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[ZTYguy]

This colony was previously owned by Anttics. I am receiving this colony tomorrow and will post photos when I have them settled in. I hope to have this colony well in the thousands and have a huge super colony. Let’s see them progress and watch them grow. Thanks.
-ZTY

Edited by ZTYguy, August 19 2022 - 4:32 PM.

[ZTYguy]

Here are some images I just took. Also I gave them a large liquid feeder, some orange slices, and a nice juicy superstorm. Anyways here they are.

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[AntsCali098]

Nice! My Novos started dying off and are now only about 30 workers while they used to be at 200. They are living in a arthopod antitics vertical nest. Nice colony I hope they do well! Novos are so cool

[ZTYguy]

Cool. Out of personal observation I’ve found that novos like more flat surface area than anything else. Anyone feel free to chime in. So I’d suggest putting them in a regular formisquarium or a regular flat Cocdeshijie nest.

[ZTYguy]

Update 3/2/2022

 

Finally started seeing brood pop up in the nest after feeding the colony pretty much every day. Hopefully in about a month we will see a lot more activity and brood production. In fact I caught the queen today laying an egg.

[ZTYguy]

Update 8/19/2022

 

So this colony is a favorite of mine. They are growing in numbers so much and are a treat to watch hunt prey items like mealworms, crickets, fruit flies, etc. I did move this colony into a THA Fortress for better viewing but once this colony is at a better size I will upgrade them back into a similar nest. The crazy thing with this colony and why I decided to update this journal today is due to the fact that a larva managed to spin a cocoon. This surprised me as this species is not known to do this often to my knowledge. I thought it was a cool thing and if I get any good pictures, I will for sure post them here.