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My Formica Francoeuri colony

Started By Broncos , Oct 8 2019 5:11 AM
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#21 Offline Broncos - Posted October 28 2019 - 11:56 AM

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The dyout has stopped and they are doing great! knock on wood


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#22 Offline Broncos - Posted October 31 2019 - 2:51 PM

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I moved them out of the moldy dirt box and replaced it with a small starter formicarium.


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#23 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 31 2019 - 3:56 PM

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Nice, send some pics of them in their new formicarium!

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#24 Offline Broncos - Posted November 3 2019 - 5:16 PM

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BTW that’s the medium sized byformica liquid feeder... they’ve dug quite a lot!


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#25 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted November 3 2019 - 6:04 PM

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Perfectionist much?

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#26 Offline Broncos - Posted November 7 2019 - 8:39 AM

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Does it really look good? I just got a little creative as i havent really before. Ha... It felt cool to get creative.


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#27 Offline Broncos - Posted December 6 2019 - 3:46 PM

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These guys are back at about 150 workers and have about 100 big and plump larvae and 200 eggs... I can't wait for next month!!  :yahoo:


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#28 Offline Broncos - Posted March 11 2020 - 7:13 PM

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These gals are in a 20 or 10 gallon tank doing very very well!


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#29 Offline Broncos - Posted March 23 2020 - 2:36 PM

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How do I know if the queen is still alive? there are a lot of workers and some cocoons but i havent seen eggs or larva in about 1 month. But there are still a lot of workers and they have tunneled well in their 10 or 20 gallon tank.


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#30 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 23 2020 - 3:07 PM

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You just have to be patient. You will know if there continues to be a supply of brood in the colony, and if more workers are being produced.


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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#31 Offline Broncos - Posted April 23 2020 - 1:20 PM

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I'm acually having a lot of hope for this colony because it seems like they have been growing very fast! And I saw a bunch of larva and cocoons yesterday. No eggs have been seen but they are probably at the very bottom of this tank they are in.


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#32 Offline Broncos - Posted May 26 2020 - 9:55 AM

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So this has to be the most complicated colony I've ever kept. When I first got them they grew like crazy, then lost half of their population to some sort of disease, then grew like crazy again. Then the queen completely stops laying eggs, making me think she died. And here I am now. I woke up in the middle of the night for some reason and I checked on these guys with my flashlight. I saw brood of all types against the glass, and... the queen. I was pretty happy after this because now I know for a fact she is alive and producing brood.
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

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#33 Offline Broncos - Posted June 14 2020 - 9:47 AM

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Nothing has happened with this colony

Edited by Broncos, June 14 2020 - 9:47 AM.

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#34 Offline Broncos - Posted August 21 2020 - 10:02 AM

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This colony still hasen't grown. I give them a lot of food and they are on top of a heat mat. I see the occasional cocoon but I haven't seen larva in a very long time.


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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

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#35 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 21 2020 - 10:10 AM

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This whole journal has been very "Formica style" of growth.


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#36 Offline Broncos - Posted September 25 2020 - 4:48 PM

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This whole journal has been very "Formica style" of growth.

That gives me a bit more hope.


This colony is definitely growing. They are eating more than normal and they are increasing in population.


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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

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#37 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 26 2020 - 7:32 AM

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This whole journal has been very "Formica style" of growth.

Ha, very, true.


"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

 

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Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#38 Offline Broncos - Posted February 5 2021 - 10:01 AM

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Bummer. I found the queens remains in the dead pile, and they died out extremely quickly. This normally happens in the winter. I loose the colonies that aren't fit enough. They barely made it past the last winter.


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#39 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted February 5 2021 - 10:05 AM

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Sucks to hear, but maybe you'll do better this season!


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#40 Offline Broncos - Posted February 5 2021 - 10:15 AM

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Sucks to hear, but maybe you'll do better this season!

Maybe. I have more anting knowledge than ever.


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