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My queens first nanitics

Started By AntManiac2310 , Aug 27 2020 2:09 PM

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#1 Offline AntManiac2310 - Posted August 27 2020 - 2:09 PM

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About 4-5 months ago, I caught a random queen in my backyard. They just got nanitics. What should I feed them? 

 

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#2 Offline TestSubjectOne - Posted August 27 2020 - 2:16 PM

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It's difficult to know what she will eat without identifying the species, but honey water and crickets are generally a good idea


TestSubjectOne's Experiences in Antkeeping General Journal

 

Currently Keeping:

- Veromessor pergandei (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Novomessor cockerelli (1 queen, 200 workers)

- Myrmecocystus mexicanus (1 queen, 100 workers)

- Brachymyrmex patagonicus (3 queens?, 2,000 workers? & alates)

- Crematogaster sp. (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Liometopum occidentale (1 queen, 800 workers)

- Camponotus absqualator (1 queen, 130 workers)

#3 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted August 27 2020 - 2:22 PM

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Hey, congrats on the nanitics!! Yes, those are some good things to feed them. But you should post some pictures of your queen here and we can identify it for you.


Edited by Thunder_Birds, August 27 2020 - 2:22 PM.

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#4 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 27 2020 - 3:16 PM

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Honey and a cricket leg (fruit flies also work just as well) would be ideal. 


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted August 27 2020 - 4:40 PM

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You could also try termites.


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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#6 Offline AntManiac2310 - Posted August 28 2020 - 1:10 PM

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I updated the post with a picture of them :)


#7 Offline TestSubjectOne - Posted August 28 2020 - 1:48 PM

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I'm not good with IDs, but they look like some kind of Solenopsis thief ant. They can eat a wide range of foods, so any kind of insect and some honey should work fine (make sure to water the honey down and give them tiny amounts, small ants can drown easily).


TestSubjectOne's Experiences in Antkeeping General Journal

 

Currently Keeping:

- Veromessor pergandei (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Novomessor cockerelli (1 queen, 200 workers)

- Myrmecocystus mexicanus (1 queen, 100 workers)

- Brachymyrmex patagonicus (3 queens?, 2,000 workers? & alates)

- Crematogaster sp. (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Liometopum occidentale (1 queen, 800 workers)

- Camponotus absqualator (1 queen, 130 workers)

#8 Offline AntManiac2310 - Posted August 28 2020 - 2:53 PM

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Thanks! I also had problems with ant drowning. That was also a reason why one of my ant colonies died out.


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#9 Offline TestSubjectOne - Posted August 28 2020 - 3:27 PM

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Have you tried feeding them liquids dissolved in a cotton ball/paper towel? I've never tried it, but it's supposed to keep small ants from drowning.


Edited by TestSubjectOne, August 28 2020 - 3:28 PM.

TestSubjectOne's Experiences in Antkeeping General Journal

 

Currently Keeping:

- Veromessor pergandei (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Novomessor cockerelli (1 queen, 200 workers)

- Myrmecocystus mexicanus (1 queen, 100 workers)

- Brachymyrmex patagonicus (3 queens?, 2,000 workers? & alates)

- Crematogaster sp. (1 queen, 600 workers)

- Liometopum occidentale (1 queen, 800 workers)

- Camponotus absqualator (1 queen, 130 workers)

#10 Offline AntManiac2310 - Posted August 28 2020 - 6:04 PM

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hmm. never tried that yet.


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