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Lazyant's Ant Journal

Started By lazyant , Apr 17 2022 7:24 AM

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#21 Offline OiledOlives - Posted April 22 2022 - 8:46 AM

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Maybe it was like buying Camponotus discolor, you don’t know if you’re going to get discolor or the sub species.

C. decipiens is not a subspecies of C. discolor.


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#22 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 22 2022 - 12:16 PM

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Maybe it was like buying Camponotus discolor, you don’t know if you’re going to get discolor or the sub species.

C. decipiens is not a subspecies of C. discolor.
I meant like a similar species. Sorry for confusion

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#23 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted April 22 2022 - 1:22 PM

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The meme thread is certainly not dead.

Oh, sorry, just checked...I guess I just don't read it. Why am I so slow %)

Also, sorry for cutting off the conversation about the species


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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#24 Offline lazyant - Posted April 22 2022 - 2:06 PM

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Please do not clutter the journal up. Thank you!


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#25 Offline lazyant - Posted April 27 2022 - 12:44 PM

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UPDATE: Sorry for not posting. I had not had any major events UNTIL TODAY.

 

My ants have been escaping from my stupid ac Nest :( BUT i am buying new ants look out for that and sorry for no pictures :]


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#26 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted April 27 2022 - 3:47 PM

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Have you managed to block of where they're escaping? Did a lot of workers escape or just a few?


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#27 Offline lazyant - Posted April 27 2022 - 4:05 PM

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Yeah It's fine now. At one point there was like 1 worker per sq. foot of my room.


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#28 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted April 27 2022 - 6:42 PM

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Yeah It's fine now. At one point there was like 1 worker per sq. foot of my room.


That’s tough. I would be paranoid there is some crawling about when I go to bed…
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#29 Offline lazyant - Posted April 30 2022 - 9:50 PM

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Photo dump: Also, they have moved into the other nest and tubing, but are using the AC nest as a garbage dump, so should I remove it?

 

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Dunno' why it looks like there's no ants the tha nest 

 

 

 

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#30 Offline AlexLebedev - Posted April 30 2022 - 9:59 PM

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yes remove the ac nest it would mold and kill the colony let them use their outworlds as a garbage dump


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What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W

 

 

What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.

#31 Offline lazyant - Posted April 30 2022 - 10:05 PM

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yes remove the ac nest it would mold and kill the colony let them use their outworlds as a garbage dump

Doing it right now


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#32 Offline lazyant - Posted May 6 2022 - 4:19 PM

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OK, sorry for no updates, the updates are the queen has been a egg laying machine!

Recently the brood in general has been progressing rapidly compare to before, also PHOTO DUMP!

 

 

 

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#33 Offline lazyant - Posted May 11 2022 - 9:27 PM

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Hello again, um............ there was another brood explosion in the colony, and expecting the next generation to be massive! ALSO Should I make a different ant journal for other ant species? PHOTO DUMP 

 

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#34 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted May 12 2022 - 11:09 AM

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Can I see a pic of the queen? If you don know the species, a queen pic would help. It could be C.modoc?


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Interested buying in ants? Feel free to check out my shop! 

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

 

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Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

 

 

#35 Offline lazyant - Posted May 13 2022 - 9:13 PM

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20220513_221002.jpg here you go

Can I see a pic of the queen? If you don know the species, a queen pic would help. It could be C.modoc?

 


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#36 Offline lazyant - Posted May 18 2022 - 5:55 AM

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Update: The queens have been super busy laying eggs lately, I suspect the heating has been helping. I give them like 2 mealworms a day, and they completely BODY 2 of the biggest mealworms I have, seems like they are always hungry! 

 

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As you can see they use the tubing as a satellite nest, bright future for these guys!

 

 


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#37 Offline Guest_SolenopsisKeeper_* - Posted May 18 2022 - 11:52 AM

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Hopefully, no mites are introduced… or else the future may be further…

#38 Offline lazyant - Posted May 18 2022 - 12:16 PM

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Hopefully, no mites are introduced… or else the future may be further…

Oh no it is okay, I freeze the mealworms before I feed it to the ants


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#39 Offline lazyant - Posted May 27 2022 - 1:31 PM

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Hello again, so I found 3 queens in total uhh....yeah. Here's some photos see if you can spot the queen.

 

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#40 Offline lazyant - Posted June 28 2022 - 7:17 AM

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They have slowed down, I thought they had gotten sick or something but it was for ALATES!

I am on a 2 week Vacay, and my sister is taking care of my ants,and she said there is a big ant with wings she sent a pic and What do you know Alates!

This colony is progressing faster than expected! 


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