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Manitobant's Polyergus mexicanus queen journal (discontinued)

Started By Manitobant , Jul 30 2020 12:45 PM

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#41 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted December 2 2021 - 5:56 AM

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stop reviving old threads


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#42 Offline NicholasP - Posted December 2 2021 - 8:54 AM

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stop reviving old threads

Why if he hasn't said they died?


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#43 Offline Manitobant - Posted December 2 2021 - 9:59 AM

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Colony is still in hibernation until at least January. They were doing fine when i checked last.
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/

#44 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted March 13 2022 - 8:28 PM

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update?


#45 Offline NicholasP - Posted March 14 2022 - 8:27 AM

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update?

Unfortunatley there probably won't be many updates as if I remember correctly Manitobant said that he doesn't really like journals.


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#46 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 14 2022 - 8:31 AM

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I took these guys out of hibernation a few days ago.
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/

#47 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 18 2022 - 12:13 PM

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Update March 18th, 2022

The first eggs of the 2022 season have been laid, and the queen is looking slightly physogastric. I have a feeling the colony will explode in growth this year.
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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/

#48 Offline ZTYguy - Posted March 18 2022 - 2:54 PM

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Update March 18th, 2022

The first eggs of the 2022 season have been laid, and the queen is looking slightly physogastric. I have a feeling the colony will explode in growth this year.

Pics please!!! 


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#49 Offline United-Ants - Posted March 18 2022 - 10:29 PM

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I am very exited to see this colony grow

#50 Offline FinWins - Posted August 7 2022 - 9:32 AM

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Update please.

I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#51 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 7 2022 - 10:03 AM

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This colony is still going, and they got a new generation of workers. I plan to try letting them raid for the first time in the next few weeks as they have enough workers to survive/win a pitched battle with formica defenders.
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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/

#52 Offline FinWins - Posted August 7 2022 - 10:46 AM

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This colony is still going, and they got a new generation of workers. I plan to try letting them raid for the first time in the next few weeks as they have enough workers to survive/win a pitched battle with formica defenders.

How would you do that? Are you going to just connect a Formica colony with a queen to the Polyergus and let them fight it out, or are going to put live Formica workers and brood in a test tube and let the Polyergus raid that?

I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#53 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 7 2022 - 1:13 PM

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I have a special raiding setup which i designed based off of the experiences of European keepers with P. rufescens. Basically it’s a large sand-filled bin with the formicarium outworld connected to one end and an AC hybrid nest filled with formica pupae and workers to the other. It works great for my larger wild-caught polyergus colonies.
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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/

#54 Offline BDantsalberta - Posted January 25 2023 - 12:04 PM

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I can catch polyergus colonies most places that I go. They are quit abundant in central Alberta and have a very painful bite and formic acid! I wish you the best of luck!


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#55 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 26 2023 - 7:19 AM

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Polyergus are very common here as well. They’re abundant in pretty much any area where fusca group formica are the dominant ant species.
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/

#56 Offline BDantsalberta - Posted January 26 2023 - 1:23 PM

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Polyergus are very common here as well. They’re abundant in pretty much any area where fusca group formica are the dominant ant species.

They're almost no Fusca here. Subsericea is the most common along with all the Formica parasites of course. I have only ever once founded a Polyergus queen from scratch and it sucked because there was no black ant pupae available at the time, and so I resorted to Formica Neorufibarbis. Common black ants are a must.


#57 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 8 2023 - 2:33 PM

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These guys came out of hibernation around a week ago.
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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/

#58 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 5 2023 - 3:45 PM

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Update may 5, 2023

This colony is really starting to boom and was just moved into a THA mini labyrinth in order to accommodate their huge stash of brood. A slight side effect of this is that the colony will be a bit short on hosts for around a month until wild formica colonies get pupae.

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Edited by Manitobant, May 5 2023 - 3:45 PM.

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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/

#59 Offline Manitobant - Posted July 2 2023 - 6:48 PM

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Update july 2nd, 2023 (the end)

Upon feeding the colony today, I stumbled upon the queen dead in the garbage pile in the outworld. I have no clue how or why she died as the colony was doing absolutely amazing and had just been moved into a THA hearth due to the insane amount of brood they were producing and accumulating from raids. Overall this was a very fun colony to have and definitely one of my favourites, although I’m not sure if i plan to raise up another queen from flights this august as I already have two large colonies of this species.

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Edited by Manitobant, July 2 2023 - 6:49 PM.

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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/

#60 Offline BDantsalberta - Posted July 3 2023 - 7:33 AM

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Well that sucks


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