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cocdeshijie's Myrmecocystus mexicanus Journal 【2020】

Started By cocdeshijie , Sep 18 2020 11:26 AM
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#21 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:47 PM

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Day 21-September 6, 2020

I gave a slower queen a camponotus fragilis pupae, she kept it for a few days and ate it.  :whistle: 

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#22 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:48 PM

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Day 22-September 7, 2020

Some queens are starting to lay 2nd batch of eggs.

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#23 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:49 PM

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Day 23-September 8, 2020

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#24 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:51 PM

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Day 24-September 9, 2020

I noticed most queens have 10-15 pupae

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#25 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:52 PM

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Day 25-September 10, 2020

I feed some queens nectar and now they are red :D 

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#26 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:54 PM

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Day 26-September 11, 2020

Feed some more queens.

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#27 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 12:56 PM

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Day 27-September 12, 2020

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#28 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 1:00 PM

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Day 28-September 13, 2020

Time lapse of a queen drinking nectar
 


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#29 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 1:03 PM

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Day 29-32-September 14-17, 2020

Waiting for workers :) 

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#30 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 18 2020 - 1:05 PM

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Day 33-September 18, 2020

WORKERS <3 so cute

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#31 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted September 18 2020 - 1:48 PM

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Congrats!


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#32 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 18 2020 - 8:24 PM

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I still don't understand how the heck your pots didn't eat all the eggs since you checked them every friggin day :thinking:


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#33 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 20 2020 - 8:38 AM

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Day 34-35-September 19-20, 2020

More got workers :D 

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#34 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 22 2020 - 4:56 PM

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Day 36-37-September 21-22, 2020

More than half of the queens got workers. Some even have 2nd batch of eggs hatched.

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#35 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 22 2020 - 8:07 PM

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Checking them ON EVERY DAY! AND HALF GET WORKERS! THAT IS CRAZY.


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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#36 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted September 22 2020 - 8:25 PM

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Checking them ON EVERY DAY! AND HALF GET WORKERS! THAT IS CRAZY.

fr, I told him every day all his pots will die and he proved me wrong.


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#37 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 23 2020 - 9:16 AM

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Checking them ON EVERY DAY! AND HALF GET WORKERS! THAT IS CRAZY.

fr, I told him every day all his pots will die and he proved me wrong.

 

Luck can beat statistics sometimes I guess.


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(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#38 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 23 2020 - 6:18 PM

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Day 38-September 23, 2020

They are hungry after a month :lol: 

 

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#39 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 23 2020 - 6:21 PM

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:blush:  check on the tube with a queen that died a month ago

she's sleeping nicely

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Edited by cocdeshijie, May 27 2022 - 6:22 PM.

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#40 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted September 23 2020 - 8:14 PM

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