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Leo's 2020 ant list/journal (mostly local Asian species)

Started By Leo , Jun 28 2020 5:03 AM

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#1 Offline Leo - Posted June 28 2020 - 5:03 AM

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A journal thin to quickly record ant stuff, since I have little time for ants now =(
Pics now and then.
January - April
Released:
Harpegnathos venator
Odontomachus sp
odontoponera so
Camponotus sp
Tetramorium so
Things that died:
Polyrachis sp
tetraponera sp
Carebara sp
pheidole so
Asian turtle ants =(

April - Now
Ant list:
dilobocondyla
Meranoplus bicolor
Leptogenys sp
crematogaster
Ectatomma sp
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#2 Offline Leo - Posted June 28 2020 - 6:12 AM

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Leptogenys sp queen sitting amongst her workers.IMG_20200623_065704.jpg

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#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 28 2020 - 7:14 AM

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"little time for ants" keeps leptos  :lol:


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#4 Offline FSTP - Posted June 28 2020 - 7:40 AM

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Hi leo.


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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 28 2020 - 9:12 AM

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The return of the king!
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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/

#6 Offline Leo - Posted June 28 2020 - 2:48 PM

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"little time for ants" keeps leptos  :lol:


Leptos are fun , also, I'm using them for my extended essay.

#7 Offline Leo - Posted July 2 2020 - 6:04 AM

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Update 02/07/20:
Caught a camponotus sp queen

dilobocondyla has first workers


Update 02/07/20:
Caught a camponotus sp queen

dilobocondyla has first workers

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#8 Offline Leo - Posted August 9 2020 - 2:12 AM

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Dilobocondyla continues to destroy their own pupae. They had a male and a worker pupae a while back, but killed both. Now the queen and worker are sitting with a large pile of fat larvae.1596967948323..jpg

Also, I managed to get myself an ant plant, I'm really excited to see how this will progress.1596968035260..jpg

On a side note. This leptogenys colony is probably the most successful I've had so far.

Here they are, taking down a mealworm. Their temporary setup is just a few pieces of cork bark layered ontop of each other. Seems to work well enough.1596968351233..jpg
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#9 Offline FSTP - Posted August 9 2020 - 5:06 AM

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Very nice!, Always look forward to your updates. 


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#10 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 9 2020 - 7:25 AM

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Also, I managed to get myself an ant plant, I'm really excited to see how this will progress.attachicon.gif1596968035260..jpg

Do these require a certain species of ant to initiate a symbiotic relationship, or will it work with most ants?


"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

#11 Offline Leo - Posted August 11 2020 - 5:39 AM

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Also, I managed to get myself an ant plant, I'm really excited to see how this will progress.attachicon.gif1596968035260..jpg

Do these require a certain species of ant to initiate a symbiotic relationship, or will it work with most ants?
Good question, I have no idea.

Went anting today, and found a pseudoneoponera rufipes queen! Really hyped. Also caught a colony of brachyponera sp.

It rained and there were polyrachis everywhere, but I released them, not interested.
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