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ANTdrew's Crematogaster ashmeadi Journal - Fura

Started By ANTdrew , Jul 19 2022 8:15 AM

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#1 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 19 2022 - 8:15 AM

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Beginning 7-18-2022

 

I found two relatively tiny Crematogaster queens at my blacklight on May 19th this year. Based on size and flight time, I am assuming these are C. ashmeadi, but please correct me if I'm wrong. My hope is to raise these up into another massive colony to replace my now orphaned Divas. 

 

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The queens took about six weeks from capture to get their first nanitics. I sold one colony and kept the other that had the largest brood pile. She currently has four workers and a nice brood pile. These are much smaller ants than cerasi, and they don't grow nearly as fast. They're pretty shy at this point as well. That's not necessarily a bad thing! 

 

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I attached their test tube to a home made outworld I made from a Hobby Lobby display case. Hopefully this will be another great colony like the one FeedTheAnts kept several years ago. Stay tuned! 

 


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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 19 2022 - 8:37 AM

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These are much smaller ants than cerasi, and they don't grow nearly as fast.

So were the Divas cerasi then?


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 19 2022 - 8:56 AM

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These are much smaller ants than cerasi, and they don't grow nearly as fast.

So were the Divas cerasi then?
Yes, they were keyed out to be cerasi.
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#4 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted July 19 2022 - 9:07 AM

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Super exited for another great ANTdrew journal.

My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 19 2022 - 9:17 AM

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Super exited for another great ANTdrew journal.

Let’s hope. Not out of the woods yet with these.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#6 Offline antsriondel - Posted July 19 2022 - 10:30 AM

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Nice looking colony! Wish I had crematogaster in my area.


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#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 21 2022 - 2:55 PM

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Welp. This went down the tubes fast. I put this colony on a heat cable, which they loved at first. It generated massive amounts of condensation over night and drowned the queen. RIP
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#8 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 21 2022 - 4:26 PM

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Dang, RIP. I usually use reptile heading pads. It seems like they don’t produce as much heat, but still enough.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#9 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted July 30 2022 - 7:37 AM

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Welp. This went down the tubes fast. I put this colony on a heat cable, which they loved at first. It generated massive amounts of condensation over night and drowned the queen. RIP

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