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#21 Offline Formicoidea - Posted January 13 2020 - 2:09 AM

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That's still 4 more Myrmecia larvae than I have! The purple color inside the bodies of the larvae is the food that they ate, which will stay there until they pupate.

 

Yes. However, the purple that i saw is the colour they turn after they die.

 

I mean, doesn't really matter now.  :boohoo:



 


Current Queens/Colonies:

- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)


#22 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted January 13 2020 - 4:24 PM

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i am back from my holiday!

 

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Of course, i am posting an update on my Myrmecia Queen.

 

While i was away i left my queens in the care of my brother's friend's brother... yeesh. (shows how much passion my personal friends have for ants).

He did a great job, considering that it was his first time looking after ants (and he's pretty young).

 

However, that does not mean its all hunky-Dorymyrmex.

The Queen survived but her larvae did not. TBH i did expect that they would not pull through, she has become extremely food-fussy recently and without pretty dedicated care she won't accept anything.

It also didn't help that they had to evacuate due to the bushfires...

 

I re-sanded her enclosure as there were loads of carcasses and the sugar water had spilt into the sand. While i was doing this she was camping out in the new test-tube, seems like she has moved in. Some good came from it.

Yeah, Myrmecia are more on the extremely advanced side of things. You've done a great job, keeping them alive this long.


"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


#23 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted January 17 2020 - 1:10 PM

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i am back from my holiday!

 

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Of course, i am posting an update on my Myrmecia Queen.

 

While i was away i left my queens in the care of my brother's friend's brother... yeesh. (shows how much passion my personal friends have for ants).

He did a great job, considering that it was his first time looking after ants (and he's pretty young).

 

However, that does not mean its all hunky-Dorymyrmex.

The Queen survived but her larvae did not. TBH i did expect that they would not pull through, she has become extremely food-fussy recently and without pretty dedicated care she won't accept anything.

It also didn't help that they had to evacuate due to the bushfires...

 

I re-sanded her enclosure as there were loads of carcasses and the sugar water had spilt into the sand. While i was doing this she was camping out in the new test-tube, seems like she has moved in. Some good came from it.

Yeah, Myrmecia are more on the extremely advanced side of things. You've done a great job, keeping them alive this long.

 

Has anyone tried just releasing a Myrmecia queen into a big planted terrarium and adding in crickets every so often? That might work better.


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Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#24 Offline Formicoidea - Posted February 5 2020 - 1:06 AM

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Update!

 

Very little has happened with this girl. I have been feeding her consistently but she has yet to lay any eggs. It might be that the test-tube is too moist (the water has leaked into the sand) i don't really know how to combat that so I'm going to wait and see.


Current Queens/Colonies:

- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)


#25 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 5 2020 - 10:34 AM

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I've seen very few journals where Myrmecia queens got past founding, so I'm not surprised. I would try burying her tube in sand with just the entrance reaching the surface. Works for me when I have finicky queens.

#26 Offline Formicoidea - Posted February 24 2020 - 4:28 PM

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I've seen very few journals where Myrmecia queens got past founding, so I'm not surprised. I would try burying her tube in sand with just the entrance reaching the surface. Works for me when I have finicky queens.

This is actually a great idea. I think i might do this.


Current Queens/Colonies:

- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)


#27 Offline Formicoidea - Posted February 24 2020 - 4:40 PM

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It's time for an update.

 

I recently moved so everything has been a bit unorganized. Things are settling down now.

The queen seems to be doing ok. She hasn't laid any eggs so that's a little irritating.

She seems to have moved into the new test tube, so i have moved the foil onto that test tube. I am actually glad she has moved, the sand inside the original test tube has sucked water out of the cotton and is soaked. Probably terrible to lay eggs in.

I've been feeding her pretty consistently and she isn't eating. Will just have to keep trying.


Current Queens/Colonies:

- Iridomyrmex Bicknelli                          - Iridomyrmex Sp. (x2)

- Camponotus Consobrinus                - Camponotus Sp.

- Myrmecia Sp.                                        - Rhytidoponera Metallica

- Rhytidoponera victoriae                       - Notoncus Sp. (x2)

- Anonychomyrma Cf. Froggatti (x6)






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