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Pheidole Megacephala egg to worker

Started By Lasiusumbratus , Jul 26 2019 4:46 AM

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#1 Offline Lasiusumbratus - Posted July 26 2019 - 4:46 AM

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How long should it take for my two queens to start laying eggs (captured a day ago) and how many times can I check on them a week? My other question is how long will it take for an egg to become a worker?

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 26 2019 - 7:49 AM

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Pheidole megacephala isn't in Maryland, but local pheidole take about a month I think but I'm not sure.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline Lasiusumbratus - Posted July 27 2019 - 12:25 PM

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Ant web says that we only have them but I guess ant web is wrong

#4 Offline Acutus - Posted July 27 2019 - 1:05 PM

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We have 5 species of Pheidole but megacephalea isn't one of them.

 

Did you post an ID thread here for your Queens?


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Camponotus chromaiodes

Camponotus castaneus

Formica subsericea

#5 Offline Lasiusumbratus - Posted July 27 2019 - 1:55 PM

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No, I can’t get a good enough picture of them they are super tiny

#6 Offline Lasiusumbratus - Posted July 27 2019 - 1:58 PM

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These are my best photos they are still kind of blurry
https://ibb.co/h8J7QXs
https://ibb.co/yq88RRD

#7 Offline Acutus - Posted July 27 2019 - 2:02 PM

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Try holding a flashlight on the ants to illuminate them while you take a picture. this may allow your camera to focus better. Don't crop the pics so much either there's almost enough detail in those pics for us to ID them as an Ant. :)


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Camponotus chromaiodes

Camponotus castaneus

Formica subsericea

#8 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 28 2019 - 7:57 AM

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#9 Offline CoolColJ - Posted August 4 2019 - 10:04 PM

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3 weeks for most small Pheidole if heated


Current ant colonies -
1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
Journal = http://www.formicult...ra-iridomyrmex/

Heterotermes cf brevicatena termite pet/feeder journal = http://www.formicult...feeder-journal/

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