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Crematogaster (Lillyrose)

Started By Lillyrose , Mar 22 2021 4:39 PM

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#21 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 31 2021 - 7:46 AM

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Congrats! I’ve never had these queens eat their eggs. I just very gently lift a towel that is covering them. Don’t pick up or jostle the tube, and you’ll be fine.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#22 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 2 2021 - 6:00 AM

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😙

Sooooooo

After reading to just remove them towel and don't shake the tube I realized I am indeed an idiot. I had paper tube over the tube so everytime I checked her I was moving her all over the place.

I carefully and with as little movement as possible I took off the tube and replaced it with a towel.

I didn't double check, and the picture is crap, but I didn't see any eggs.20210401_102011.jpg

I'm just gonna leave it alone for now.

I'm trying to draw my ants to help learn about their distinctive features.. but I'm not much of an artist. Constructive feedback is always appreciated and I try to use it to get better but I am not an artist so I don't get much better lol.

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In other news .. I was planning to release my acorn ants because they don't seem to have a queen .. but noticed new eggs .. so I might not release them.

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#23 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 2 2021 - 7:08 AM

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You very well may have a queen. I don’t think the size difference is very great for their queens compared to workers.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#24 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 2 2021 - 9:02 AM

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I think I might even see it in the middle on the top. Maybe I’m wrong it’s hard to tell because a worker is on top of it.

#25 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 2 2021 - 2:33 PM

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Omg you guys are fanning the dream lol

#26 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 2 2021 - 2:53 PM

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Well I'm pretty sure I see it. Besides, where would the brood be coming from?


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#27 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 10 2021 - 6:07 AM

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How warm do these girls like it?

My queen ate her eggs when I checked last time .. so I haven't been checking on her too much. My little temp thing says it's near 90' the box, but it is too close to the heater. I think it's about 80 or so though. I'm worried about cooking them lol ..but I have my three little boxes all touching.

I did not want to annoy anyone so I put a post it note on the acorn ants so they have a place to sit quietly. Golly I love them, very Active little guys.

#28 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 10 2021 - 8:13 AM

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depending on the sp it could have microgynes


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#29 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 10 2021 - 8:16 AM

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How warm do these girls like it?

My queen ate her eggs when I checked last time .. so I haven't been checking on her too much. My little temp thing says it's near 90' the box, but it is too close to the heater. I think it's about 80 or so though. I'm worried about cooking them lol ..but I have my three little boxes all touching.

I did not want to annoy anyone so I put a post it note on the acorn ants so they have a place to sit quietly. Golly I love them, very Active little guys.

you should ask ANTdrew


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#30 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 10 2021 - 11:11 AM

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Your queen probably loves being at 90 degrees.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#31 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 10 2021 - 3:08 PM

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depending on the sp it could have microgynes

Excuse me while I Google microgynes


Awwww cute

Edited by Lillyrose, April 10 2021 - 3:09 PM.

#32 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 10 2021 - 3:59 PM

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Lucky... in malaysia we have arboreal crematogaster but i have only seen workers... and we don't have acorn ants. well i hope your colonies are healthy!! 


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#33 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 23 2021 - 10:09 AM

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Well, my queen apparently is one of those I'm gonna eat my eggs all the time gals. I'm not sure if my once a week check up is what's bothering her, or maybe just the area is too noisy for her or what.. but she won't cut it out.

As such I'm planning to totally ignore her for a while.

She has no food, but she has water.

How long do I ignore her for? How long can she go without eating?

#34 Offline ZTYguy - Posted April 23 2021 - 10:29 AM

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she's a claustral queen so check back in about 2-3 weeks. fight all urges to check and i'd say don't feed her to often, like once a month but this is a better question for antdrew as i focus on Camponotus and Acromyrmex, not crematogaster.


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#35 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 23 2021 - 12:04 PM

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None of the ten Crematogaster queens I’ve raised has ever done this.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#36 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 23 2021 - 1:50 PM

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None of the ten Crematogaster queens I’ve raised has ever done this.


Lol great... I'm special

#37 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 23 2021 - 1:56 PM

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For the sake of full disclosure.. her tube is sitting on white sand .. which has the sad sad side effect of making it super hard to see her eggs.

I'm willing to hope that she does have eggs and I just didn't see them.

I know 100% she ate the eggs when I picked up her tube that first time. I didn't realize the issue with what I was doing and the stinking invading ants were everywhere.. so I picked her up and she ended up falling and ate the eggs.

This time I've been not moving her at all and just lifted the towel to look. I look for 10 seconds tops and cover her up again. I have a hard time seeing small things and end up relying on my phone to later.

It's totally possible that she had some eggs and I just didn't see them.

But I have a habit of hoping for things even when it's unreasonable lol.
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#38 Offline Lillyrose - Posted April 23 2021 - 2:00 PM

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http://imgur.com/a/obV7d6tanyone see anything?

#39 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted April 23 2021 - 2:11 PM

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http://imgur.com/a/obV7d6tanyone see anything?

I want to say there are two eggs on the left there. But I'm not 100% sure. 


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#40 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted April 24 2021 - 5:58 AM

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I didn't notice anything.


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