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ANTdrew's Pheidole bicarinata Journal - The Phatheads

Started By ANTdrew , Jun 24 2020 11:17 AM
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#81 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 3 2020 - 3:19 PM

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Awesome photo.

Thanks! This species is very photogenic.
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#82 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 13 2020 - 11:09 AM

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Update 9-13-2020

This colony is a real bright spot in my 2020. They are growing like crazy and eat every thing I give them. Another thing I really like about them is that they are very clean with a clearly defined trash pile that's pretty easy for me to vacuum up every few days. They have about ten majors now and send up several every time I drop in an insect.

GIF of feeding time on Friday night:

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Here is their massive brood pile! For such a tiny queen, Alfhild can really pump out eggs.

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Question for Pheidole Phenoms: I've heard these might not even need or benefit from diapause. What is the best practice for this species? I'd enjoy getting a break from them, but it would also be cool to keep a colony going through the dreary winter.


Edited by ANTdrew, February 10 2021 - 6:15 AM.

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#83 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 13 2020 - 11:15 AM

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I also need to get my hands onto a pheidole colony

Yes, you do.

 

As do I.


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#84 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted September 13 2020 - 11:21 AM

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Maybe keep one colony in diapause and the other out, to see how they are affected.


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#85 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 13 2020 - 11:49 AM

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I also need to get my hands onto a pheidole colony

Yes, you do.
As do I.
Yes, you do.
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#86 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 13 2020 - 11:51 AM

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Maybe keep one colony in diapause and the other out, to see how they are affected.

I actually am down to one colony now. Sold my extra yesterday.
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#87 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 24 2020 - 10:32 AM

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Update 9-24-2020

 

 The growth rate of this colony has been exponential. With each feeding, more and more workers and majors come up to swarm the food. The only other species I've seen that attacks food with such voracity would be Tetramorium immigrans. When I fed them a bunch of termites last night, at least ten majors came up to help out, and now a days one or two majors are usually out cruising the foraging area like six-legged bulldogs.

 Another similarity they have with the Tetramorium I've kept is how they like plastering larvae all along the walls and ceiling of their mini-hearth chamber. I can't wait to move them into something even bigger next season.

 

 

 
 I'll try to get some good shots of their feeding frenzies soon.

Edited by ANTdrew, September 24 2020 - 10:34 AM.

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#88 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 24 2020 - 10:41 AM

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Wow i wish you had one of these for sale still because there so cool how small but big they are if that makes sense.


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#89 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 25 2020 - 4:56 AM

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Phathead photo-dump!

 

 
 
 
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Edited by ANTdrew, February 10 2021 - 6:16 AM.

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#90 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 25 2020 - 5:11 AM

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They really do have fat heads for such small pheidole and also i heard they only get around 3000 workers, is that correct?


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#91 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted September 25 2020 - 5:45 AM

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They really do have fat heads for such small pheidole and also i heard they only get around 3000 workers, is that correct?

Yes, mostly. Some colonies have been known to reach closer to 5k workers, with about 500 being majors.


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#92 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 25 2020 - 5:59 AM

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I really need to find someone with this species for sale then.
Do you think a fortress or something a little bigger would hold them all? They are pretty tiny.
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#93 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 25 2020 - 6:09 AM

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I'd like to get something more like a mini-labyrinth for mine.I hope they get to 5K!


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#94 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 25 2020 - 6:25 AM

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Honestly I think that may be to much for them since there so small and I’ve seen a 1000 worker colony in a mini hearth bifurcated so maybe something like a stronghold would work.
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#95 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 25 2020 - 6:42 AM

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Honestly I think that may be to much for them since there so small and I’ve seen a 1000 worker colony in a mini hearth bifurcated so maybe something like a stronghold would work.

plus, the price is much better...


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Really nice photos. I love how quickly they rush to go eat when they find some food.


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#97 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 25 2020 - 3:05 PM

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 The only other species I've seen that attacks food with such voracity would be Tetramorium immigrans.

You obviously haven't seen Pogonomyrmex, then.  :D

 

I keep both species, and my Pogonomyrmex are much more aggressive for their size. 


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Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

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Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#98 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 25 2020 - 3:58 PM

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Yes they are crazy and will attack anything moving basically.
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#99 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 25 2020 - 4:05 PM

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But do they send out 70% of their colony within seconds of dropping in a food source? I was referring more to the sheer number of workers and rapidity of their response. I’ve actually never given them something living to attack.
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#100 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 26 2020 - 6:07 AM

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What the Pogonomyrmex because 70 percent is about right when I fed them some termites they only had 9 workers and they sent out 6
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