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SYUTEO's Colobopsis journal (Discontinued)

Started By SYUTEO , May 10 2021 3:58 AM

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#1 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 10 2021 - 3:58 AM

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I decided to make this journal because I saw very few journals of this species has been made. I had a young colony of Colobopsis ants (I'm not sure what species but I think it's C. leonardi) inside a test tube. The colony currently has 1 queen, 1 worker, 4 pupae, 2 larvae and 3 eggs. What's crazy is that by the time her first worker eclosed, the only brood she had are 4-6ish eggs, this species is extremely hard to raise from a queen and very few had succeed, and this is the first time I raised this species and I did it with very little information. I believe this species is a member of the Colobopsis cylindrica group which all species in this group has minor workers that are so called 'exploding ants'. Here's a pic

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#2 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 10 2021 - 7:50 PM

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Quite sure it Leonardi but idk. I've only seen colobopsis sp in the explodens group so I have no idea. Cool, nontheless

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#3 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 12 2021 - 7:06 PM

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A pupa darkened! A second worker will eclose soon! It is underneath the queen

 

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#4 Offline yibsi - Posted May 13 2021 - 5:14 AM

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I've heard from other antkeepers that Colobopsis queens are pretty fast, so the fact you managed to catch one at all is pretty impressive


    Nylanderia parvula - 4 queen polygynous colony with larvae + devoloping workers

    Camponotus pennsylvanicus  - 1 queen with 2 cocoons, and a few larvae and eggs

    Tetramorium immigrans - 3 colonies, first nanetics!

    Formica pallidifulva - 1 queen, 8-10 eggs

    Tetramorium atratulum - 1 queen with roughly 17 host workers

    :D Pheidole pilifera - 1 queen! recently caught! :D

    Solenopsis Molesta - 2 queens so far, polygenous set-up

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#5 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 13 2021 - 5:52 AM

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I've heard from other antkeepers that Colobopsis queens are pretty fast, so the fact you managed to catch one at all is pretty impressive

Thanks :)


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#6 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 14 2021 - 1:57 AM

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Our second worker eclosed! Sorry for the blurry pic, taking the picture takes timing and the workers are running very fast.

 

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#7 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 14 2021 - 3:25 AM

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Epic!

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#8 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 14 2021 - 8:08 PM

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1 new pupa and 1 pupa darkened, our third worker will arrive soon!


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#9 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 15 2021 - 1:42 AM

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1 new pupa and 1 pupa darkened, our third worker will arrive soon!

WOOHOO!!

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#10 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 15 2021 - 11:52 PM

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One more pupa darkened.


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#11 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 15 2021 - 11:54 PM

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One more pupa darkened.

Woah

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#12 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 18 2021 - 9:53 PM

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I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

 

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#13 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 18 2021 - 10:06 PM

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I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

OMG YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS AHHHH. With that stuff aside, congrats! Btw where did u get the queen. I wanna look for some too.

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#14 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 19 2021 - 2:53 AM

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19th May, 2021

I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

OMG YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS AHHHH. With that stuff aside, congrats! Btw where did u get the queen. I wanna look for some too.

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What I'm going to say might make you trigger, I caught her at my grandma's house in Kuala Selangor and found some workers at her sugar cane farm, but that's the only place I've ever seen Colobopsis leonardi. Even crazier (this next part will make you trigger even more) I managed to catch an Odontomachus rixoxsus queen as well but she keeps eating her eggs and refused to lay more :(


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#15 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 19 2021 - 3:10 AM

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I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

OMG YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS AHHHH. With that stuff aside, congrats! Btw where did u get the queen. I wanna look for some too.

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What I'm going to say might make you trigger, I caught her at my grandma's house in Kuala Selangor and found some workers at her sugar cane farm, but that's the only place I've ever seen Colobopsis leonardi. Even crazier (this next part will make you trigger even more) I managed to catch an Odontomachus rixoxsus queen as well but she keeps eating her eggs and refused to lay more :(
OML ARGHHHHHH. Tis ok. tbh rixosus my dad knows where. But colobopsis I'm kinda mad now. I have seen a colobopsis fly to my house tho so fingers crossed

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#16 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 20 2021 - 12:17 AM

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I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

OMG YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS AHHHH. With that stuff aside, congrats! Btw where did u get the queen. I wanna look for some too.

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What I'm going to say might make you trigger, I caught her at my grandma's house in Kuala Selangor and found some workers at her sugar cane farm, but that's the only place I've ever seen Colobopsis leonardi. Even crazier (this next part will make you trigger even more) I managed to catch an Odontomachus rixoxsus queen as well but she keeps eating her eggs and refused to lay more :(
OML ARGHHHHHH. Tis ok. tbh rixosus my dad knows where. But colobopsis I'm kinda mad now. I have seen a colobopsis fly to my house tho so fingers crossed

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Good luck at finding one!


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#17 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 20 2021 - 12:38 AM

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I'm kinda late to post this update cuz I'm quite busy this week. The third worker arrived!

OMG YOU'RE MAKING ME JEALOUS AHHHH. With that stuff aside, congrats! Btw where did u get the queen. I wanna look for some too.

Sent from my CPH2201 using Tapatalk
What I'm going to say might make you trigger, I caught her at my grandma's house in Kuala Selangor and found some workers at her sugar cane farm, but that's the only place I've ever seen Colobopsis leonardi. Even crazier (this next part will make you trigger even more) I managed to catch an Odontomachus rixoxsus queen as well but she keeps eating her eggs and refused to lay more :(
OML ARGHHHHHH. Tis ok. tbh rixosus my dad knows where. But colobopsis I'm kinda mad now. I have seen a colobopsis fly to my house tho so fingers crossed

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Good luck at finding one!
:)
Btw, anything new with the colony?
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Edited by ANTS_KL, May 20 2021 - 12:39 AM.

Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#18 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 20 2021 - 12:47 AM

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The fourth worker arrived and a pupa darkened.


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#19 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 21 2021 - 1:37 AM

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This is really weird, my trap jaw ants are rejecting mealworms and now, they are starting to reject mealworms too. How odd. :thinking:


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#20 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 21 2021 - 1:41 AM

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This is really weird, my trap jaw ants are rejecting mealworms and now, they are starting to reject mealworms too. How odd. :thinking:

They want variety in their food i think

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.
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