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United's camponotus Journey


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#21 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 22 2022 - 8:54 AM

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Camponotus texanus brood boom lots of new workers  are haching  feed them blood worm soup idk if they ate some 

camponotus vicnus are dumb i moved them in to a nest and they desited to live in the outworld 

 camponotus-ocreatus 5 worker and lots of brood 
 Camponotus novaeboraccensis nothing new except a large pupa
pics soon i don't feel like updating on the rest of my camponotus 


#22 Offline United-Ants - Posted October 27 2022 - 8:18 AM

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 Camponotus novaeboraccensis the large pupa hatched into a male 

will go into hibernation soon 

 

Camponotus texanus

​10 workers  and some brood do i hibernate them? i have herd yes and no 

camponotus vicnus
moved into the nest about 25 workers 

small brood pile 

camponotus-ocreatus

9 workers and some brood 

camponotus chromaiodes

4 workers in hibernation 

camponotus sansabeanus

3 workers one lava in hibernation 

camponotus discolor 15 to 20 workers and lot of brood 



#23 Offline United-Ants - Posted October 27 2022 - 8:25 AM

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Pics taken on 10-25-22  camponotus novaeboracensis

camponotus discolor

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Camponotus chromaiodes
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Camponotus texanus
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Camponotus ocreatus
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Camponotus vicinus
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#24 Offline United-Ants - Posted April 17 2023 - 11:28 AM

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4-17-23

long time no see i will start to update more often now that spring is here 

Camponotus ocreatus 

5 to 6 workers 

there larva is finality  a pupa  and they now have eggs 

camponotus discolor have about 20 workers the queen is laying eggs again they re starting to grow  

Camponotus sansabeanus

3 workers i took them out of hibernation back in march and they still don't have brood so i am losing hope for them i will try and move them into a new test-tube to see if that will work i am open to any advice to help them 

Camponotus novaeboracensis around 9 workers 

no brood  yet i toke them out of hibernation a few days ago i fed them a cockroach 

Camponotus vicinus colony a aka orange vicinus 

20 workers i took them off heat in January and will be puting them back on heat in a few days been stating to feed them proteins again   

colony 2 i got them for Christmas around 10 workers and brood now they are a lot larger then colony a the queen is huge 

Camponotus modoc i got 2 queens from stateside ants in January one queen had 4 workers but are down to 3 the other queen had one worker   

camponotus texuns are going to be put back on heat today 

camponotus chromaiodes dead 

i will post pic soon


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#25 Offline United-Ants - Posted May 15 2023 - 2:41 PM

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5-15-23
Camponotus vicnus
Vinus colony a orange vicnus
New eggs have Been layed there larva is hopefully almost a pupa
Vicnus colony b 2 pupa and a few small larva I hope they are not slowing down for hibernation already
New colony
Vicnus colony 3 I found this colony under a rock on may 5th they have around 100 workers and few majors the queen is starting to lay eggs now I have a few pics of when I first moved them into a nest
Camponotus sansabeanus
Are down to 2 workers and no brood so idk if they will survive

Camponotus Modoc

Colony a down to 1 worker and no brood
Queen b she is starting to lay eggs again after she lost her only worker

Camponotus discolor
I moved them in to a nest they have lot of brood they are starting to eat a lot now
Camponotus texanus i don't have any pics of them right now they are doing ok in there nest the queen is now laying eggs
Camponotus oceatus all of the eggs from last update are all larva now they have a few pupa

#26 Offline United-Ants - Posted May 15 2023 - 2:51 PM

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Picture dump
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#27 Offline United-Ants - Posted July 24 2023 - 6:40 AM

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7-24-23

i am updateing the colonys that are doing something

camponotus sansabeanus

queen a

she never layed any eggs this year and all of her workers died 

queen b

found her back in may she has about 4 pupa

queen c

she was also found back in may she now has 3 eggs

queen d

found her under a rock back in june she has a few eggs 

camponotus vicinus

colony a 

25 workers 1 larva

colony b ready for hibernation 

colony c doing well they have a lot of larva

queen d found her in may she has one larva 

camponotus discolor they have a good amount of brood 

camponotus ocreatus moved then into a nest they have 10to15 workers and lot of larva and around 6 eggs 

pic soon 






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