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[SYUTEO]

Well, good news and bad news. Both about mites.

 

Good news: There are fewer mites on the C. irritans queen and workers.

 

Bad news: The mites on the Colobopsis cf leonardi colony is most likely parasitic.

[ANTdrew]

My Camponotus subbarbatus got a major in their second generation.

[SYUTEO]

Last night I caught a Technomyrmex queen!  I was actually wondering if she was semi or fully claustral because the workers and queens look almost identical  .

[ANTS_KL]

Last night I caught a Technomyrmex queen! I was actually wondering if she was semi or fully claustral because the workers and queens look almost identical .

Feed her just in case. I want technomyrmex cuz I find them cute.

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[SYUTEO]

 

Last night I caught a Technomyrmex queen! I was actually wondering if she was semi or fully claustral because the workers and queens look almost identical .

Feed her just in case. I want technomyrmex cuz I find them cute.

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Well, okay, I'll try feeding her. I've actually had a few attempts in the past, back then I raised them like a normal fully claustral queen but they didn't succeed.

[SYUTEO]

My Camponotus subbarbatus got a major in their second generation.

My colony's major is probably in the third or fourth generation but I could be wrong.

[SYUTEO]

Update: Most of the mites have come off the C. irritans colony. And I think I saw the Anochetus queen is holding a larva.

 

Edit: It's been confirmed! There IS a larva!

Edited by SYUTEO, July 10 2021 - 9:20 PM.

[SYUTEO]

Update: Last night I saw that the Anochetus queen has three larvae but now she moved the eggs and possibly the small larvae to the ceiling of her nest making it hard for me to properly count the amount of larvae she has, it may even be possible that she ate them (I hope she didn't eat them).

 

Edit: As of right now, four larvae have been confirmed.

Edited by SYUTEO, July 12 2021 - 10:37 PM.

[SYUTEO]

I just caught a tiny black Monomorium queen (looks similar to M. minimum).

[ANTS_KL]

I just caught a tiny black Monomorium queen (looks similar to M. minimum).

It's probably M. monomorium. They were recently updated into the Malaysian ant database in antweb.

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[SYUTEO]

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony. 

Edited by DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL, July 13 2021 - 8:06 PM.

[SYUTEO]

 

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony. 

 

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

[DIACAMMAWORLDCOOL]

 

 

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony. 

 

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

 

Yeah once, one of my queens raised the first generation which was a single worker and then ate it.

[ANTS_KL]

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony.

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

Yeah once, one of my queens raised the first generation which was a single worker and then ate it.

ouch. Fingers crossed that won't happen to mine. Tho all trap jaws in odontomachus are more simple. Adequate feeding and proper maintenance guarantees success.

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[SYUTEO]

 

 

 

 

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony.

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

Yeah once, one of my queens raised the first generation which was a single worker and then ate it.

ouch. Fingers crossed that won't happen to mine. Tho all trap jaws in odontomachus are more simple. Adequate feeding and proper maintenance guarantees success.

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That happened to my Odontoponera denticulata queen.

[ANTS_KL]

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony.

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

Yeah once, one of my queens raised the first generation which was a single worker and then ate it.

ouch. Fingers crossed that won't happen to mine. Tho all trap jaws in odontomachus are more simple. Adequate feeding and proper maintenance guarantees success.

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That happened to my Odontoponera denticulata queen.

My odontoponera never laid eggs

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[SYUTEO]

Sadly, the Odontomachus simillimus queen has died.

Similimus is HARD to raise from a queen. I got 2 colonies, caught as a colony.

I raised that queen successfully but after the first generation, the larvae failed to pupate and then all the workers died, only the queen is left. Now, she's gone.

Yeah once, one of my queens raised the first generation which was a single worker and then ate it.

ouch. Fingers crossed that won't happen to mine. Tho all trap jaws in odontomachus are more simple. Adequate feeding and proper maintenance guarantees success.

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That happened to my Odontoponera denticulata queen.

My odontoponera never laid eggs

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I guess it usually depends on when you catch the queens, queens that are caught just after mating usually laid eggs and queens that already raised some brood before being captured usually don't lay eggs. And my Odontoponera queens almost never let their larvae pupate for some reason.

[SYUTEO]

A few updates, Camponotus parius also had mites, though not a lot of them. Anochetus now has five larvae and Monomorium queen has a small pile of eggs.

[ANTdrew]

Photos of the Monomorium, please.