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Tetramorium journal.

Started By vanlest , Jul 21 2020 3:09 PM

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#21 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 22 2020 - 3:39 PM

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Nice!


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#22 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:05 PM

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Parasitic Lasius.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#23 Offline vanlest - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:08 PM

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Parasitic Lasius.


You can brood boost parasitic queens for starting off or am I wrong?

#24 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:16 PM

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They need Lasius host workers, too.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#25 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:17 PM

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Parasitic Lasius.


You can brood boost parasitic queens for starting off or am I wrong?

Uh yes, that’s exactly what parasitic queens need to found colonies. They need brood and/or workers of the host species in order to found colonies.
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

#26 Offline vanlest - Posted July 22 2020 - 4:17 PM

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Maybe brood boost with soon to hatch workers? Idk might give it a shot if I find one

#27 Offline to_be_announced - Posted July 24 2020 - 6:52 AM

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The mini hearths look pretty nice

Take extra steps to seal the glass because Tetras can slip out.

 

 

 

Have you had them escape a THA formicarium before?  I'm currently keeping my Tetras in a Mini Hearth.  Just a queen and some brood currently, so probably have some time before they would try to escape.  But want to make sure I have something else for them if needed when the time comes.


Currently keeping Tetramorium Immigrans and Camponotus Pennsylvanicus in THA mini hearths.  I also have a couple Prenolepis Imparus queens in test tubes.

#28 Offline vanlest - Posted July 24 2020 - 5:30 PM

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tarheel ants has a 5 for 125 deal on their mini hearths and I was thinking about buying that but i'm not sure if its the type III or not. Also I think he means that they can sometimes slip between the glass if there is a tiny gap but most THA products have a fairly tight seal from what I have seen. Perhaps something to keep an eye out for, the queen won't be able to get out so worse comes to worse you have a few worker ants walking around.


#29 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 25 2020 - 3:38 AM

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tarheel ants has a 5 for 125 deal on their mini hearths and I was thinking about buying that but i'm not sure if its the type III or not. Also I think he means that they can sometimes slip between the glass if there is a tiny gap but most THA products have a fairly tight seal from what I have seen. Perhaps something to keep an eye out for, the queen won't be able to get out so worse comes to worse you have a few worker ants walking around.

Yeah, that’s what I meant. I’m not trashing THA, just pointing out an issue I’ve had with three colonies I’ve raised in mini-hearths. It happened even worse to me with a Nucleus my Crematogaster are in. You can make a totally escape proof set up for $10 with a good box, fluon, and a test tube.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#30 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 25 2020 - 6:36 AM

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Maybe brood boost with soon to hatch workers? Idk might give it a shot if I find one

Lasius social parasites cannot open pupae for the most part. You could wait until they hatched and introduce the callows to the queen.


"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

#31 Offline vanlest - Posted July 29 2020 - 4:46 PM

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Just a couple more weeks at most before first workers


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#32 Offline vanlest - Posted August 25 2020 - 4:53 AM

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Late update but I now have 5 workers and several more on the way!

#33 Offline Spazmops - Posted August 25 2020 - 7:55 AM

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tarheel ants has a 5 for 125 deal on their mini hearths and I was thinking about buying that but i'm not sure if its the type III or not. Also I think he means that they can sometimes slip between the glass if there is a tiny gap but most THA products have a fairly tight seal from what I have seen. Perhaps something to keep an eye out for, the queen won't be able to get out so worse comes to worse you have a few worker ants walking around.

I bought this, they’re type III and they all come with nest mates. It’s a pretty great deal


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

#34 Offline vanlest - Posted September 26 2020 - 3:04 PM

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Late update but next batch of workers should be coming soon!

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