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#41 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 28 2021 - 4:56 PM

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Ok I heard they really thrive when given mealworms,crickets,cockroaches but I bet they will do fine with that diet.
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#42 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted June 30 2021 - 7:19 AM

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Snapped another photo last night. Sure seem to have a lot of new callow workers now. 

 

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#43 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 1 2021 - 7:25 AM

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Got another photo of the brood last night. I think my Pogonomyrmex colony is my favorite to watch when I feed them. They get so excited about any protein I put in there. (Last night it was fruit flies.) 

 

 

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#44 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 1 2021 - 8:39 AM

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Wow is it just me or did that pupae pile get 25% bigger in two days?
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#45 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 1 2021 - 8:43 AM

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Wow is it just me or did that pupae pile get 25% bigger in two days?

 

It certainly seems that they are growing quite a bit faster now. I'm assuming since it's now July, that they are growing faster with higher ambient temps. (They are still being heated 24/7 with a heat cable too.) I'm really interested to see how they are doing by the end of the month. I foresee them outgrowing the fallen fortress by the end of summer as a very real possibility. 


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#46 Offline cap_backfire - Posted July 1 2021 - 12:51 PM

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I'm very new but plan to get a Pogonomyrmex colony next (year) so forgive me but what are 'callow workers'?   


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#47 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 1 2021 - 12:53 PM

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I'm very new but plan to get a Pogonomyrmex colony next (year) so forgive me but what are 'callow workers'?   

 

The almost tan looking workers are recently enclosed from being pupae. These are called callow workers. 


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#48 Offline cap_backfire - Posted July 1 2021 - 12:58 PM

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So they're not another type, like a major or something, just newly eclosed?   OK cool.  If that's the case I learned a new word!  


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#49 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted July 1 2021 - 3:27 PM

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So they're not another type, like a major or something, just newly eclosed?   OK cool.  If that's the case I learned a new word!  

Correct and it is regardless of caste. For example, a major that just eclosed would also be a callow.


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#50 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 6 2021 - 6:59 AM

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Well, had a minor mishap and slightly overfilled the water tower on Friday. However nothing bad seems to have come of it other than there was some minor condensation on the glass for a day. Here's a photo from Friday. 

 

 

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#51 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 6 2021 - 7:53 AM

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On their way to greatness!
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#52 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 7 2021 - 7:07 AM

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A quick photo from last night when I was feeding the colony. 

 

 

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#53 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 8 2021 - 10:13 AM

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Some more photos from last night. One of the larvae looks rather large in the first photo. Seems too early for it to be an elate or something...  :thinking:

 

Brood on the water tower.

 

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Brood near the nest mate. 

 

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#54 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 8 2021 - 10:30 AM

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Pogonomyrmex Often have different size workers but are monomorphic. It’s kind of like when the 1st generation of workers is smaller than the 2nd. So I doubt they are alates just large workers.

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#55 Offline yibsi - Posted July 8 2021 - 6:17 PM

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Pogonomyrmex Often have different size workers but are monomorphic. It’s kind of like when the 1st generation of workers is smaller than the 2nd. So I doubt they are alates just large workers.

Same thing with tetramorium immigrans here in central illinois, a lot of times you'll see larger workers and smaller workers in the same colony even though they are monomorphic.


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#56 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 12 2021 - 10:41 AM

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Really think this colony is my favorite right now. So fun to watch when I feed them. 

 

 

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#57 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted July 12 2021 - 10:59 AM

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Look at that brood pile! Pogonomyrmex have been my favorite species forever, and watching them eat never gets old. 


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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

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-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 


#58 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 13 2021 - 7:01 AM

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Snapped a photo this morning before work. 

 

 

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#59 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 13 2021 - 9:00 AM

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If you look back at the first photo you took and then looked at this one. it’s pretty cool to see all the growth over a few months.
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#60 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted July 13 2021 - 9:24 AM

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If you look back at the first photo you took and then looked at this one. it’s pretty cool to see all the growth over a few months.

I counted something like 27 pupae last night. These gals are really growing well in their fallen fortress. Starting to wonder if I need to plan on a bigger nest soon.  :o


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