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JamesJohnson's Timid Temnothorax

Started By JamesJohnson , Sep 4 2021 1:11 PM

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#1 Offline JamesJohnson - Posted September 4 2021 - 1:11 PM

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After a fairly unsuccessful anting summer (queens caught that founded: 0), I decided to bite the bullet and buy some queens. Received them a couple weeks ago. They had varying levels of brood, with a pair of two even having nanitics. But after combining them into one test tube, they were largely moved back to square one.

A microscope shot of one the deceased nanitics:

Just wondering, how many segments do you count for this antennae? I count 11.

Edited by JamesJohnson, September 4 2021 - 1:32 PM.

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 4 2021 - 1:14 PM

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Nice! I'm bummed the ones that look just like this that I collected in the sierras are infertile.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).

#3 Offline JamesJohnson - Posted September 29 2021 - 12:51 PM

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I'm having some trouble with these gals. Their big larvae has stopped developing over a month ago, refusing the pupate, and one by one every few weeks one seems to separate from the broodpile and eventually die off. Perhaps they need to hibernate before they'll continue developing their brood pile? I'm stuck on what needs to be done.

Edited by JamesJohnson, September 29 2021 - 12:53 PM.