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Posted January 24 2016 - 4:15 PM
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How is your Liometopum colony doing?
Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Pheidole pilifera
Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi
Pheidole bicarinata
Aphaenogaster rudis
Camponotus chromaiodes
Formica sp. (microgena species)
Nylanderia cf. arenivega
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Posted January 25 2016 - 11:46 PM
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They are doing alright, I am going to need to move one colony to a new tube soon and the other is still doing just fine 
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Posted January 26 2016 - 2:26 PM
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Pheidole gilvescens
Dorymrymex insanus
Myrmecocystus cf mimicus
Myrmecocystus navajo
Myrmecocystus mexicanus
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Posted February 4 2016 - 11:52 PM
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Just an update on the dirt Pogonomyrmex californicus setup, they love it!
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Posted February 5 2016 - 8:23 AM
Very nice. I didn't know you had a good colony of P. gilvescens. How thick is that ant farm?
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Posted February 5 2016 - 2:59 PM
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Its 3/8" wide (just under 10mm).
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Posted February 19 2016 - 6:58 PM
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Took a video of some Acromyrmex I traded Drew for:
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Posted February 20 2016 - 1:42 PM
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Looks like a nice start to a colony, I bet it will be fun to watch the Fungus grow and grow from that point! 
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Posted February 24 2016 - 10:07 AM
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Got some video of the M. mexicanus in their new setup:
Overall:
Lid:
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Posted February 24 2016 - 11:54 AM
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Its not...but thanks! I just barely melted the acrylic enough to anchor it in... Not sure this idea will work out long term unfortunately temperature changes cause the mesh to flex the acrylic a bit more than is acceptable
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Posted March 4 2016 - 4:29 PM
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My ants | My free feeder design | PM or email me if you need and 3d printing, cnc machining, or manufacturing done: http://www.lrmachining.com
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Posted March 5 2016 - 1:53 PM
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Yep, its that colony
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Posted March 5 2016 - 3:40 PM
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What are they in now?
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Posted March 5 2016 - 5:28 PM
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I made a setup copied from Drew's design (with a little bit of polishing imo 
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This is it, with just a glass tube connecting the containers:
The cotton has been replaced with metal mesh, but other than that its the same.
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Ooh, I like the glass tube.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Nice!
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Posted May 4 2016 - 10:52 PM
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Since my last update the Pogonomyrmex californicus had done some major excavation work in their nest...but as you will see a major problem presented itself: high power magnets and glass just do not mix! Ooops.
Luckily I had an empty setup that is almost identical already set up (the queen in it died) and hooked them up to it. Today they finished moving in and the colony is all there, only two stragglers had to be picked out of the old setup. Photo is a bit dark but I'm just too lazy to fix that tonight:
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