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ExponentMars' Camponotus ca-02 Journal

Started By ExponentMars , Nov 4 2021 9:23 AM

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#1 Offline ExponentMars - Posted November 4 2021 - 9:23 AM

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Started 11/4/2021
I recently realized that I have clip-on macro lenses to take pictures of the ants, so here's a journal on one of my colonies.

This is my ca02 colony. They currently have 15 or so workers, and a decently sized pile of brood.

Pictures -

Their current home (I will move them to a bigger one soon) -

Update 11/8/2022
To be honest, I got bored of keeping ants for a while and neglected all my colonies, so this colony has stayed pretty much the same since last year, but they now have a sizeable brood-pile! I also got some extension tubes for my camera, and a home-made flash diffuser to take these pictures.

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Worker guarding nest entrance(this same one is always on guard duty, haha).

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Brood pile.

Edited by ExponentMars, November 8 2022 - 8:31 PM.

Ants, gaming

Currently Keeping:

Crematogaster sp., Camponotus Ca02, Tetramorium Immigrans

Wishlist:

Acromyrmex, novos, Pogonomyrmex, Formica, and Lasius

#2 Offline ExponentMars - Posted November 4 2021 - 9:25 AM

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BTW, I got them from cocdeshijie and I've had them for about half a year now. They grew slowly, because for the first few months workers kept on running away without me noticing. I realized this, and bought fluon to prevent them from escaping.