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[SYUTEO]

HUGE UPDATE

 

Lots of updates happened recently but I purposely decided to post it now because I'm rather busy for the past few days because I had school. But anyway, let's get to the updates!

 

Anochetus (colony) has pupae!  I think the reason is because they didn't have much substrate in the old nest (they moved their nest to a different location btw) and possibly also due to humidity. I also added some red sand to their enclosure to fill in the random holes they dug and I guess that also ended up helping the larvae successfully pupate. I might move them to a proper nest some time soon to let the larvae successfully pupate every time.

 

Anochetus (queen) has one pupa! Here's a pic:

Camponotus albosparsus also has pupae!

Both Colobopsis queens laid eggs!

Queen 1:

Queen 2, possibly a different species? Or they just look different when physogastric:

But what I'm most excited about is that Paratopula has her first worker!

Here's a better pic, also what she's holding is a peice of mealworm and if you look closely, there is a larva stuck to it , not sure how it got stuck there or how they're going to get it unstuck but I sure hope it doesn't die:

And here's a picture of the new Polyrhachis bicolor queen, no eggs yet though :

 

Honestly, this is probably the biggest update post I made, 15 lines of text, 7 pictures, 6 smileys and used 42 minutes to make. (yes I actually counted)

[ANTS_KL]

HUGE UPDATE

 

Lots of updates happened recently but I purposely decided to post it now because I'm rather busy for the past few days because I had school. But anyway, let's get to the updates!

 

Anochetus (colony) has pupae!  I think the reason is because they didn't have much substrate in the old nest (they moved their nest to a different location btw) and possibly also due to humidity. I also added some red sand to their enclosure to fill in the random holes they dug and I guess that also ended up helping the larvae successfully pupate. I might move them to a proper nest some time soon to let the larvae successfully pupate every time.

 

Anochetus (queen) has one pupa! Here's a pic:

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM (1).jpeg

Camponotus albosparsus also has pupae!

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.42 PM.jpeg

Both Colobopsis queens laid eggs!

Queen 1:

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM (5).jpeg

Queen 2, possibly a different species? Or they just look different when physogastric:

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM (4).jpeg

But what I'm most excited about is that Paratopula has her first worker!

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM (3).jpeg

Here's a better pic, also what she's holding is a peice of mealworm and if you look closely, there is a larva stuck to it , not sure how it got stuck there or how they're going to get it unstuck but I sure hope it doesn't die:

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM (2).jpeg

And here's a picture of the new Polyrhachis bicolor queen, no eggs yet though :

WhatsApp Image 2021-12-04 at 8.16.41 PM.jpeg

 

Honestly, this is probably the biggest update post I made, 15 lines of text, 7 pictures, 6 smileys and used 42 minutes to make. (yes I actually counted)

good luck!!

[SYUTEO]

A couple more updates:

 

C. parius has it's first male alate.

 

Paratopula nanitic is starting to harden and the larva that got stuck in the mealworm was unstuck.

 

I went to a forest this morning but the only queen I found is a Platythyrea alate, the only 'good' thing I found are some wild lowland pitcher plants (Nepenthes cf gracilis, obviously I didn't take them home because it might be illegal) and also some Meranoplus cf malaysianus workers.

[ANTS_KL]

A couple more updates:

C. parius has it's first male alate.

Paratopula nanitic is starting to harden and the larva that got stuck in the mealworm was unstuck.

I went to a forest this morning but the only queen I found is a Platythyrea alate, the only 'good' thing I found are some wild lowland pitcher plants (Nepenthes cf gracilis, obviously I didn't take them home because it might be illegal) and also some Meranoplus cf malaysianus workers.

Platythyrea are rare. Keep her and she might give you a colony!

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[Idontexist]

How long does bca tqke to go from worker to egg

[SYUTEO]

How long does bca tqke to go from worker to egg

I think it's about one month.

 

Also I think you mean egg to worker, how can a worker turn back into an egg?

