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[Aliallaie]

Has anyone else placed their colonies in diapause? I placed 2 of mine (camponotus chromaiodes and Camponotus castaneus) in yesterday. 45 degrees wine cooler

[Scherme]

I was hoping to, but my L. Neoniger laid eggs like a week after I caught em, so I am goin to keep em warm to see if I can get some eclosures before November. Then I'll cool em down.

 

When do you plan to wake yours up?

[Silq]

Has anyone else placed their colonies in diapause? I placed 2 of mine (camponotus chromaiodes and Camponotus castaneus) in yesterday. 45 degrees wine cooler

This is a good thread to start.

If people are hibernating they should cover certain information. 

Species:

Temperature: 45F (7.2C)

Hibernation State Date:

Hibernation Planned End Date: 

Location:

Any other info should be added?

 

I am in SoCal so I don't know if any of my ants require hibernation. Not many of mine come from high elevation but a few I will have to check on. 

Edited by Silq, October 7 2019 - 9:19 AM.

[Manitobant]

All of my stuff are already in hibernation except for a few stubborn tetramorium, aphaenogaster and crematogaster

[FeedTheAnts]

Has anyone else placed their colonies in diapause? I placed 2 of mine (camponotus chromaiodes and Camponotus castaneus) in yesterday. 45 degrees wine cooler

I did! Two hours ago

My only colony that isn't in hibernation is my largest Crematogaster colony. Their setup needs some work before that can happen, and I've got to figure out how to condense the colony so they'll fit in my fridge lol

Edited by FeedTheAnts, October 7 2019 - 9:58 AM.

[Aliallaie]

Awesome everyone. Our colonies will rest well.
One of my c chromaiodes colonies has a lot of pupae so I’m waiting for them to hatch then I’ll put them in with the others. I’m keeping them warm to speed up the process. I plan to awake them in mid February. I’m not sure though to place my Pogonomyrmex queen in hibernation yet. She has one worker and batch of eggs.

[Mirandarachnid]

This'll be the first year I have anything to hibernate!

 

I have a few Crematogaster laeviuscula queens with nanitics, I'm going to wait a little bit for the rest of the pupa to eclose, and hopefully get them to move into clean tubes before November.

 

I'll hibernate them in my modified mini-fridge, I plan to put them down mid November and bring them out mid March.

[Da_NewAntOnTheBlock]

Has anyone else placed their colonies in diapause? I placed 2 of mine (camponotus chromaiodes and Camponotus castaneus) in yesterday. 45 degrees wine cooler

This is a good thread to start.
If people are hibernating they should cover certain information. 
Species:
Temperature: 45F (7.2C)
Hibernation State Date:
Hibernation Planned End Date: 
Location:
Any other info should be added?
 
I am in SoCal so I don't know if any of my ants require hibernation. Not many of mine come from high elevation but a few I will have to check on.

I suggest you give them a. Cool down so they can produce their antifreeze. Although, this is if you really drop them to low temps, however I gradually cool them down and I keep them at 50 degrees Farenhite