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Brad's Veromessor Pergandei Journal (Update 6-28-20)

Started By B_rad0806 , Apr 29 2020 10:05 AM

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#21 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted June 22 2020 - 5:59 PM

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Update 6-22-20

These guys just got workers recently. They have more pupae that still need to hatch. Currently they have 4 workers.

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#22 Offline Antkid12 - Posted June 22 2020 - 6:15 PM

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Congrats!

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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!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

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

#23 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted June 28 2020 - 10:49 AM

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Update 6-28-20

Yesterday morning I woke up to these guys killing one of the queens. Makes me real upset. I was really looking forward to seeing how good my 2 queen Pergandei colony would get. Well they at least have 1 queen so the colony is not dead. I'm not sure why they killed the queen.

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#24 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted June 29 2020 - 8:36 AM

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Update 6-28-20

Yesterday morning I woke up to these guys killing one of the queens. Makes me real upset. I was really looking forward to seeing how good my 2 queen Pergandei colony would get. Well they at least have 1 queen so the colony is not dead. I'm not sure why they killed the queen.

Oh that's a real bummer! So sorry Brad! But even a 1 queen colony can get absolutely huge within a year, so hopefully you'll see that.

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Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.