Jump to content

  • Gallery
  • Members
  • Member Map
  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Greg's Liometopum occidentale Journal (Discontinued)

Started By Gregory2455 , Jul 16 2015 4:18 AM
liometopum liometopum occidentale tree ant velvety tree ant

  • Please log in to reply
13 replies to this topic

#1 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 16 2015 - 4:18 AM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

I got this colony from Wamdar on 7-16-15 along with 3 other queens from dspdrew.

I think it can be agreed on that the amount of first generation workers the queens of this species make is crazy. :lol:


Edited by Gregory2455, February 20 2019 - 10:21 PM.

  • dermy likes this

#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2015 - 3:37 AM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Update: 7/28/2015

Well, out of the four queens/colonies I have, all of them have brood. One has eggs, one was given a couple pupae to help her out, there's the colony which has some mixed brood, and then there is this queen which is about to get workers. :D

 

Also here is a quick picture of the colony. :P


#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2015 - 6:45 AM

dspdrew
  • LocationSanta Ana, CA

Have the ones I gave you produced brood again?


My Ant Colonies | My Projects | Ants for Sale | Ant Keeping Products | Southern California Ant Map

#4 Offline LC3 - Posted July 28 2015 - 9:39 AM

LC3

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,323 posts
  • LocationBC, Canada

Are Liometopum formicine ants? If so it's weird they don't have body bags.


  • Foogoo likes this

#5 Offline kellakk - Posted July 28 2015 - 9:40 AM

kellakk

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 603 posts
  • LocationSouthern California

They're Dolichoderines.


Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis

Novomessor cockerelli

Pogonomyrmex montanus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Manica bradleyi

 

 

#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted July 28 2015 - 12:15 PM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Have the ones I gave you produced brood again?

They are starting to, yes.


#7 Offline Foogoo - Posted August 1 2015 - 8:55 PM

Foogoo

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,161 posts
  • LocationLos Angeles, CA

Have they accepted any foods? I also got a queen from Wamdar but only 2 workers so far. It doesn't appear they've really accepted anything, except for fruit flies which appears they just placed on the cotton (and will undoubtedly begin to mold).


Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta

#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 2 2015 - 12:32 AM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Have they accepted any foods? I also got a queen from Wamdar but only 2 workers so far. It doesn't appear they've really accepted anything, except for fruit flies which appears they just placed on the cotton (and will undoubtedly begin to mold).

They go crazy for Blue 100. I will actually be uploading a few pictures of them feeding soon.


#9 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 11 2015 - 12:38 AM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Have they accepted any foods? I also got a queen from Wamdar but only 2 workers so far. It doesn't appear they've really accepted anything, except for fruit flies which appears they just placed on the cotton (and will undoubtedly begin to mold).

Here: http://www.formicult...t-food/?p=25043

 


#10 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 15 2015 - 3:10 PM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Well the last colony is down to one worker... :( These did horribly...


#11 Offline kellakk - Posted October 19 2015 - 9:06 AM

kellakk

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 603 posts
  • LocationSouthern California

Did you heat them? I'm convinced that the reason some of my colonies didn't do well is that I kept them to cool. I moved my one remaining colony next to a heating pad and the day after I found that the queen had laid ~30-40 more eggs.  Before that there hadn't been any eggs laid for a while.


Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis

Novomessor cockerelli

Pogonomyrmex montanus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Manica bradleyi

 

 

#12 Offline LC3 - Posted October 19 2015 - 6:33 PM

LC3

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,323 posts
  • LocationBC, Canada

That is one good thing about no air conditioner I guess. You don't accidentally freeze ants.


#13 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 19 2015 - 10:43 PM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Not sure but the last queen is all alone now. :(


#14 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 10 2015 - 10:26 PM

Gregory2455

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 3,286 posts
  • LocationCalifornia

Discontinued

The last queen died a week ago. :(


Back to Ant Keeping Journals · Next Unread Topic →



Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: liometopum, liometopum occidentale, tree ant, velvety tree ant

2 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 2 guests, 0 anonymous users