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It's been 3 weeks since I last fed my odontoponera since I was in vacation...

Started By Hightlyze , Jan 13 2020 6:34 AM

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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted January 13 2020 - 6:34 AM

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It still lives


Few other odontoponera queens didn't survive. Odontoponera are semi claustral so they need to be fed.

Edited by Hightlyze, January 13 2020 - 6:39 AM.

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i eat cars for breakfast everynight

#2 Offline Hightlyze - Posted January 13 2020 - 3:54 PM

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How did it survive?

i eat cars for breakfast everynight

#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted January 13 2020 - 3:57 PM

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It must be a more hardy semi-claustral species. Just because it's semi-claustral doesn't mean it'll die if you don't feed it in a week (well, in some species it does, but apparently not this one.)


"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

#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted January 13 2020 - 3:59 PM

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The fact that this happened in the first place is concerning.


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#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted January 13 2020 - 4:03 PM

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He could've fed them one of his breakfastmobiles and they would've been good till they die in how many years.  :lol:


"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

#6 Offline Hightlyze - Posted January 13 2020 - 5:11 PM

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This was the only odontoponera queen to survive. Others have died

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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 14 2020 - 10:40 AM

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Be sure to feed her now though. She's a fighter!
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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