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[Crazycow]

Hello everyone and welcome to C. Modoc journal! to start off i caught this queen about 3 weeks ago. straight of the bat i was ecstatic because i've always wanted C. Modoc but just never had luck founding them in the past. when i found her i was in the Colombia river gorge and she still had her wings and she didn't drop them for 3 days later when i got home. i set her down to go make a test tube and when i came back about 10 minutes later she has pulled of her wings and had 2 eggs. keep in mind that she was in the light just in a little collection container. anyway fast forward about a week and she has a nice healthy egg pile. 2 weeks after that and she finally has larva! yip yip hooray!!

Here is a nice little pic of her tending to her eggs and larva



here is a pic of two larva that are very close to the water cotton and are looking quite nice




more updates on this colony soon!

Edited by Crazycow, February 15 2022 - 1:16 PM.

[KadinB]

ummm do you mean Camponotus modoc

[Crazycow]

ummm do you mean Camponotus modoc

lmao yes i got it stuck in my head that is was C. Modac instead of C. Modoc my bad

[KadinB]

Lol Idk why but I have been pointing out so many errors in peoples post.


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[Crazycow]

Lol Idk why but I have been pointing out so many errors in peoples post.


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Lmao it’s all good

[ANTdrew]

Go to the first post of the thread, click edit, and select use full editor. Fix the spelling of modoc in the title.

[Crazycow]

Go to the first post of the thread, click edit, and select use full editor. Fix the spelling of modoc in the title.

Okay. I wasn’t sure on how to do that

[Crazycow]

so i checked on the C. Modoc queen and she has pupa!!!

 

 

I'm going on a trip for 10 days and am leaving this Saturday so i am a little concerned on if workers arrive before i get back. what should i do? should i just give her a small amount on honey and a cricket leg and call it good for the trip or should i just leave them?

 

 

also i have no idea why all my pics are upside down and i can't seem to fix it =/

[Crazycow]

Okay so it’s been a very very long time since I have updated. In the last couple of months the colony has grown quite a bit and I now have 35 workers and 2 small majors. I’ll post some pics when I get home.

[ElisAnts]

pics?


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[Crazycow]

Yeah I can’t figure out how to upload on my phone

[Crazycow]

Okay finally got some pictures. They have grown sooooo much!

[Crazycow]

Small update but I finally got a major that had a impressive head on it. It didn’t even realize it was on the way bc it’s cacoon must have been berried under some other pupae

[Crazycow]

Okay wow it’s been a very very long time since my last update but since then the colony has grown substantially and has gone from 30-40 workers to an impressive 100+. I’m quite happy with their growth so far and am excited to see how they grow in their second year. (Pics will be here soon)


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[mazmurlo]

Couple questions.

 

1. Did you brood boost at all?

 

2. Did you heat them at all?

 

3. Did they hibernate at all and if so for how long?

 

Thanks in advance though. 

Edited by mazmurlo, January 31 2022 - 5:47 PM.

[ElisAnts]

wow, crazy growth, i hope my modoc colony does this


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[Crazycow]

Couple questions.

1. Did you brood boost at all?

2. Did you heat them at all?

3. Did they hibernate at all and if so for how long?

Thanks in advance though.

Okay so no I did not brood boost. Yes I heated them at around 80-85 degrees. And yes I did but not very well because my fridge wasn’t keeping a consistent temperature and where I was keeping them got heated so I took them out in early January.


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wow, crazy growth, i hope my modoc colony does this


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Just keep them well heated at around 80-85 and keep them really well fed with sugar water and lots of proteins.


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[Crazycow]

Alright it has not been to long since my last update but i figured i should upload some pictures. Before that there is a little bit of an update to talk about. the colony has gotten very active and have almost completely consumed 3 large crickets in half a week and have have started running about a lot more. they also have decided to dig out under there feeding tray and make a makeshift cave which i found interesting. one more thing is i noticed that they were about always 30-40 ants resting in the tubing leading to their sugar water and their outworld so i figured they needed more room so i moved their sugar water directly into their outworld and hooked up another smaller nest for them to rest in and this has solved the problem.

here is the queen



here is their brood pile from hibernation



here is one of the main intersections in the nest

Edited by Crazycow, February 4 2022 - 11:19 AM.

[TacticalHandleGaming]

Healthy looking brood pile! Looks like they are doing well. 

[Crazycow]

Healthy looking brood pile! Looks like they are doing well.

Thanks man, really hoping they start laying eggs again soon


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