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ANTS_KLs Oecophylla smaragdina ( weaver ant ) journal [DISCONTINUED]

Started By ANTS_KL , May 6 2021 3:28 AM

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#1 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:28 AM

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Hey all! This is a journal I have decided to start because I realized there are little to no journals on this ant species. Here are some pics of my queen. She has pupae already!3526f9c671a444089c69bcfbe43b2f94.jpgfec6aa43b97babbc361da7bc86aa593d.jpg

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Edited by ANTS_KL, March 13 2022 - 3:08 AM.

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#2 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:31 AM

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That is a lot of brood! How big is she? She looks huge.


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#3 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:32 AM

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That is a lot of brood! How big is she? She looks huge.

I would say 1.5-1.7 cm! And I agree. She's bigger than my trap jaw
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Edited by ANTS_KL, May 6 2021 - 3:35 AM.

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#4 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 6 2021 - 3:33 AM

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That is a lot of brood! How big is she? She looks huge.

And being situated in Malaysia, she's definitely not the biggest. In malaysia, weavers are only counted as medium!

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YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 4:07 AM

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I noticed a couple pupae's legs have started to darken. Workers soon! A note that I forgot to make when I started this. For all you newbies in southeast Asia, these ants are not for beginners and only a pro or someone with experience on this ant species (like me) should keep this. I am only 12 but have kept ants for 2+ years and have learnt a lot since I started. (Edit: I forgot I was 12 lol )328aa4f0fd1538d4059788e8d67372a6.jpga8cada955d3e74f5de3d7a7ffdc2df44.jpg

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#6 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 7 2021 - 5:01 AM

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Nice update! Also, I heard that weaver ant colonies grow very fast (egg to worker takes slightly under a month). I've always wanted to keep this species (funny thing is that I have been ant keeping for nearly 3 years now and I still don't know much about their care)


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#7 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 5:07 AM

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Nice update! Also, I heard that weaver ant colonies grow very fast (egg to worker takes slightly under a month). I've always wanted to keep this species (funny thing is that I have been ant keeping for nearly 3 years now and I still don't know much about their care)

Yes they do grow fast! A colony can reach 1000+ workers in 8 months! And that last part makes sense. 3 years of reasearch is way too little time. I have been doing reasearch on weaver ants at the age of 7 and I still am improvising setups. And I'm 12 so that was 5 years of unsuccessful reasearch


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YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

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Nice update! Also, I heard that weaver ant colonies grow very fast (egg to worker takes slightly under a month). I've always wanted to keep this species (funny thing is that I have been ant keeping for nearly 3 years now and I still don't know much about their care)

Yes they do grow fast! A colony can reach 1000+ workers in 8 months! And that last part makes sense. 3 years of reasearch is way too little time. I have been doing reasearch on weaver ants at the age of 7 and I still am improvising setups. And I'm 12 so that was 5 years of unsuccessful reasearch


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#9 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 6:39 PM

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Nice update! Also, I heard that weaver ant colonies grow very fast (egg to worker takes slightly under a month). I've always wanted to keep this species (funny thing is that I have been ant keeping for nearly 3 years now and I still don't know much about their care)

Yes they do grow fast! A colony can reach 1000+ workers in 8 months! And that last part makes sense. 3 years of reasearch is way too little time. I have been doing reasearch on weaver ants at the age of 7 and I still am improvising setups. And I'm 12 so that was 5 years of unsuccessful reasearch


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I'm starting to think that I'm not getting enough research on keeping ants XD


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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#10 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 7 2021 - 11:40 PM

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UPDATE! Some of the pupae have darkened considerably! They probably will eclose next week! Here are some pics.8e373b71a2efdb9efe16b02caca0bd5c.jpg7b820bd9419a1523483a8a6c40c93767.jpg3a2f25fdae8d34cc89354109c9f215bf.jpg

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

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UPDATE! Some of the pupae have darkened considerably! They probably will eclose next week! Here are some pics.8e373b71a2efdb9efe16b02caca0bd5c.jpg7b820bd9419a1523483a8a6c40c93767.jpg3a2f25fdae8d34cc89354109c9f215bf.jpg

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can't wait for workers!


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#12 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 9 2021 - 6:55 AM

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WORKERS!! I have improvised a special setup for them that I will be proud to show you. However I will only reveal my master plan when the workers start to foragedb7826a67bce76a4e2bc2bf174e734e3.jpgf6ef16e0091ff770d6575ea54bd2ac19.jpg

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#13 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 10 2021 - 8:56 PM

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More workers! Currently a total of 5 workers have eclosed. I'm SO EXCITED!!
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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#14 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 10 2021 - 9:28 PM

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Woohoo!


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#15 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 11 2021 - 4:57 AM

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Hi again! The workers started foraging sooner than expected. So as promised, BEHOLD! Meet the Literal Plastic Leaf Nest In An Ants Australia Outworld 1.0!!0c67ca59da8a8f66872560f54a5695f8.jpg485ce39b3906f57488fdc32fffeac4e2.jpg0508e5e15348b4c89d2e95f2163f2e5c.jpg

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#16 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 11 2021 - 4:59 AM

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It's works like this, the container the ants are in is set upon a water reservoir. The water from below slowly evaporates and humidifies the ant nest. Simple, but efficient!

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#17 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 12 2021 - 1:34 AM

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Had to move em to a test tube setup. Long story short, the container flooded. I guess it's back to the drawing board for me! The ants are fine thank goodness. The brood is safe and secure. Here are some attempts at macro photography85e59d50eaf1783ac374e7bad3b4113f.jpgc40a9a9e53c6f37684ce2225b18047a7.jpgf467e62f402a304711351e72a743b0c8.jpgfe7a776b704e1fcc20af82ba49574bcb.jpg45e06a73fd27d86d3f0d4e87982db0bc.jpg

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

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Awesome photos! Lots of nanetics, can't wait to see this colony grow!


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#19 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted May 12 2021 - 7:39 PM

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Awesome photos! Lots of nanetics, can't wait to see this colony grow!

Thanks! As of today, they have 9 workers. And they are doing great!

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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#20 Offline SYUTEO - Posted May 12 2021 - 7:45 PM

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Great colony! May I ask have they started to spin some silk?


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