no pics inside the nest?
Not yet. They are still digging like crazy and I can't quite get a good photo.
no pics inside the nest?
Not yet. They are still digging like crazy and I can't quite get a good photo.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Wow... just wow. These ants have to be growing about 5x faster than my formica francoeuri colony. They are at about 200 workers. I know this because there are about 70 workers foraging 24/7 and about 100 workers after they have discovering food. I'll be getting a photo once I feed them. I can't get a good view on the brood because I think the rest of the colony is at the bottom of the terrarium.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I would say this colony is at about 250 workers. They are still doing great and nothing has really changed.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Again nothing has really changed. I havent seen a huge boom in population but there still is a steady growth.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Still more than 500 workers. Lots of brood and they are looking for food a lot more for some reason. Maybe because winter is coming or they have more larva.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I would say about 600 workers by now. I don't see the brood at all because of the formicarium size but they are always hungry for sweets and protein!
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
I need to get some sort of heating for these ants. The queen hasent died but production is slow and there is only about 30 workers foraging at a time. When I give them food that thirty turns into about 100 really quick so I know they still have large numbers.
Edited by Broncos, May 11 2021 - 9:12 AM.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Edited by Broncos, October 6 2021 - 3:03 PM.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
What seeds are you feeding them?
Pizza? what kind?
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Pizza? what kind?
I sure hope it doesn't have pinapples. Pinapples aren't good on pizza for ants and humans alike.
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What seeds are you feeding them?
Normally amaranth but I've been feeding them walnuts as well
Pizza? what kind?
I sure hope it doesn't have pinapples. Pinapples aren't good on pizza for ants and humans alike.
No it was just pepperoni
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
1500+ workers by now They've also been digging A LOT more as well. Buried one of my test tubes overnight lol. They've taken about 10-20 walnuts easily over the past couple days. I'm expecting a major population boost. I just don't know what I'm going to do if they somehow outgrow the terrarium. I think they have plenty of digging room because they haven't dug up too much against the glass.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
2000 workers easily now. They're eating anything I give them. I was giving them dspdrews seed mixture but at the rate they were eating them, I would have run out in a couple weeks. So I'm sticking to crushed walnuts and almonds. There are several hundred alates that keep trying to fly in the formicarium. I accidentally left one of the lids off overnight and I woke up to several taking off on my floor and desk... it wasn't fun collecting them up.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
Still some crazy progress on this colony. 2,500 workers by now. Absorbing as much food as they can.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
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