I just got a V.pergandei queen from stateside and she came with 11 eggs.
Edited by GOCAMPONOTUS, July 18 2024 - 3:28 PM.
I just got a V.pergandei queen from stateside and she came with 11 eggs.
Edited by GOCAMPONOTUS, July 18 2024 - 3:28 PM.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Keeping:
3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen) 1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs) 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/
Yeah I did research this time on websites!
Edited by GOCAMPONOTUS, March 3 2024 - 6:43 PM.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Nice! Research can always be a helping hand! Can’t wait to see this colony grow!Yeah I did research this time on websites!
Keeping:
3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen) 1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs) 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/
Edited by GOCAMPONOTUS, March 28 2024 - 4:35 PM.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
V. pergandei need seeds in their diet. Make sure you are consistently feeding them seeds every now and then (at least twice a week for this colony, and less than Pogonomyrmex If I am correct). Otherwise, they seem to be doing good. This time an actual healthy colony and queen it sounds to me.3/28/24
This queen turned also turned out to be infertile so Anthony sent me another colony they arrived with 5 puepe and tons of larva and eggs I stopped counting at 40
Edited by Artisan_Ants, March 28 2024 - 6:22 PM.
Keeping:
3x - S. molesta (colonies and single queen) 1x - C. nearcticus (founding but no eggs) 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/
Yea just as she arrived I added seeds and she grabbed them at an instant and put them into a pile.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
If you haven't checked it out yet, I have a caresheet in the forum caresheets section. The temp really seems to be key. Definitely needs to be pretty warm for a good growing season.
I wound up with a pretty high mortality rate if you consider a group of 6 was whittled down to 1. Not sure if conditions were bad or if the workers did some secret culling. On the other hand, the 1 survivor and my 2019 main colony have been going strong for years now.
Formiculture Journals::
Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola
Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)
Tetramorium sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis
Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus
Spoods: Phidippus sp.
Yes I have checked it out very cool journal and the care sheet is very informative.
Will you update?
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Yes I have checked it out very cool journal and the care sheet is very informative.
Will you update?
Hmm, I should update, but not much has happened haha. Give them heat and seeds and occasional dead bugs, they make babies. Keep them watered. Vacuum trash piles occasionally. Limit heat and food if you don't want to try for 600+ new workers per day (I don't). I do have some cute videos of them dismantling dandelion seed heads from the lawn....
Formiculture Journals::
Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola
Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)
Tetramorium sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis
Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus
Spoods: Phidippus sp.
I counted 17 pupae today with many more new eggs and still tons of larva in all stages.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
This queen ate some of her brood so we are down to 10 pupae and many eggs and larvae.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
This queen ate some of her brood so we are down to 10 pupae and many eggs and larvae.
Edited by The_Gaming-gate, April 10 2024 - 12:39 PM.
Ants are small creatures... but together... they can rule the world.
Yes I give her seeds every 2 weeks at the tip of the tube. But recently I had people over and they were loud and the room I put her in was the living room so she got stressed so that is why I think she ate some brood.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
Yes I give her seeds every 2 weeks at the tip of the tube. But recently I had people over and they were loud and the room I put her in was the living room so she got stressed so that is why I think she ate some brood.
Edited by The_Gaming-gate, April 10 2024 - 12:46 PM.
Ants are small creatures... but together... they can rule the world.
That is what I did and I won't bother her until the next 1-2 weeks.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
That is what I did and I won't bother her until the next 1-2 weeks.
Good. Try to get some red acrylic or any other reddish transparent thing you can find to cover the tube. Some species of ants can't see red light, so you can look in her tube without bothering her.
Ants are small creatures... but together... they can rule the world.
I saw that online and i will get it.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
First to workers just enclosed! Will post pics soon.
Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti
1 M.ergatognya
Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots
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