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AntTeen804's camponotus nearcticus Journal

Started By AntTeen804 , Apr 19 2015 3:21 PM

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#1 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:21 PM

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I caught 5 camponotus nearcticus queens on 4-18-15 and am going to make a jurnal about 3 of them none have eggs yet

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#2 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:24 PM

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Queen 1

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#3 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:27 PM

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#4 Offline dermy - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:27 PM

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This species should be easy to document, since they are so large :D I look forward to reading about them!


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#5 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:28 PM

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#6 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:30 PM

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Lol they are the smallest or smaller Camponotus sp. :) Still kinda large.

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#7 Offline William. T - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:30 PM

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So jelly! Those queens look so nice! :)


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Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 

#8 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:32 PM

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They kinda look like huge monomorium minimum Queens .

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#9 Offline dermy - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:37 PM

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See I'm used to seeing small Myrmica size queens so they seem large!


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#10 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:38 PM

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Lol

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#11 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:40 PM

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How long does it take for Camponotus to go from egg to worker?

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#12 Offline dermy - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:45 PM

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Long sometimes like 2 months!


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#13 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:47 PM

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Welp here comes the wait, i might brood boost one of them.

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#14 Offline dermy - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:48 PM

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If you can I would brood boost one, but make sure you leave at least one without brood boosting. It is very rewarding when a Carpenter Ant queen gets her first nanitics!


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#15 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 3:55 PM

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Okay how about this brood boost two queens with about 4-6 pupae?

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#16 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 19 2015 - 7:03 PM

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I'm not goint to brood boost any i want to see how they will do i put them i a quiet dark place and will check on they in a month or so.:)

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#17 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 21 2015 - 12:15 PM

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One of the queens that aren't on this journal layed an egg.

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#18 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted April 24 2015 - 8:05 PM

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Queen 1 has 2 eggs

Queen 2 has 3 eggs

Queen 3 has 2 also.

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#19 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 5 2015 - 5:31 AM

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Each queen has one small larvae!

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#20 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 15 2015 - 3:57 PM

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Every queen except one has pupae!

Edited by AntTeen804, May 15 2015 - 3:57 PM.

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