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Dual colony Tapinoma Sessile Journal

Started By steam_funk , May 12 2020 2:50 PM

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#1 Offline steam_funk - Posted May 12 2020 - 2:50 PM

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I recently collected 5 Tapinoma Sessile queens. I put 4 in a test tube ,but i put the most recent one In a jar with plants and springtails. I did notice that they seem to fly at night and late evening when it is especially humid. From what I have read workers live long and are generally hardy. The queen hasn't settled in her jar as of this post, but the test tube queens have made two egg clumps. Any care experience would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

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Edited by steam_funk, May 12 2020 - 2:56 PM.

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#2 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted May 12 2020 - 2:56 PM

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Nice! Congrats on some new queens.


Edited by Thunder_Birds, May 12 2020 - 2:57 PM.

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#3 Offline steam_funk - Posted May 13 2020 - 9:26 AM

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So after providing a flat pebble in the jar the queen has presumably moved under it. I haven't seen her for a few hours and the jar has Vaseline, so I am hoping she Is under it. The jar has no drainage bottom ,but I am hoping the springtail's will take care of any mold. How often should I water it since it seems to dry out quickly? Edit: She was actually under small twig.


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#4 Offline jushi - Posted May 15 2020 - 6:06 AM

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These guys are escape artists. Only use oil based escape barriers with them. I've found they can easily cross baby powder barriers, however Vaseline should work perfectly


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

#5 Offline ForestDragon - Posted May 15 2020 - 7:37 AM

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from my experience they climb over vaseline, use fluon or they will escape and keep a lid on it, any weakness in the barrier and they're out


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#6 Offline steam_funk - Posted May 25 2020 - 2:05 PM

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5/25/2020

 

The title might be misleading now, my cat knocked over the jar container without a care in the world. I threw the whole container away since the queen was injured and the jar ruined. I added 3 new queens to the test tube colony though.


#7 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 25 2020 - 2:52 PM

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bruh... I hope your new queens do well tho!  :)


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#8 Offline steam_funk - Posted June 22 2020 - 1:58 PM

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The colonies first few workers hatched recently. They have much more waiting to hatch in the pupal stage and a large pile of eggs. None of the queens have died or acted strange. I will probably be doing a tub and tube setup since they are so small.

 

 

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#9 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 22 2020 - 2:35 PM

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Yay!
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#10 Offline Antkid12 - Posted June 22 2020 - 4:16 PM

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Congrats! But Tapinoma  has naked pupae, I'm pretty sure that what you have is Brachymyrmex.


Edited by Antkid12, June 22 2020 - 4:16 PM.

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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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#11 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 22 2020 - 4:23 PM

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Yes, this is for sure Brachymyrmex.


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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). 

#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 22 2020 - 4:46 PM

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#13 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted June 22 2020 - 7:59 PM

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Yeah, I have no idea how nobody realized these weren't Tapinoma. These are 100% Brachymyrmex sp., although which species is a little bit up for debate. I would call them either B. obscurior or B. patagonicus, but it's hard to tell exactly with Brachymyrex.


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