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Antcatcherpro3's Prenolepis journal

Started By Antcatcherpro3 , Mar 25 2021 2:37 PM

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#21 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted April 27 2021 - 5:09 AM

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My queens are doing excellent! All have big clumps of eggs, although one died with no eggs. I think it was the first one I caught this year which is kind of sad, but at least all my others are doing great with founding a colony.


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#22 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted April 28 2021 - 4:14 AM

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Queen 1 is doing good with a decent pile of eggs. Queen 2 is lagging behind with only a small clump of eggs, and queen 3 has the most eggs out of any of my queens, even my group of queens. Queen 3 has about 20 eggs, and the group has around 14.


#23 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 2 2021 - 4:53 AM

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Queen 3 has literally like 20 eggs and 5 very small larvae now. She is just pumping out eggs. Definitely fertile.


Might of been one that I saw the male on. All the rest of the queens are doing great also.


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#24 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 2 2021 - 4:58 AM

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I'll take pics after they settle down a little bit. They got disturbed a lot yesterday because we were cleaning the house. None ate any eggs. I'll take pics soon.


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#25 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 2 2021 - 8:26 AM

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They are kind of blury but tons of eggs are still visible.


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#26 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 3 2021 - 12:07 PM

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And one of my queens, the one with a lot of eggs actually has mostly small larvae now.


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#27 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 5 2021 - 3:42 AM

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I saw one of the queens lay an egg but sadly didn't get to take a pic.


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#28 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 5 2021 - 7:17 AM

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I can't even count how many eggs my queens have anymore.


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#29 Offline Chickalo - Posted May 5 2021 - 7:21 AM

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Congrats on all these eggs!  I'll be checking on my queens soon, hopefully eggs like yours!  


シグナチャーです。예.

 

#30 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 5 2021 - 7:23 AM

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Good luck on yours!


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#31 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 5 2021 - 8:23 AM

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I can't even count how many eggs my queens have anymore.

I couldn't count mine in the first place  %)


#32 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 5 2021 - 8:28 AM

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#33 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 5 2021 - 8:32 AM

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I might change my wallpaper back but for now this looks good (this is not a colony I am keeping btw)


Cause imma big minecraft fan so.


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#34 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 21 2021 - 3:24 AM

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I'm so excited!! My Prenoelpis queen has at least 12 Pupae! I was expecting this soon. My one solo queen is doing the best out of any of my queens.


#35 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 21 2021 - 3:40 AM

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How long will it take for the pupae to become workers?


#36 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 21 2021 - 3:42 AM

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Also, one more question: My quadro of queens has a ton of eggs and I think one pupae, but their water is almost out. How should I move them into a new test tube and move all their brood too without it being that stressful?


#37 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted May 21 2021 - 4:34 AM

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Also, one more question: My quadro of queens has a ton of eggs and I think one pupae, but their water is almost out. How should I move them into a new test tube and move all their brood too without it being that stressful?

Prepare a new test tube, and tape it to the current test tube. They should move over on their own, however if they don't...  Cover the new one, and aim a light at the old test tube. (Not too bright!) They should move over.


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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

 

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

 

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#38 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 21 2021 - 8:14 AM

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Ok I'll try that.


#39 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted May 24 2021 - 4:34 AM

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 give the pupae 2-3 weeks then they should be workers. my queen has some larvae thank god it took her 3 months


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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#40 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted May 24 2021 - 11:40 AM

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Nice! I can't wait.


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