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Da_NewAntOnTheBlock's Ant Journal (Discontinued)

Started By Da_NewAntOnTheBlock , Sep 29 2019 7:13 AM
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#141 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 2 2020 - 6:08 PM

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Fed them some honeywater and meal worms. Ironically, the first one to wake up was a median, but the queen's still conked out, but they have they're first guard of the year! Looks like things are slowly going back to normal. Honeywater should spruce them back up!


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#142 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 3 2020 - 4:41 PM

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they hollowed out the mealworm(s) and sucked up the honeywater...yet the queen still needs her beauty rest lol, brood is happy tho...


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#143 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 4 2020 - 4:54 PM

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I fed them yesterday and they absolutely devoured it! Got high hopes for 'em 


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#144 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 4 2020 - 5:04 PM

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They’ll be huge in no time!

"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

#145 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 4 2020 - 5:38 PM

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yeah, I bet they will, they're good gals!


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#146 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 6 2020 - 5:38 AM

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Queen Aphrodite gave me a little antenna wave! She's alive! Time to celebrate!  :yahoo:


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#147 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 6 2020 - 2:38 PM

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She was saluting you.......  :D


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"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

#148 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 6 2020 - 2:55 PM

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The salute of the fallen queen lol


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#149 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 5:54 AM

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She seems to not be responding to light or  vibration or really the touch of workers, should I be worried?


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#150 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:04 AM

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Perhaps she’s getting used to the light.

"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

#151 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:05 AM

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what about the vibrations and such? It's not normal even for Camponotus...


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#152 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:07 AM

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I don’t know..... I wouldn’t be worried unless they’re showing other signs of disease such as not eating for long periods of time and noticeable worker die offs.

"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

#153 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:10 AM

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2 workers have died from diapause and I saw a worker stuffed under the water tower. They're eating tho sooo...


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#154 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:51 AM

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So they seem healthy. They’re probably just used to it.

"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

#155 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 9:37 AM

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ok, Aphrodite gave me a scare there lol


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#156 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 9:44 AM

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ok, Aphrodite gave me a scare there lol


Ants seem to like to do that.
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"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

#157 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 9:55 AM

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lmao


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#158 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted March 7 2020 - 10:43 AM

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2 workers have died from diapause and I saw a worker stuffed under the water tower. They're eating tho sooo...

How did it get there???


He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

#159 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 10:46 AM

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They must have been trying to bury it.

"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

#160 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 11:57 AM

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yeah, it was decapitated because of it...  (n)


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