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THG's first Pogonomyrmex occidentalis journal

Started By TacticalHandleGaming , May 9 2021 7:38 PM

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#101 Offline smares - Posted August 24 2021 - 5:11 PM

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Do you keep it fairly dry or more on the humid side?

#102 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted August 24 2021 - 5:18 PM

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Do you keep it fairly dry or more on the humid side?

I add water to the water tower weekly, and the heat cable keeps things warm. Everything else is all to do with the nest from THA. All I know is I must be doing something right.

 

As for how the nest is setup, here's a photo.

 

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#103 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted August 26 2021 - 9:45 AM

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Finally ordered a new nest today. As the colony seems like they were going to outgrow the current fallen fortress any day now. Plus my C. novaeboracensis colony needs a bigger home then their current test tube. This is the Labyrinth I grabbed from THA.

 

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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.

 

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Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel.  My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#104 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 26 2021 - 10:02 AM

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I can’t wait to see how much they grow next season
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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#105 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted August 31 2021 - 7:13 AM

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I can’t wait to see how much they grow next season

 

You say next season, this queen says she's not done with this season yet. She's still laying eggs.  ;)

 

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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

#106 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 4 2021 - 8:16 AM

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The great move began last night. This morning I moved over all the water and liquid feeders.
 

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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

#107 Offline JCRHJM - Posted September 5 2021 - 4:22 AM

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shame we can't get pogonomyrmex in australia


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#108 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 5 2021 - 9:57 AM

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Well, it's official! After about two days, we are all moved in, and they even moved all their seeds over. I disconnected the old fallen fortress and used an aspirator to suck up the 50 or so stragglers. They are still gathering their seeds from their foraging area and bringing them to the nest itself.

 

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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

#109 Offline Arachnids - Posted September 5 2021 - 1:25 PM

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Well, it's official! After about two days, we are all moved in, and they even moved all their seeds over. I disconnected the old fallen fortress and used an aspirator to suck up the 50 or so stragglers. They are still gathering their seeds from their foraging area and bringing them to the nest itself.

 

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Yay! Congratulations on the successful move


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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (1) | Camponotus pennsylvanicus (6) | Lasius aphidicola (4) | |  Tapinoma sessile  (3) | Lasius spp. (niger group) (2)  

#110 Offline Arachnids - Posted September 5 2021 - 1:27 PM

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I realize we have our P. occidentalis in the same formicarium now. Twinning out bro 


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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (1) | Camponotus pennsylvanicus (6) | Lasius aphidicola (4) | |  Tapinoma sessile  (3) | Lasius spp. (niger group) (2)  

#111 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted September 5 2021 - 2:00 PM

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So cool! You shouldn’t have to move them for…maybe…next week haha.
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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#112 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 5 2021 - 10:36 PM

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So cool! You shouldn’t have to move them for…maybe…next week haha.


I'm hoping I won't have to move them until next year. May have to order an XL labyrinth or custom XXL labyrinth if they continue to grow at this rate.

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

#113 Online ANTdrew - Posted September 6 2021 - 4:18 AM

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Good problem to have.
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#114 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 8 2021 - 7:15 AM

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Snapped a few photos last night of the colony. I estimate they have somewhere around 150 to 175ish workers. I'm looking forward to see how much growth we'll have over the next few months. I'm going to wait and see if this colony starts to slow for diapause, or if they just keep going through the winter. I've heard mixed information about pogonomyrmex occidentalis doing better/worse if you put them through diapause. So I'm going to let the colony decide. 

 

 

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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

#115 Offline cap_backfire - Posted September 8 2021 - 8:28 AM

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This journal has totally inspired me to get a Pogonomyrmex colony!   Thanks for the updates on the regular.   


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#116 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 8 2021 - 9:01 AM

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This journal has totally inspired me to get a Pogonomyrmex colony!   Thanks for the updates on the regular.   

Of course! I really enjoy them. THA has some young colonies for sale right now. Thinking about getting another. 


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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

#117 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 8 2021 - 10:17 AM

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This journal has totally inspired me to get a Pogonomyrmex colony!   Thanks for the updates on the regular.   

Of course! I really enjoy them. THA has some young colonies for sale right now. Thinking about getting another. 

 

they are expensive though i have like 20 queens and If sold them at the price THA does I would make several hundred dollars, you should find a cheaper seller, but if you can't you should definitely buy from THA(I'm not saying that THA isn't a good seller but they are expensive.)


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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#118 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 13 2021 - 7:17 AM

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Snapped some more photos last night. Colony still has eggs, larvae, and pupae. They don't seem to be slowing down at all. Also there's normally 25 - 50 workers in the outworld, depending on if I just fed them or not. 

 

 

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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

#119 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 13 2021 - 10:07 AM

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Great work, man! Unfortunately my Tetras murdered my last colony. I'm getting a replacement in the mail today. 


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#120 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted September 13 2021 - 10:09 AM

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Great work, man! Unfortunately my Tetras murdered my last colony. I'm getting a replacement in the mail today. 

I'll keep a closer eye on my tetras. Can't have them escaping.  :o


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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

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