[SYUTEO]

Paratopula has a second worker.

 

Platythyrea broke off her wings.

 

One Mesoponera queen died.

 

Unknown sp might have eaten her eggs.

[SYUTEO]

I collected a Yellow crazy ant colony, 1 queen, 15-20 workers and some brood. Didn't collect the whole colony though, since the whole colony has over 300 workers and lots of brood, if I were to stay there and collect the whole colony, I would have been acid sprayed to the point I'm blind. I might collect the rest of the colony when I come back. I did also find a Leptogenys colony with about 20-30 workers but I didn't have another box to keep them in so I didn't collect it, I might collect it in the future but what do you think?

[SYUTEO]

Unfortunately, Platythyrea died.

 

One Colobopsis queen might have a larva.

 

I have identified the unknown Ponerinae as Brachyponera.

 

The Pharaoh ants have returned and killed my mealworms and trying to invade my colonies.

[SYUTEO]

Lots of updates

 

Anochetus (queen) had her first worker and another larva hatched!

 

Anoplolepis gracilipes had a few dead workers but the queen laid some eggs, they moved to a test tube and some new workers eclosed.

 

Camponotus albosparsus has three nanitics!

 

Both Colobopsis queens have larvae!

 

Now, I didn't forget about L. rothneyi and M. bicolor's birthdays, I was going to give M. bicolor a new nest but that nest failed and so I just gave them something new to eat, I will still give them a new nest sometime.

 

Odontomachus simillimus (colony) had a new pupa and several larvae hatched.

 

Paratopula sp has five workers.

 

Tetramorium cf bicarinatum had pupae and they are starting to darken.

 

I will upload pictures soon.

 

Edit: Unfortunately, Polyrhachis cf bicolor died.

Edited by SYUTEO, December 21 2021 - 5:09 AM.

[ANTS_KL]

I hope you can grow the yca into a big colony!

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[ANTdrew]

How about your Nylanderia?

[SYUTEO]

I hope you can grow the yca into a big colony!

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Well, I am planning on collecting some more brood from their original colony to brood boost them and I have located at least 5 more YCA nests in that plantation and at least one more queen.

[ANTS_KL]

How about your Nylanderia?

Mine? They are not growing at all. Acting quite strange actually.

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[SYUTEO]

Merry Christmas everyone! I found a Tetramorium sp queen that's completely orange and bigger than my T. cf bicarinatum. I'm still not sure if she is Tetramorium though, I'll do research to determine it.

[ANTS_KL]

Merry Christmas everyone! I found a Tetramorium sp queen that's completely orange and bigger than my T. cf bicarinatum. I'm still not sure if she is Tetramorium though, I'll do research to determine it.

That's a Paratopula I think. Mind if you send pics?

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Edited by ANTS_KL, December 25 2021 - 12:55 AM.

[SYUTEO]

 

Merry Christmas everyone! I found a Tetramorium sp queen that's completely orange and bigger than my T. cf bicarinatum. I'm still not sure if she is Tetramorium though, I'll do research to determine it.

That's a Paratopula I think. Mind if you send pics?

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Here:

[ANTS_KL]

Merry Christmas everyone! I found a Tetramorium sp queen that's completely orange and bigger than my T. cf bicarinatum. I'm still not sure if she is Tetramorium though, I'll do research to determine it.

That's a Paratopula I think. Mind if you send pics?

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Here:

Looks Paratopula indeed

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[SYUTEO]

 

 

 

Merry Christmas everyone! I found a Tetramorium sp queen that's completely orange and bigger than my T. cf bicarinatum. I'm still not sure if she is Tetramorium though, I'll do research to determine it.

That's a Paratopula I think. Mind if you send pics?

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Here:

Looks Paratopula indeed

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Ok!

[SYUTEO]

Everyone, I actually found a Colobopsis alate last night! She hasn't broke off her wings yet. And this a species that does autothysis (self-destruct), could be C. leonardi.