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United's camponotus Journey

Started By United-Ants , Apr 26 2022 5:29 PM

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#1 Offline United-Ants - Posted April 26 2022 - 5:29 PM

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Today I found a camponotus sasbenaus queen
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#2 Offline United-Ants - Posted May 6 2022 - 8:52 AM

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Got my camponotus vicinus queens today form www.antopiausa.com pics
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#3 Offline United-Ants - Posted May 6 2022 - 9:05 AM

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Orange vicinus
Black vicinus
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#4 Offline United-Ants - Posted June 2 2022 - 1:48 PM

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Orange vicinus first worker

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Black vicinus dead rip
Sansabeanus 3 lava
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#5 Offline United-Ants - Posted June 2 2022 - 2:00 PM

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Sansabeanus
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#6 Offline United-Ants - Posted June 21 2022 - 5:55 PM

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Orange vicinus
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#7 Offline United-Ants - Posted June 21 2022 - 5:59 PM

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Camponotus sasbenaus got her first workers
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#8 Offline United-Ants - Posted June 29 2022 - 5:10 PM

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New colonys
So I got a camponotus chromaiodes colony and a camponotus texanus colony from a friend who dose have a permite for these ants
C chromaides
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C texanus
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Will get better pics soon

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#9 Offline United-Ants - Posted July 4 2022 - 3:18 PM

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So I brood bosted my camponotus vicinus
Colony with wild camponotus vicinus brood
And gave my camponotus chromaiodes 3 wild camponotus vicinus pupa

edit the brood boost failed i forgot  to  update that


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#10 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 5 2022 - 3:29 PM

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Camponotus chromaiodes I moved to a new setup trying a new food I gave them humming brid nectar and they loved it
Camponotus sasbenaus nothing new
Camponotus texanus they feed there small egg pile to there larva also moved them in to a new test tube
Camponotus vicinus
About 20 workers and a nice brood pile
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#11 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 5 2022 - 3:32 PM

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Camponotus texanus

Camponotus vicinus
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#12 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 5 2022 - 3:35 PM

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Camponotus sasbenaus

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#13 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 24 2022 - 3:38 PM

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8-24-22 my new
Camponotus discolor colony will be arriving tomorrow
Camponotus sasbenaus no brood
Camponotus texanus 3 workers large brood pile
Camponotus vicinus 25 to 30 workers and tons of brood
Camponotus chromaiodes 6 workers and some eggs

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#14 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 25 2022 - 10:47 AM

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Camponotus discolor came to day and they are so small  8 workers 1 major 


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#15 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted August 25 2022 - 11:00 AM

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Pics?

#16 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 25 2022 - 11:26 AM

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Camponotus discolor pics
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#17 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 7 2022 - 8:48 AM

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i got a camponotus-ocreatus arriving later today from https://antgear.com/ants/and Camponotus novaeboracensis and myrmecocystus mexicanus arriving tomorrow or friday form https://www.statesideants.com/


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#18 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 10 2022 - 7:38 PM

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Camponotus novaeboraccensis
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#19 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted September 14 2022 - 1:55 PM

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Are you sure that's vicinus? I've never seen a vicinus queen so bright orange.


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#20 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 14 2022 - 2:22 PM

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Are you sure that's vicinus? I've never seen a vicinus queen so bright orange.

 

i am very shore these are camponotus vicnus


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