9:22 AM

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Nope. Don't really know that I have a secure place to do it. I let the area all my colonies are in get cooler but it's not like they're in a Fridge or anything.

 

for Information Purposes: I am not in any way not advocating the practice of not Hibernating. I simply lost the fridge I was going to use, got busy and had no access to this forum and was simply too nervous to get it done.


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#53 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 15 2020 - 11:18 AM

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Nope. Don't really know that I have a secure place to do it. I let the area all my colonies are in get cooler but it's not like they're in a Fridge or anything.

 

for Information Purposes: I am not in any way not advocating the practice of not Hibernating. I simply lost the fridge I was going to use, got busy and had no access to this forum and was simply too nervous to get it done.

That could prove detrimental to your Camponotus colonies...


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#54 Offline Acutus - Posted February 19 2020 - 1:37 PM

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She has an Egg!!!!  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:

 

Picture sucks but had to be really quick don't want to freak them out!!

 

EGG

 


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#55 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 19 2020 - 1:41 PM

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That's great! Keep her warm, and feed her and her workers once a week.


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#56 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 19 2020 - 2:07 PM

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looks amazing! hoping my silhouette queen works out too!


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#57 Offline ponerinecat - Posted February 19 2020 - 7:54 PM

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I remember getting five nanitics at once then losing the colony.


#58 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:04 AM

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I have 2 formica colonies with nanitics right now, so i am 100% following you and your excitement!!! :D


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#59 Offline Acutus - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:10 AM

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That's great! Keep her warm, and feed her and her workers once a week.

 

that's basically what I'm doing. :) I give them a small roach cut in half or a piece of meal worm and a tiny drop of honey. The square plastic piece in the pic is an AC Test Tube portal. I put the food in there then when its time I swap out the Portal with new food in it. :)  They carry it into the tube. I'm hoping to Swap this setup this year with a Mini Hearth. Hoping they'll build up as fast as you told me last year! :D


I have 2 formica colonies with nanitics right now, so i am 100% following you and your excitement!!! :D

 

Cool!! Good Luck!!!  (y)  (y)


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#60 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:12 AM

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Same here. I will be checking my Formica argentea queen tonight after three weeks in seclusion. Hopefully she has some brood by now. Updates coming soon!


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