Shes doing well so far. All the eggs are now pupae.
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Dspdrew's Liometopum occidentale Journal [38] (Discontinued)
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, Sep 17 2013 12:25 AM
Liometopum occidentale Dspdrew journal
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Posted April 22 2015 - 3:50 PM
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Posted April 30 2015 - 7:09 AM
Update 4-30-2015
I just found nine more of these queens in the last two days. It looks like I am going to have a much better chance of a successful colony after all.
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Posted May 2 2015 - 12:29 PM
Update 5-2-2015
The first queen I found this season just got her first workers.
The first queen I found this season just got her first workers.
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Posted May 2 2015 - 1:16 PM
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Wow, that's a lot nanitics!
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Posted May 2 2015 - 11:46 PM
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Wow, that's a lot nanitics!
This genus is highly prolific, makes insanely huge colonies and with strictly only one queen.
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Posted May 3 2015 - 11:51 AM
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Do the workers stay in this colour or will they darken later?
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if you find any mistakes, it's my autocorrection. it doesn't speak english.
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:26 PM
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Do the workers stay in this colour or will they darken later?
That would look awesome, but no. They darken.
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:27 PM
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Do you know anyone who has ever gotten a huge massive colony of these?
Good luck with these these Drew!
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:37 PM
I know someone who has a large enough colony to have full-sized workers.
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:37 PM
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Do you know anyone who has ever gotten a huge massive colony of these?
Good luck with these these Drew!
Dermy I do not know about and massive captive colonies but look at this wild colony. Keep in mine this is one foraging trail!
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:39 PM
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I know someone who has a large enough colony to have full-sized workers.
Would that be jeffpbalderston's colony?
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Posted May 3 2015 - 12:58 PM
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Posted May 26 2015 - 9:10 PM
Update 5-26-2015
The new colony is still doing well and producing brood. Lately they've been drinking a lot of humming bird nectar.
The latest bunch of queens I found all have huge piles of brood. It's weird seeing so many queens at once with brood piles this large. Each one has well over 50 pupae right now.
Today I found one queen dead, and after inspecting it, I gave all of her brood to my oldest colony.
The new colony is still doing well and producing brood. Lately they've been drinking a lot of humming bird nectar.
The latest bunch of queens I found all have huge piles of brood. It's weird seeing so many queens at once with brood piles this large. Each one has well over 50 pupae right now.
Today I found one queen dead, and after inspecting it, I gave all of her brood to my oldest colony.
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Posted May 31 2015 - 11:37 PM
Update 6-1-2015
All the newest colonies have workers now.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 11:14 AM
Update 6-17-2015
One of the new queens' gasters burst open and phorid fly maggots came out. It was really disgusting.
One of the new queens' gasters burst open and phorid fly maggots came out. It was really disgusting.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 12:13 PM
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Nice ones.
Just wondered dspdrew, what do you do with all those ants ? 'Cause you have like 10 colonies of the same species, you ain't gonna keep them all, are you ? Or do you sell some ?
Edited by Nexus, June 17 2015 - 12:14 PM.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 11:12 PM
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are you gonna feed the maggots to the other colonies for revenge or are you just gonna stand there and watch them burn in your furnance?
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Current Queens:
1 Unknown Pogomyemex
1 Solenopsis Xyloni
Current Queens:
1 Unknown Pogomyemex
1 Solenopsis Xyloni
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Posted June 18 2015 - 12:34 AM
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what's wrong with keeping 10 colonies of the same species ?
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