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THG's Tetramorium immigrans log

Started By TacticalHandleGaming , Jun 25 2021 8:45 AM

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#41 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted January 18 2022 - 8:19 AM

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Anyone want a tetramorium colony? Starting to think I'm in trouble here.  :o

 

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#42 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 20 2022 - 7:01 AM

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Good luck, I hope you survive!
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#43 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted January 20 2022 - 9:14 AM

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Anyone want a tetramorium colony?

I would but i'm a little busy with mine taking over my house :sore:


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#44 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted January 20 2022 - 6:25 PM

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Haha! I'm getting some tetra next week. Can't wait for mine to be like this! Unless it takes over my house
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#45 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted January 21 2022 - 5:39 AM

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Haha! I'm getting some tetra next week. Can't wait for mine to be like this! Unless it takes over my house

They LOVE protein. They'll eat anything from fruit flies, to chicken, to fish food flakes.

 


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#46 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted January 21 2022 - 3:13 PM

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I wonder why mine don’t forage like that…There are usually four workers foraging and when they get mealworms they just burry it. The max amount of workers I’ve seen is like fifteen.
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#47 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 21 2022 - 3:16 PM

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I wonder why mine don’t forage like that…There are usually four workers foraging and when they get mealworms they just burry it. The max amount of workers I’ve seen is like fifteen.

Temperature?
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#48 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted January 21 2022 - 3:40 PM

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It’s in the 60’s in my room. I have a heat cable on the side of the nest.

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#49 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted January 21 2022 - 10:45 PM

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I wonder why mine don’t forage like that…There are usually four workers foraging and when they get mealworms they just burry it. The max amount of workers I’ve seen is like fifteen.

There's normally a handful in the foraging area. But they have a swarm response to most food.


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

#50 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 22 2022 - 3:38 AM

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Tetramorium need to well above 75deg for a big feeding response.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#51 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted January 29 2022 - 10:24 AM

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So minor update on the colonies. I'm giving the colony in my own made nest (The winged queen) to a local 6th grade science class! (y) I'll be keeping the xl mini hearth colony for myself. I really can only handle one colony of these fast growing gals. (At least for now.) Plus I need the shelf space for my other species.

 

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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

#52 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 29 2022 - 10:37 AM

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Smart move.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#53 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted February 4 2022 - 8:14 AM

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These colonies keep growing, and seem to eat whatever I give them. 

 

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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

#54 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted February 11 2022 - 5:49 AM

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Photo of the xl mini hearth colony.

 

The winged queen in my custom nest goes to that school today. (y)

 

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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

#55 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted February 13 2022 - 8:02 PM

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Photo of the xl mini hearth colony.

 

The winged queen in my custom nest goes to that school today. (y)

 

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Dang I would've took the colony if I'd saw this journal earlier. Cool it's going to a school though. I suppose one 200 worker immigrans colony is fine for me (y) nice looking colony


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#56 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted February 13 2022 - 8:09 PM

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One colony of tetramorium is plenty for me. I have no idea how people keep something faster growing like fire ants. :ugone2far:


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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

#57 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted February 14 2022 - 10:44 AM

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For fire ants, I think you probably just need to have a lot of different sized nests ready
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#58 Offline Crazycow - Posted February 14 2022 - 11:24 AM

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For fire ants, I think you probably just need to have a lot of different sized nests ready

Yeah fr they reach insane sizes in just a couple months


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#59 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted February 20 2022 - 6:28 PM

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Gave one colony to that middle school, still got the xl mini hearth/mini hearth colony. They do forage a bit in the additional mini hearth, but not many workers or brood in there normally. The XL mini hearth is jammed packed however. Crazy to see. I'm wondering if I'm going to have to figure out something else nest wise.

 

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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

#60 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 21 2022 - 4:47 AM

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