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[antsriondel]

Hi guys!!

 

this is where I will update most of my ant colonys and post photos of them

right now I don't have any photos to show but there will be some soon!!!!!!!

Edited by antsriondel, October 24 2022 - 9:31 AM.

[antsriondel]

I have some photos

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Edited by antsriondel, December 3 2021 - 9:51 AM.

[antsriondel]

the first two photos are of my formica cf fusca

the next photo is of my Liometopum luctuosum

the next two photos are of my lasius brevicornis

then my Camponotus Modoc colony

then my brothers colony of formica cf fusca

and the final two photos are of my sisters Camponotus Modoc

 

if I am wrong on their identification please feel free to correct me

[antsriondel]

try to find the lasius queens eggs

[antsriondel]

ok. there is good news and bad news both regarding the same colony.

I will start with the bad news, today when I went to check on the colony's I saw that the cotton plugging the Liometopum queens test tube was not inside the test tube checked for the queen.she was gone 

then I looked for the queen with my brother.... no luck then comes the good news my brother says he spots something I run over to check it out and there is the queen unharmed and doing fine so I grab a test tube and put her in. lets hope she lives

Edited by antsriondel, December 4 2021 - 11:53 AM.

[antsriondel]

lasius queen layed more eggs!!!!!!!!

Edited by antsriondel, December 7 2021 - 5:07 PM.

[antsriondel]

update 10/12/2021

 

okay all of my colony are alive 

lasius brevicornis: I think that she has a larva but I am not 100 percent sure but that's because she is so small and I don't have a macro lense to take close ups

 

liometopum luctuosum: nothing has happened with this queen

 

Camponotus Modoc: they are still alive but other than that nothing has happened

 

formica cf fusa: they are way more active now that they have learned where they get food

 

monomorium cf minimum: they have not been updated at all so I might as well update them. The queen is healthy and has a nice amount of brood although she has no workers her first worker escaped their setup so they now have zero workers but more are on the way.

 

edit: ok it is confirmed the lasius queen has a larvae!!!!!!!

Edited by antsriondel, December 12 2021 - 2:05 PM.

[antsriondel]

lasius brevicornis queens larvae is bigger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[antsriondel]

I checked on all of the queens today so I might as well update

 

lasius brevicornis: this colony is doing great!! they now have three mid-sized larva!!!!

liometopum luctuosum: I have lost all hope for this colony the queen sits on the cotton blocking the exit so I am expecting to any day now find the queen dead

formica cf subserica: this colony is also doing good they still have seven workers and the queen is so fat that every time she moves I think she's going to burst

monomorium cf minimum: I cannot see any brood when I see her but I think she has hided them.

Camponotus Modoc: they have zero eggs larvae or pupae and they only have one worker

[antsriondel]

lasius queen ate all of her larvae yet she still has some eggs.

[antsriondel]

liometopum: dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!            I am so mad right now!!!

 

lasius: has a few eggs

 

formica cf subserica: doing really well!!

 

hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

[antsriondel]

update: 

 

lasius: she ate her eggs

 

monomorium: I forgot to water her setup so when I checked on her today I was shocked that she was still alive

 

Camponotus: nothing has changed except I moved her into an esthetic ants mini outworld

 

formica: they are doing good although they have had no progress.

[NancyZamora4991]

nice colonies!

[antsriondel]

nice colonies!

thanks!!!!!!

[antsriondel]

okay today I checked on my formica in the mini hearth. They had at least five larvae!!!!!!!

[antsriondel]

the lasius queen layed two eggs!!!

[antsriondel]

here are some photos of the formica cf subsericea

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[antsriondel]

here are some photos of the formica cf subsericea

sorry for the sideway pics 

[NancyZamora4991]

I feel our Lasius queens are racing. Some of mine were just took out of hibernation with few to no eggs.

[antsriondel]

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Edited by antsriondel, January 28 2022 - 11:42 AM.