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[ANTS_KL]

Paratopula has one confirmed egg! Though she still has her wings on, I hope she founds successfully.

Tetramorium has more workers but their test tube is getting moldy.

Odontomachus has one pupa.

Paratopula founding!!! I hope you succeed because from what I hear that's rare.

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[SYUTEO]

 

Paratopula has one confirmed egg! Though she still has her wings on, I hope she founds successfully.

Tetramorium has more workers but their test tube is getting moldy.

Odontomachus has one pupa.

Paratopula founding!!! I hope you succeed because from what I hear that's rare.

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I'm sorry to disappoint you but I think she ate it.    I hope she lays another one.

[SYUTEO]

Odontomachus has 3 larvae and all the fully claustral queens I caught now have larvae and Iridomyrmex already has 5 pupae! I promise you pictures are coming soon!

[ANTS_KL]

Gish darndit going out isn't proving to be fruitful for me. I did get a Chinese Mantis from my neighbor. Raise ur queens well!

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[SYUTEO]

Gish darndit going out isn't proving to be fruitful for me. I did get a Chinese Mantis from my neighbor. Raise ur queens well!

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Don't lose hope! The bulk of the nuptial flights had already started and the best time to find some is tonight. Good luck!

[ANTS_KL]

Gish darndit going out isn't proving to be fruitful for me. I did get a Chinese Mantis from my neighbor. Raise ur queens well!

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Don't lose hope! The bulk of the nuptial flights had already started and the best time to find some is tonight. Good luck!

thanks

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[SYUTEO]

Iridomyrmex has a her first nanitic and Paratopula laid a new egg.

[SYUTEO]

Paratopula now has three eggs and hopefully she's not going to eat them.

 

Iridomyrmex anceps now has workers and here's a picture.

[ANTS_KL]

Paratopula now has three eggs and hopefully she's not going to eat them.

 

Iridomyrmex anceps now has workers and here's a picture.

Can I have the schedules of when I should be expecting what stages of brood?

[SYUTEO]

 

Paratopula now has three eggs and hopefully she's not going to eat them.

 

Iridomyrmex anceps now has workers and here's a picture.

Can I have the schedules of when I should be expecting what stages of brood?

 

Egg-Larva: about 1 week. Larva-Pupa: about 1-1.5 weeks. Pupa-Worker: 1.2-1.5 weeks.

 

Note: The times may vary.

[SYUTEO]

All the other queens now had workers!

 

Solenopsis geminata

The injured Crematogaster queen succeeded!  

Odontomachus simillimus, the nanitic is on the cotton and unfortunately covered by the light reflection. Also another larva failed to spin it's cocoon, I don't know why.  

[SYUTEO]

I caught two new queens! A Mesoponera alate and an Anochetus queen (different species from my colony I already have).

[ANTS_KL]

I caught two new queens! A Mesoponera alate and an Anochetus queen (different species from my colony I already have).

I'm using Tapatalk again lol. Anyway for mesoponera I recommend fruit flies. Live.

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[SYUTEO]

 

I caught two new queens! A Mesoponera alate and an Anochetus queen (different species from my colony I already have).

I'm using Tapatalk again lol. Anyway for mesoponera I recommend fruit flies. Live.

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Thanks. That may be a little difficult but I'll try.

[SYUTEO]

I caught another Mesoponera alate and I just got home and now Trichomyrmex destructor has workers, Paratopula should have larvae in a few days and all the newer colonies have more workers. 

[SYUTEO]

Update: Anochetus sp2 queen already laid an egg! Compared to my previous queen which took like 5 days of feeding before she laid eggs (after all, they are different species). And also my colony of Anochetus has much less pupae compared with before I went to my grandmother's house even though there's a decent amount of larvae at that time which is worrying me a bit. I suspect that since I haven't came back for two days, their nest had dried up and the larvae could not pupate due to the absence of humidity. Anyways, does humidity affect the larvae's success rate of pupating?

 

Edit: I also just realised that Paratopula only has 5 legs.

Edited by SYUTEO, November 5 2021 - 11:20 PM.

[ANTS_KL]

I caught another Mesoponera alate and I just got home and now Trichomyrmex destructor has workers, Paratopula should have larvae in a few days and all the newer colonies have more workers. 

pics? I wanna see the Mesoponera

[SYUTEO]

Pictures:

Paratopula sp, she doesn't like me taking pictures of her and she likes to run around her test tube carrying her eggs whenever she feels vibrations or sees light. Circled is an egg and a larva.

Trichomyrmex destructor, the queen now has workers and next the worker next to her seems to be a major.

Anochetus sp2, she's a dark red Anochetus queen and she already laid two eggs! (not in picture unfortunately) Also good luck finding her in the picture   , she blends in very well.

Mesoponera cf rubra, she hasn't shed her wings or has she laid any eggs yet (neither has the other queen of the same species ).

 

[Idontexist]

Cool dude. I wish i hadn't failed at raising my own queen. Ant maby for christmas ill get a ant farm. Yeah

[Antkeeper01]

Sorry but I have to correct you, It's called a ant colony or formicarium. There's a difference an ant colony has a reproductive and a ant farm is just workers.