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[ReignofRage]

Everything has continued to do good. I didn't take pictures so if anyone wants pictures just say of what.

[ReignofRage]

Update July 28th

 

 

C. anthrax - The three larvae have died, I checked under a microscope.

 

 

 

C. clarithorax - All colonies have workers and are doing well.

 

 

 

C. essigi - Up to 12 workers now and a nice bit of brood.

 

 

 

C. maritimus - Finally got workers!

 

 

 

C. sayi - Four workers and a small amount of brood.

 

 

 

C. sp. - Up to eight workers now with a nice amount of brood. Can't wait until these get ehir 20mm majors.

 

 

 

C. vicinus low-elevation var. - One colony is up to 17 workers, the other that was thought to be a dud now has developing larvae.

 

 

 

P. californicus concolor var. - Two colonies have workers, two don't.

 

 

 

V. pergandei - Up to 12 workers and some brood.

[ReignofRage]

Species Addition 31.iiv.2021

 

 

Dormyrmex sp. - Recently caught a few of these.

 

 

 

M. romainei - Not much to say besides it's a pretty looking queen.

 

 

 

M. cf kennedyi aka "purplebacks" - If this is the "purpleback" that produces workers that are mainly red/orange with a black gaster then this is M. kennedyi.

 

 

 

M. mexicanus - I recently was able to watch these fly and start digging their chambers, so I got the few that were mixed in with the M. navajo. Most, if not all, of the ones I collected are tiger morphs.

 

 

 

M. navajo - Collected some of these, a lot are tiger morphs.

 

 

 

Crematogaster sp. #1 - Only got one of these queens.

 

 

 

Pheidole sp. #1 - Got a few of these gals.

 

 

 

Ph. cf xerophila - Got some of these queens as well. I like the look of this species, so hopefully these are successful.

 

 

 

P. rugosus - I received some of these and have one in a dirt tower and one in an experimental formicarium, the rest are in tubes.

Edited by ReignofRage, July 31 2021 - 3:17 PM.

[NickAnter]

Pheidole sp. 1 is a Crematogaster sp., likely mutans.

 

The second Pheidole species is probably cerebrosior, but can't be fully sure.

[ReignofRage]

Pheidole sp. 1 is a Crematogaster sp., likely mutans.

 

The second Pheidole species is probably cerebrosior, but can't be fully sure.

Thank you.

[ReignofRage]

Little update, all the M. mexicanus and M. navajo have been fed sugars. All the other Myrmecocystus such as M. romainei and M. cf kennedyi have also been fed, I did not feed any of the Pheidole, Dorymyrmex, or the Crematogaster. Lastly, I decided to try a two queen Pheidole cf xerophila colony and a two queen Pheidole cf cerebrosior colony.

Now it's time to forget about them in my incubator.

Edited by ReignofRage, August 1 2021 - 7:15 AM.