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SleepyAsianAnter's Pogonomyrmex Subnitidus Journal

Started By SleepyAsianAnter , Jun 17 2020 6:00 PM

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#1 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted June 17 2020 - 6:00 PM

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I am pretty excited as these Pogonomyrmex were from the first real flight that I have experienced. I posted pics in the ID thread and people said that this was most likely pogonomyrmex subnitidus. I have quite a few of these colonies currently in test tubes with dirt and seeds, and most of them have a small clutch of eggs. Their ID is being discussed on the server, and I hope to get a definite ID soon. After I finish building an incubator, I will take my founding queen sets off the market and attempt raising them to colonies, so with luck, they will have workers by August/September.

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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 18 2020 - 5:46 AM

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Are these polygynous, do you know?

"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 SleepyAsianAnter - Posted June 18 2020 - 9:31 AM

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Are these polygynous, do you know?

So far they have been friendly, and I was even able to successfully introduce another queen after eggs were laid. Because they are lower-elevation, I suspect that they are more likely to be pleometric, but I have no way of knowing for sure until later.

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#4 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted June 23 2020 - 7:22 PM

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I went to daiso and found really nice containers for V2 setups, so I made a few. So far I've only put my 5-queen personal colony in one, and they seem to be pretty happy.

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#5 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted July 10 2020 - 12:34 PM

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I had another massive flight in my area, and I'm selling queens as sets on my sales page.

Since I was bored I decided to try boosting workers from established colonies, after a brief chilling, they don't seem to be that aggressive, and whenever a worker bites down on the queen I put them back in the fridge for a few minutes. I put these boosted workers and queen into a basic set-up, copies of which will be sold on my sales page as a Pogonomyrmex starter kit, complete with ultracal layer, outworld, glass 20*150 mm test tube, seeds, and sand.

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