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ZTY's Acromyrmex versicolor Journal *Sep 4

Started By ZTYguy , Nov 4 2020 12:15 PM

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#61 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 11 2020 - 1:17 PM

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Hers an update on these girls. They are getting to an impresive size for only being about 2-4 months old.

 


I believe worker count is at about 30-40.

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#62 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 11 2020 - 1:45 PM

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can this species of fungus only be cultured by these ants?


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#63 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 11 2020 - 1:57 PM

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Yes. The fungus can only be found in this species. Antscanada has a great vid on these girls explaining their life and facts.


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#64 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:13 AM

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So these girls have gotten so big and I have found that they blocked the tube to the new nest with food. I like to call this the wall of food. I wish I lived there. Imagine getting some of your food from a wall that blocked the outside world.

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#65 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 9:24 AM

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Sorry about the weird photo placement. IDK what happened.


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#66 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 17 2020 - 10:16 AM

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so they are not eating anymore?


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#67 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 10:19 AM

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They are they just blocked that tube. They have another outworld where I place food but I just thought that this was worth journaling.


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#68 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 17 2020 - 10:20 AM

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ok.


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#69 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 17 2020 - 10:23 AM

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It concered me aswell but then I saw that 1/4 of the workers were chopping up misquite leaves and fish flakes then putting it on the fungus. I even think they are getting a bit lazy. I just saw a worker put an entire leaf on the fungus and has proceeded to take a seed off the food wall.


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#70 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 23 2020 - 10:49 AM

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#71 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 29 2020 - 2:50 PM

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Ever since I started out the hobby I have been fascinated with Acromyrmex. Then once I got this colony I had an ambitious dream to have the largest colony of Acromyrmex in California. I think these girls can get there but they need room to grow so I will be building them a new setup. On my YouTube I will be posting a video of them in the enclosure. I can’t wait for you guys to see it. See ya in the next post.

 

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#72 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 29 2020 - 3:08 PM

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#73 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 29 2020 - 7:29 PM

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Yum indeed.


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#74 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 30 2020 - 8:13 PM

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This is them pre-move. 
 

 

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#75 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 30 2020 - 8:38 PM

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Here is the tank they will be housed in and the smaller acrylic box will be the nest chamber. The flu on bottle is for scale.

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#76 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted December 1 2020 - 4:57 AM

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Nice I love leaf cutters! How many workers do you think they are at now? I can't wait for the majors and dwarfs to arrive C:


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#77 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 1 2020 - 6:37 AM

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There are around 50 workers. I can’t wait either.


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#78 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted December 1 2020 - 6:44 AM

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If they are around 50 workers I think they should have at least a small major by now (media). Maybe you could look around and try to find one.


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#79 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:19 AM

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Yeah I took them off the main heat to get the condensation to go away. 


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#80 Offline ExponentMars - Posted December 1 2020 - 9:43 AM

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bruh ur so lucky u were able to get a colony legally in CALIFORNIA best of luck to u and the colony! 


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