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Pheidole journal

Started By Antezz , Mar 30 2020 5:19 AM

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#1 Offline Antezz - Posted March 30 2020 - 5:19 AM

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Hi I have a Pheidole queen and in this journal I am going to follow her progress
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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 30 2020 - 8:44 AM

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Keep us posted! This is one of my favorite genera.........
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"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

#3 Offline Antezz - Posted March 30 2020 - 7:29 PM

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Today her larvae are quite large and I think are going to pupate soon
(I started this post when she had larvae)
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#4 Offline Antezz - Posted April 3 2020 - 4:42 AM

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She has two pupae now and I expect workers soon
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#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 5:05 AM

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She has two pupae now and I expect workers soon

Pics?
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"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 Antezz - Posted May 11 2020 - 12:08 AM

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Now there are four workers and three pupae so they are growing really quickly (sorry if I took too long)
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#7 Offline Antezz - Posted May 15 2020 - 7:05 PM

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Sorry but I can’t post pics cuz I don’t know how
Five workers now!!!!
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#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 16 2020 - 3:29 AM

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Boom:
https://www.formicul...e-3#entry141825
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#9 Offline Antezz - Posted May 16 2020 - 11:18 PM

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Thanks
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#10 Offline jushi - Posted May 18 2020 - 7:24 AM

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soooo any pics? This colony sounds really cool. Do you know what species of Pheidole it is?


KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#11 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 18 2020 - 9:32 AM

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yeah, pics please???


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#12 Offline Antezz - Posted May 18 2020 - 8:19 PM

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Pheidole parva

#13 Offline Antezz - Posted May 19 2020 - 12:50 AM

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https://docs.google....waQClSPWu9ToeS4
Here’s some pics
I will keep adding pics to the link in every update

#14 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 19 2020 - 5:47 AM

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https://docs.google....waQClSPWu9ToeS4
Here’s some pics
I will keep adding pics to the link in every update

Anyone besides you is denied access. The photo needs to be public, therefore Google Docs does not work.


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"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

#15 Offline jushi - Posted May 19 2020 - 5:54 AM

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https://docs.google....waQClSPWu9ToeS4
Here’s some pics
I will keep adding pics to the link in every update

 

Just download the file, and attach it as a photo here


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KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#16 Offline Antezz - Posted May 20 2020 - 8:09 PM

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Nothing of interest today

#17 Offline Antezz - Posted May 21 2020 - 5:53 AM

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I just enabled link sharing

#18 Offline Antezz - Posted May 21 2020 - 6:03 AM

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U guys can now comment
U guys can now comment
On the google docs

#19 Offline Antezz - Posted June 23 2020 - 11:24 PM

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Sorry for the delay as I was busy. Be sure to keep an eye out for the new journal I will be posting soon on oecophylla smaragdina
As for pheidole there are no updates as there is nothing new but they have grown
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