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Antkeeper01's Ponera pennsylvanica journal(Recontinued!) New queen!

Started By Antkeeper01 , May 16 2021 2:13 PM
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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 16 2021 - 2:13 PM

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So yesterday i found a 2q Ponera pennsylvanica colony with only a few workers being attacked by a massive tetra colony i knew if i didn't help they would definitely be killed so i collected 2 queens and 2 workers so far here are pics

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Edited by Antkeeper01, September 27 2021 - 3:08 PM.

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 2 2021 - 1:00 PM

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These died sadly


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#3 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 27 2021 - 3:06 PM

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Hey I'm back!!! Anyway yesterday I'm pretty sure I found a Ponera queen foraging yesterday so I collected her made he a testube setup with a piece of rotten wood and about an hour ago I collected some springtails for her. So yay!!


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 19 2022 - 2:09 PM

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That queen died a while ago. Bit when I was acting in golden I lifted a rock and found a 1 queen like 20 worker colony! They have been living in a simple test tube set up until yesterday when I moved them into a test tube with coco fiber.pretty sure this is the queen but it's hard to see:

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 19 2022 - 2:38 PM

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That queen died a while ago. Bit when I was acting in golden I lifted a rock and found a 1 queen like 20 worker colony! They have been living in a simple test tube set up until yesterday when I moved them into a test tube with coco fiber.pretty sure this is the queen but it's hard to see:

It seems like you're repeating your mistakes. All of the previous setups seem similar to this one. Ponera will take smaller insects in captivity iirc. I've seen pre-killed baby roaches fed to them before. The setups also seem far too moist. 
A post I found that could help: Looking for detailed explanation on how to get a Ponera pennsylvanica colony going - General Ant Keeping - Ants & Myrmecology Forum (formiculture.com)


Edited by ANTS_KL, April 19 2022 - 2:41 PM.

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

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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 Antkeeper01 - Posted April 20 2022 - 6:30 AM

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That queen died a while ago. Bit when I was acting in golden I lifted a rock and found a 1 queen like 20 worker colony! They have been living in a simple test tube set up until yesterday when I moved them into a test tube with coco fiber.pretty sure this is the queen but it's hard to see:

It seems like you're repeating your mistakes. All of the previous setups seem similar to this one. Ponera will take smaller insects in captivity iirc. I've seen pre-killed baby roaches fed to them before. The setups also seem far too moist. 
A post I found that could help: Looking for detailed explanation on how to get a Ponera pennsylvanica colony going - General Ant Keeping - Ants & Myrmecology Forum (formiculture.com)

 

The single queen died of dehydration and they seem to be doing well in this habitat at the moment. The reason I didn't put them in a petri dish nest is because I don't have any petri dishes at the moment but will try to get some soon. Thanks for the advice!

EDIT: I have them on a diet of springtails at the moment.


Edited by Antkeeper01, April 20 2022 - 6:31 AM.

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#7 Offline NicholasP - Posted April 20 2022 - 7:08 AM

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I can say, having kept a 40-worker strong workerless colony, that they are sensitive to not having water and usually die within a day or two.


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#8 Offline OiledOlives - Posted April 20 2022 - 7:12 AM

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I can say, having kept a 40-worker strong workerless colony, that they are sensitive to not having water and usually die within a day or two.

Did you mean queenless?


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#9 Offline NicholasP - Posted April 20 2022 - 7:11 PM

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I can say, having kept a 40-worker strong workerless colony, that they are sensitive to not having water and usually die within a day or two.

Did you mean queenless?

 

Oh. Yeah, I meant queenless.


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