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Camponotus Q&A Topic/ Campoculture! :)

Started By Da_NewAntOnTheBlock , Sep 29 2019 10:18 AM
ants & myrmecology ant keeping general ant keeping camponotous

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#121 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 1 2020 - 4:52 PM

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I hope I'll find a faster growing species than Camponotus. No offense to them, but I like formica because they grow fast and are somewhat beautiful, but Lasius, Myrmecia, etc. are also like that. 


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#122 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 2 2020 - 3:34 AM

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I totally agree.

"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

#123 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted March 2 2020 - 5:32 AM

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What is the best nest for Camponotus?
I see a lot of colonies thrive in ytong nest.
But This French guy is keeping them in some sort of lab set up and they seem te be doing very well.

How did they make that setup? I've been trying to replicate something like that for years but to no avail.


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6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#124 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 3 2020 - 4:40 PM

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maybe send him an e-mail or something...toughie you got there


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#125 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 3 2020 - 4:57 PM

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He probably doesn’t have his email address....... It would probably be easier to comment on the video, yet who knows if he’ll get an answer.

"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

#126 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 3 2020 - 5:30 PM

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a very perplexing question for certain, however, I'm sure we'll find a solution...


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#127 Offline Serafine - Posted March 6 2020 - 3:22 AM

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What is the best nest for Camponotus?
I see a lot of colonies thrive in ytong nest.
But This French guy is keeping them in some sort of lab set up and they seem te be doing very well.

How did they make that setup? I've been trying to replicate something like that for years but to no avail.

 

That's either a new addition to the setup (might have a heat source underneath the brood) or he's relocating his ants every month and cleaning out the setup.

There is NO WAY that an outworld looks like that after being used by the ants for a few months. Also the colony isn't doing too great, that brood pile is laughably small.

I don't think that's a good setup - blank acyrlic surfaces and tiny six-legged chemical processing plants don't really go well together. He should have put at least some form of substrate down for the ant trails to stick onto.

And honestly, it also looks kinda bland and ugly.


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#128 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 6 2020 - 4:16 AM

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I concur


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#129 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 6 2020 - 2:49 PM

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There is NO WAY that an outworld looks like that after being used by the ants for a few months. Also the colony isn't doing too great, that brood pile is laughably small.

I don't think that's a good setup - blank acyrlic surfaces and tiny six-legged chemical processing plants don't really go well together. He should have put at least some form of substrate down for the ant trails to stick onto.

And honestly, it also looks kinda bland and ugly.

 

He obviously didn't do his research.......  Anyways, people should modify the design before duplicating it to prevent this mistake again.


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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

#130 Offline Josh.Antlover - Posted March 6 2020 - 11:59 PM

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So I just bought a camponotus vicinus queen with 5 workers like 3 weeks ago (no broods or pile of eggs), I would just like to know when will the queen start to lay eggs? and they move kinda slow even their antennae right now

And how often should I feed them? Thank you
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#131 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 5:47 AM

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feed them once a week (a meal worm cut in half should suffice) and she probably just needs protein before she'll lay 


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#132 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:03 AM

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Remember to feed her sugars as well.

"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

#133 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:07 AM

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yes, I almost forgot, carbohydrates are needed as well


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#134 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:09 AM

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Proteins will help the queen lay eggs and aid in larva development, but carbs keep the workers and queen alive.

"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

#135 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 6:11 AM

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yes, AntsDakota knows what he's talking about lol


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#136 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 7 2020 - 8:23 AM

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So I just bought a camponotus vicinus queen with 5 workers like 3 weeks ago (no broods or pile of eggs), I would just like to know when will the queen start to lay eggs? and they move kinda slow even their antennae right now

And how often should I feed them? Thank you

Temperature is another important factor. Slow movements may indicate that they are too cool.
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#137 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 7 2020 - 8:29 AM

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85-90F is a good range.

"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

#138 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 9:38 AM

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I personally go for 85 to make sure there is a range between hot and deathly hot, but that's me


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#139 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 7 2020 - 1:08 PM

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I personally go for 85 to make sure there is a range between hot and deathly hot, but that's me

I would do that too. Sometimes condensation can drown you ants if you don't wipe it away.


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#140 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 7 2020 - 2:11 PM

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