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Still waiting on mine.
Don't worry too much, things move very quickly in my apartment ant-wise.
Update 10-27-2014
Both new queens eventually ate all their brood. One of the queens died a few days ago. The one remaining queen recently laid more eggs, but has eaten almost all of those again now.
Neither of us are having luck with this species, at least you have your Myrmecocystus mimicus...
Yeah, one of her only workers found dead today...
We need to interrogate jimbodw07. He seems to be the only one who has success with his, getting his to the point of getting workers and all.
Update 12-3-2014
The last queen died yesterday. I found her laying there dead in her test tube all colored red for some reason. Better luck next year hopefully.
Colored red? Are you getting the pink bacteria I have?
I don't know what it was. She was just completely red.
Just like ants of mine that die to that red/pink stuff...
Edited by nurbs, July 10 2015 - 9:37 PM.
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This is a gorgeous species. I can't believe how beautiful my queen is, and I can see that is evident in yours, too.
PhD Student & NSF Graduate Research Fellow | University of Florida Dept. of Entomology & Nematology - Lucky Ant Lab
Founder & Director of The Ant Network. Ant keeper since 2009. Insect ecologist and science communicator. He/Him.
Hey did you just get a small portion of your colony, or was it just a small, young colony?
Hey did you just get a small portion of your colony, or was it just a small, young colony?
Small, young colony. First or second year. We nearly got the entire colony - I would expect a few stragglers got left behind.
Edited by Miles, July 11 2015 - 7:05 AM.
PhD Student & NSF Graduate Research Fellow | University of Florida Dept. of Entomology & Nematology - Lucky Ant Lab
Founder & Director of The Ant Network. Ant keeper since 2009. Insect ecologist and science communicator. He/Him.
Oh that's the best: a new queen that you know if pretty fit already. You're lucky.
Oh that's the best: a new queen that you know if pretty fit already. You're lucky.
I am very lucky! I also have a Myrmecocystus navajo queen who has raised a small colony - she might be even prettier than these.
PhD Student & NSF Graduate Research Fellow | University of Florida Dept. of Entomology & Nematology - Lucky Ant Lab
Founder & Director of The Ant Network. Ant keeper since 2009. Insect ecologist and science communicator. He/Him.
Update 7-11-2015
The queen in the ant farm box has finished digging her founding chamber and has closed it off.
Here she is digging her founding chamber.
Here she is closing it off.
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