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Why aren’t these ants working properly
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, Nov 9 2019 5:05 PM
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#1 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:05 PM
There are two of my harvester ants that just sit still and don’t move their hind legs.
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#2 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:09 PM
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#3 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:11 PM
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#4 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:12 PM
They could possibly be dying...or they could be mutated
Edited by JenC, November 9 2019 - 5:12 PM.
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#5 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:15 PM
How do they mutateThey could possibly be dying...or they could be mutated
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#6 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 5:24 PM
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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#7 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 6:00 PM
It is likely that they were deformed from when they eclosed. Have you been disturbing them much?
Argentine ants are mean.
#8 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 6:11 PM
It is likely that they were deformed from when they eclosed. Have you been disturbing them much?
No, but these were likely pupae when I moved them out of a very moldy plaster nest. Could that have something to do with it?
Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#9 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 6:26 PM
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4 x Solenopsis xyloni (Fire ant) colonies.
2 x Veromessor andrei (Seed-harvester ant) colonies.
19 x Pogonomyrmex subnitidus (Seed-harvester ant) colonies + 3 x Pogonomyrmex (ID uncertain) colonies
16 x Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) colonies.
1 x Unknown Formicidae colony.
1 x Tapinoma sessile (Odorous house ant) colony.
1 x Camponotus fragilis (Carpenter/wood ant) colony + 1 x Camponotus sansabeanus (Carpenter/wood ant) colony.
1 x Solenopsis molesta (Thief ant) colony.
#10 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 6:32 PM
In my personal experience, when pupae are moved, there is a small chance of a couple deformations. Were there any disturbances while they were callow workers?
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#13 Offline - Posted November 9 2019 - 8:14 PM
They could be like this for a variety of reasons, but since they aren't getting better, I would remove them from the colony immediately, just in case they have a disease of some kind.
Currently keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea
Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus nearcticus
Crematogaster cerasi
Temnothorax ambiguus
Prenolepis imparis
#14 Offline - Posted November 10 2019 - 6:49 AM
try sending them in for replacements or replacing their carburetors
then you get those ants that move 100 times their body length per second...
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#15 Offline - Posted November 10 2019 - 6:51 AM
On a side note, if the humidity is not correct ants can eclose with deformities, which is why humidity is important to keep under control
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#16 Offline - Posted November 10 2019 - 7:34 AM
Ok thanks. I took them out of the colony and all three died in a test tube setup
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Currently Keeping:
Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor
Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius
Camponotus Sansabeanus
#17 Offline - Posted November 10 2019 - 11:06 AM
That’s how pretty much all of my ants have died. It happened to my aphaenogaster and my Pogonomyrmex. My Myrmica queens last year too.
#18 Offline - Posted November 10 2019 - 12:50 PM
Make sure that their exhaust pipes arent leaking, could cause lots of smoke and or fire. On a side note, just make sure that no more workers start doing it.
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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).
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