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Antkeeper01s Camponotus journal(Updated 6/19/22)

Started By Antkeeper01 , Jun 13 2021 2:13 PM

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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 13 2021 - 2:13 PM

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so yesterday i found 2 queens walking around and 3 today 4 are dealates and 1 is an alate several of them look very promising

 


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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 17 2021 - 3:24 PM

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yay 4 have eggs! :yahoo: but one died


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#3 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted June 20 2021 - 9:27 AM

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Welp, that's why I collect multiple queens!


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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.

#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 21 2021 - 6:49 AM

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noooo disaster struck i overheated most of the queens and killed them :*(  :*(  :*(  thankfully some of them survived, i nearly overheaterd my myrmica colony but they moved in the vented outworld


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#5 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted June 22 2021 - 3:34 PM

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Uh oh,well I hope the best will come for the rest of the queens!


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#6 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 25 2021 - 10:22 AM

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nlt really an update on these but i changed my pfp


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#7 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted July 7 2021 - 4:40 AM

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So I yesterday i was ckecking up on them and noticed 2 had larvae! :yahoo:


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#8 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted July 12 2021 - 7:39 PM

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the larvae got bigger and i got my first covid vaccine today!


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#9 Offline PetsNotPests - Posted July 13 2021 - 5:43 AM

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Ants are Pets, not Pests. 

 

-Camponotus sansabeanus

-Camponotus US-CA02

-Camponotus vicinus

-Formica podzolica

-Monomorium spp.

-Pogonomyrmex californicus

-Solenopsis spp. 

 

#10 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted July 19 2021 - 7:18 AM

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so yesterday i was checking up on my queens that had larvae i saw a larva in my winged queens tube spinning a cocoon! and when i checked today the pupa had been fully developed, when she first laid eggs i was disappointed because the eggs were everywhere and she had wings, so when she got larvae i thought they were alate lrvae but now she is the first queen to get a pupa! any here is a pic

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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#11 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted July 23 2021 - 8:25 AM

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last night i saw a larva that was very active and in the morning i woke up to a second pupa sadly no pics yet


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#12 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 2 2021 - 12:33 PM

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long time no update well my fav queen died I tried donating all of her brood to my other queen with 2 larvae but she ate the new brood and on of her larvae she is still chilling in her test tube RIP WINGED QUEEN 2021-2021


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#13 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 31 2022 - 11:35 AM

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2 queens left one is infertile, the other has 4 large larvae as she lost all her larvae before she went in the fridge last year she laid like 6 eggs this year and she has only lost 2 this time! I might make a poll on what to name her.


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#14 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 1 2022 - 8:19 AM

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I have decided on a name. Queen Clearsight and her 4 children(for now)


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#15 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 1 2022 - 10:37 AM

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I have decided on a name. Queen Clearsight and her 4 children(for now)

awesome!!!


#16 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 1 2022 - 11:30 AM

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I have decided on a name. Queen Clearsight and her 4 children(for now)

awesome!!!

 

hopefully one will become a pupa soon


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#17 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted February 8 2022 - 4:29 PM

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Well good news is she has a pupa(finally) bad news is that two larvae were lost in the process(eaten) I am a little worried about the size of the pupa but I still am hoping it's not just a male.

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#18 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 19 2022 - 2:04 PM

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The pupa has since enclosed into a beautiful worker and today the queen laid an egg and the worker placed it on the top of the queens thorax lol.

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#19 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted April 19 2022 - 2:06 PM

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Here is a picture of the egg on the top of the queens thorax

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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#20 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted April 20 2022 - 9:42 AM

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How'd that get up there? Did the queen just lay an egg on herself or did a worker think that would be a nice place to display the egg.


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Been keeping ants since January of 2021

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.
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