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Manitobant’s dulotic harpagoxenus canadensis journal (round two)

Started By Manitobant , Jul 15 2020 4:53 PM

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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 15 2020 - 4:53 PM

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today i received an extremely rare harpagoxenus canadensis colony from a friend who found them here in manitoba, a province they haven't been recorded from previously. the colony consists of a queen, 3 slave making workers, 15 leptothorax canadensis slaves and mixed brood of both species. the colony doesn't quite have enough workers for me to let them raid yet (don't want them getting killed by the target colony workers) but they should soon enough.

The queen surrounded by slaves

Harpagoxenus canadensis queen

A worker

Edited by Manitobant, August 22 2024 - 9:11 AM.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 15 2020 - 6:11 PM

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Wonderful! The Ants describes their behavior in detail, was very fun to read about. I'd assume it'll be even more fun to watch!

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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 16 2020 - 5:36 AM

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That is the least queen-looking queen I've ever seen.

"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

#4 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 16 2020 - 5:59 AM

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That is the least queen-looking queen I've ever seen.

I concur.

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~~

#5 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 16 2020 - 8:14 AM

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That is the least queen-looking queen I've ever seen.

I concur.

Ergatoid gynes, anyone?

#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 16 2020 - 8:56 AM

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She's definitely an alate queen. Although harpagoxenus does have ergatoids, you can see wing scars on this one.

Edited by Manitobant, July 16 2020 - 9:01 AM.

#7 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 16 2020 - 9:14 AM

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I think he was trying to say that ergatoids are less queen looking than that queen.

#8 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 16 2020 - 3:31 PM

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I think he was trying to say that ergatoids are less queen looking than that queen.

i mean she is also a social parasite so she doesn't look very queen like to begin with

#9 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 16 2020 - 4:12 PM

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I think he was trying to say that ergatoids are less queen looking than that queen.

i mean she is also a social parasite so she doesn't look very queen like to begin with

Well, to me she looks more like a worker than a queen. Most common social parasites actually do look like queens imo.

"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

#10 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 14 2021 - 3:41 PM

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Update January 14th, 2021

The colony was taken out of hibernation on the 28th of December. They lost quite a few workers, including all the parasite ones. Luckily they have a bunch of large larvae and pupae which should eclose soon. They have also been moved into a Tar Heel Ants atom nest, and the queen is quite physogastric.

#11 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 25 2021 - 1:00 PM

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Update?

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 Manitobant - Posted March 25 2021 - 1:31 PM

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Dead. the colony slowly fizzled out after hibernation, with worker deaths occuring almost every week. Eventually, only the queen and a dulotic worker were left, and me or my friend didn’t have any leptothorax hosts, so i decided to re hibernate them in the very slim chance that they would survive until spring. Sadly, they didn’t and i found the queen dead about a week ago while taking out some lasius claviger queens for experiments. I do hope to try these again, and hopefully get a larger colony. The colony was very young when they were caught, with the queen just having got her nanitics. I do plan to go to that spot with my friend, so this journal will probably come back in due time.

Edited by Manitobant, March 25 2021 - 1:31 PM.

#13 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 25 2021 - 2:36 PM

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:boohoo:

May they rest in peace.

:boohoo:

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:

#14 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 22 2024 - 9:16 AM

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You guys know what time it is!

Two days ago on august 20th i managed to collect two colonies of this species, both much larger and more stable with around 25 slave raiders and 50-70 slaves.