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Idontexist's odontomachus journal

Started By Idontexist , Feb 2 2024 9:12 AM

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#21 Offline The_Gaming-gate - Posted February 9 2024 - 12:44 PM

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Are there any larvae yet?
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#22 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 9 2024 - 12:59 PM

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#23 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 9 2024 - 1:24 PM

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Are there any larvae yet?

that might take a while, considering the species.
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Keeping:

3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen)                1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs)   (y) New!

1x - C. chromaiodes (colony)                                       1x - C. subbarbatus (founding)  

1x - F. subsericea (founding)                                        1x - T. sessile (mega colony)

3x - P. imparis (colonies)  

2x - L. neoniger (founding)

 

Check out my C. nearcticus journal here: https://www.formicul...cticus-journal/

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#24 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 10 2024 - 8:39 AM

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Just a quick question is terracotta clay toxic to ants?

#25 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 10 2024 - 8:48 AM

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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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#26 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 10 2024 - 12:21 PM

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oh ok

#27 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted February 14 2024 - 3:03 AM

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Yeah, this genus is for advanced keepers, but if you have patience then they’re not so hard to take care of.

Nope, not at all. They are by far one of the most forgiving semi-claustral genera ever. Not just that, they also aren't picky when it comes to food and will scavenge a lot of things, contrary to popular belief. If you think Odontomachus founding requires the keeper to be skilled, wait till you experience genera like Platythyrea, Buniapone, and Polyrhachis (the latter usually just due to queens being weird and not raising brood properly).


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Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

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Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#28 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 18 2024 - 8:21 AM

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We're getting larvae this early???

#29 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 18 2024 - 8:23 AM

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Okay so today i woke up to what seems to be 2 larvae isolated from the egg clutch however i haven't been able to confirm they are indeed the weird spiky odontomachus larvae and just some weirdly shaped eggs, but i found they do stick to the test tube walls just like larvae are supposed to do because they have those suction cup things on their backs.
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#30 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 18 2024 - 9:44 AM

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How come she isolated them from the clutch? Doesn’t that mean that they might be pupating (at least for me, because when I see my F. palledifulva put a larvae in excess/torn cotton from the stopper cotton which blocks the entrance/exit of the tube, or usually means that larvae is ready to pupate; and my the next day, it’s a silky white pupa). But I doubt your two larvae really are pupating since you still have a pretty young colony, and it’s probably just due to heat really.

Keeping:

3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen)                1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs)   (y) New!

1x - C. chromaiodes (colony)                                       1x - C. subbarbatus (founding)  

1x - F. subsericea (founding)                                        1x - T. sessile (mega colony)

3x - P. imparis (colonies)  

2x - L. neoniger (founding)

 

Check out my C. nearcticus journal here: https://www.formicul...cticus-journal/

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#31 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 18 2024 - 11:55 AM

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Its literally just stuck to the wall isolated from the others
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#32 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 18 2024 - 12:34 PM

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Its literally just stuck to the wall isolated from the others

Yeah, then that probably just means that there’s more heat over there, so she decided to put it there. Only reason I was confused was because she didn’t move the other brood over there. Queen ants have their reasons.

Keeping:

3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen)                1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs)   (y) New!

1x - C. chromaiodes (colony)                                       1x - C. subbarbatus (founding)  

1x - F. subsericea (founding)                                        1x - T. sessile (mega colony)

3x - P. imparis (colonies)  

2x - L. neoniger (founding)

 

Check out my C. nearcticus journal here: https://www.formicul...cticus-journal/

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#33 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 19 2024 - 2:14 PM

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I just saw them moving and wriggling, they're hungry!
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#34 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 19 2024 - 3:39 PM

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I just saw them moving and wriggling, they're hungry!

Nice! Hope they do well.


#35 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted February 19 2024 - 6:48 PM

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Try not to check on her to much, as to not stress the queen.

Currently keeping
-T. immigrans

-B. patagonicus

-P. ???
I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
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#36 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted February 19 2024 - 8:22 PM

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If they're hungry, feed them. Also, I just came up with a terrifying thought.

Sine Odontomachus are semi-claustral, does that mean that Odontomachus queens can still fly if they don't shed their wings?


Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

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Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

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#37 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 20 2024 - 4:46 AM

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If they're hungry, feed them. Also, I just came up with a terrifying thought.
Sine Odontomachus are semi-claustral, does that mean that Odontomachus queens can still fly if they don't shed their wings?

No, since their wing muscles have worn out to fly from their flight. Some de-alates, or queens will keep them, on (don’t really know why). Otherwise, their instinct could be different, and they would fly in all the wrong months. But you have a very good point.

Keeping:

3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen)                1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs)   (y) New!

1x - C. chromaiodes (colony)                                       1x - C. subbarbatus (founding)  

1x - F. subsericea (founding)                                        1x - T. sessile (mega colony)

3x - P. imparis (colonies)  

2x - L. neoniger (founding)

 

Check out my C. nearcticus journal here: https://www.formicul...cticus-journal/

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

#38 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 20 2024 - 2:21 PM

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If they're hungry, feed them. Also, I just came up with a terrifying thought.
Sine Odontomachus are semi-claustral, does that mean that Odontomachus queens can still fly if they don't shed their wings?

no

#39 Offline Idontexist - Posted February 21 2024 - 2:50 PM

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She now has 3 larvae and they seem to be growing considerably fast,

#40 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted February 21 2024 - 3:38 PM

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She now has 3 larvae and they seem to be growing considerably fast,

Keep up the good work!

Keeping:

3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen)                1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs)   (y) New!

1x - C. chromaiodes (colony)                                       1x - C. subbarbatus (founding)  

1x - F. subsericea (founding)                                        1x - T. sessile (mega colony)

3x - P. imparis (colonies)  

2x - L. neoniger (founding)

 

Check out my C. nearcticus journal here: https://www.formicul...cticus-journal/

Check out my C. chromaiodes journal here: https://www.formicul...aiodes-journal/

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