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Started By antsriondel , Dec 3 2021 7:36 AM
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#61 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 4 2022 - 7:51 AM

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The darkwings lost a worker to old age  :*( but they also got a new pupae!!!! :yahoo:


#62 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 4 2022 - 8:04 AM

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antsriondel, on 04 Mar 2022 - 3:51 PM, said:

The darkwings lost a worker to old age  :*( but they also got a new pupae!!!! :yahoo:

Sorry to hear that antsriondel. May the Darkwings have a speedy recovery!


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#63 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 4 2022 - 10:57 AM

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ColAnt735, on 04 Mar 2022 - 4:04 PM, said:

 

antsriondel, on 04 Mar 2022 - 3:51 PM, said:

The darkwings lost a worker to old age  :*( but they also got a new pupae!!!! :yahoo:

Sorry to hear that antsriondel. May the Darkwings have a speedy recovery!

 

Thank you!!!  :D


#64 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 5 2022 - 10:36 AM

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The darkwings are feeding their dead worker to their larvae, WHAT CARNAGE IS THIS!!! :o


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#65 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 5 2022 - 12:03 PM

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Ants have a very relaxed approach to cannibalism.
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#66 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 5 2022 - 4:07 PM

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ColAnt735, on 05 Mar 2022 - 8:03 PM, said:

Ants have a very relaxed approach to cannibalism.

yeah, uh they completely devoured the body  :whistle:


#67 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 8 2022 - 6:23 AM

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The darkwings got three more pupae last night!!!! :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:

The night runners pupae should hatch in the next few days wich is really exciting! (y)


#68 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 8 2022 - 6:24 AM

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antsriondel, on 08 Mar 2022 - 2:23 PM, said:

The darkwings got three more pupae last night!!!! :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:

The night runners pupae should hatch in the next few days wich is really exciting! (y)

Nice! Keep up the good work!


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#69 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 8 2022 - 6:15 PM

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the night runners have a worker!!!! :yahoo:  :yahoo:  :yahoo:  she is so cute!!! Hopefully I will take photos tomorrow.


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#70 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 11 2022 - 11:04 AM

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The darkwings lost another worker due to old age. :*(

 

The night runners are now in a Petri dish setup I made myself.

 

The lasius might have a larvae, they might.


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#71 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 12 2022 - 4:04 PM

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the darkwings have two more new workers!!! :yahoo:

 

the night runners are doing ok, just not anything new.


#72 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 20 2022 - 8:53 AM

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The night runners have a new worker!!! :yahoo: They don't seem to like their petri dish so I am planning on making them a new formicarium.

The darkwings also have two new pupae but they lost two more nanitics. Also the lasius finally have a larvae!!! :yahoo:


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#73 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 20 2022 - 3:52 PM

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I know that I just updated today but, the Darkwings have two new workers!!! :yahoo:


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#74 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 23 2022 - 7:06 AM

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The Darkwings have a new worker!!! They now have fourteen workers!!! :yahoo: also lasius ate her larvae (n)


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antsriondel, on 23 Mar 2022 - 3:06 PM, said:

The Darkwings have a new worker!!! They now have fourteen workers!!! :yahoo: also lasius ate her larvae (n)

The Darkwings are growing so fast! My Lasius brevicornis queens also ate their larvae even though I don't check on them often.


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#76 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 24 2022 - 6:14 AM

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ColAnt735, on 23 Mar 2022 - 3:28 PM, said:

 

antsriondel, on 23 Mar 2022 - 3:06 PM, said:

The Darkwings have a new worker!!! They now have fourteen workers!!! :yahoo: also lasius ate her larvae (n)

The Darkwings are growing so fast! My Lasius brevicornis queens also ate their larvae even though I don't check on them often.

 

that sucks, oh and the darkwings have five more pupae so they should have a boom in population (y)


#77 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 24 2022 - 7:30 AM

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antsriondel, on 24 Mar 2022 - 2:14 PM, said:

 

ColAnt735, on 23 Mar 2022 - 3:28 PM, said:

 

antsriondel, on 23 Mar 2022 - 3:06 PM, said:

The Darkwings have a new worker!!! They now have fourteen workers!!! :yahoo: also lasius ate her larvae (n)

The Darkwings are growing so fast! My Lasius brevicornis queens also ate their larvae even though I don't check on them often.

 

that sucks, oh and the darkwings have five more pupae so they should have a boom in population (y)

 

Nice!


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#78 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 28 2022 - 2:31 PM

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The Darkwings: They have had a boom in population witch is awesome, also I have absolutely zero idea how many workers they have.

 

The Night runners: nothing new  :whistle:

 

The lasius: nothing new  :whistle:

 

and guess what! I caught a wild colony ( they are invasive where I live so don't sweat about wether they are native) of myrmica! :yahoo: I will most likely sell this colony so if anyone wants a myrmica colony with three queens and ten workers pm me.


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#79 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 30 2022 - 7:00 AM

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I caught a new species!!! I believe that it is lasius, but I am not one hundred percent sure.

 

All of the other colonies are doing great! (y)


#80 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted March 30 2022 - 7:26 AM

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antsriondel, on 30 Mar 2022 - 3:00 PM, said:

I caught a new species!!! I believe that it is lasius, but I am not one hundred percent sure.

 

All of the other colonies are doing great! (y)

At this time of year it is most likely Prenolepis imparis but we need pictures to be sure.


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