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Posted August 14 2014 - 10:35 AM
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Posted August 26 2014 - 5:51 PM
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Posted August 26 2014 - 6:23 PM
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Is it just the lighting, or is she velvety like that?
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Posted August 26 2014 - 6:55 PM
Not sure. She probably does have some pubescence on her gaster.
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Posted August 26 2014 - 7:02 PM
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Judging from their opaqueness, they look very close to pupating.
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Posted September 8 2014 - 9:11 PM
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I caught 4 dorymrymex bicolor queens tonight in my backyard (there were tons more wandering around but I only have room for so many 
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Posted September 8 2014 - 9:19 PM
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Nice! It sounds like an interesting species to keep.
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Posted September 10 2014 - 6:30 PM
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Posted March 5 2015 - 10:27 PM
Updated 3-5-2015
The queen had a small colony for a while, but after they slowly died off, she has now died too.
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Posted March 5 2015 - 11:18 PM
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Shame... 
This was a cool species.
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Posted July 10 2015 - 12:52 PM
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Posted July 10 2015 - 1:24 PM
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Where their founding chambers just tiny mounds of dirt like the ones I found instead of the typical hole with a fan of dirt? Hope these do better than the Dorymyrmex I caught!
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted July 10 2015 - 2:59 PM
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That's weird that yours dug up piles, the D. bicolor I dug up around here didn't make the typical Dorymyrmex mound.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Posted July 10 2015 - 8:10 PM
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That's weird that yours dug up piles, the D. bicolor I dug up around here didn't make the typical Dorymyrmex mound.
What were they? Like the typical hole and fan?
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted July 11 2015 - 9:35 AM
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Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Posted July 11 2015 - 10:13 AM
That's weird. I've never seen Dorymyrmex make founding chambers like that. I guess it's possible. I always thought all Pheidole made little mounts too, until I dug some species I never found before out of a typical fan shaped nest.
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Posted July 11 2015 - 12:59 PM
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Posted July 12 2015 - 9:57 AM
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Have you had relatively good luck with all the species you've tried in the dirt boxes? Of the three Pogonomyrmex I tried in similar setups, only one dug (then died). My other two never attempted to dig, even with starting holes.
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted July 12 2015 - 1:32 PM
Yes they have worked pretty well.
Pogonomyrmex do that some times. I've had a lot of different species wait a while before digging.
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