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Started By cooIboyJ , Mar 7 2024 9:20 AM
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#21 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 4:28 PM

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:lol:


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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

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Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#22 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 4:41 PM

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We removed the rocks now and gave them one mealworm and the jelly we've also introduced a few more workers


Edited by cooIboyJ, March 7 2024 - 4:42 PM.

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#23 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 4:59 PM

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The queen has moved back into the test tube


the ants go marching 

#24 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:11 PM

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Perfect.


Let them be for a few days.


but still feed them.


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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

  

 

 

#25 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 7 2024 - 5:55 PM

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ok


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#26 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted March 8 2024 - 6:10 AM

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Yeah; that’s where I got my mealworms and too. A little advice… DO NOT and I’m telling you, DO NOT keep them in the refrigerator (unless they’re alive, cause mine aren’t, and are stored in a small canister) because they will mold in like two weeks. In stead; keep them in a freezer which will preserve them for months and months. I got mine last year in July, and they’ve been lasting for 7 1/3 months. I also got the jello from them, but I forgot to refrigerate them, so I only fed it once, to my healthiest S. molesta colony but they didn’t seem to really touch it. Of course though, that can vary depending on the species. Good luck!
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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/

#27 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 8 2024 - 2:01 PM

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ok, my mealworms are alive and we have been storing them in a wine fridge and we only have one jelly cup which is with the ants


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#28 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 8 2024 - 2:11 PM

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Also when you take cut the meal worms into pieces make sure to take it out later.


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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

  

 

 

#29 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 8 2024 - 5:40 PM

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We now know for sure that the queen has brood.


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the ants go marching 

#30 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 8 2024 - 5:45 PM

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How many eggs do you think there are?

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

  

 

 

#31 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 8 2024 - 7:00 PM

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1 batch


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#32 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 8 2024 - 7:09 PM

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Of how many eggs?

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

  

 

 

#33 Offline Artisan_Ants - Posted March 9 2024 - 6:35 AM

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Of how many eggs?

That’s pretty hard to answer with out macro lens (I don’t have one myself) so the best guess at least 20 minimum and 30 or so as maximum (since this is a fairly mature colony). If It were in founding stage, the minimum would be at least 12 and the maximum (usually but not always rare) 20 eggs in one batch.

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/

#34 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 9 2024 - 7:05 AM

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I would go for the average eggs at once for this queen I would say 25 eggs.

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

  

 

 

#35 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 9 2024 - 11:03 AM

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ok


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#36 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted March 9 2024 - 11:08 AM

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Make sure you don't stress them out so they don't eat the brood.
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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

  

 

 

#37 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted March 11 2024 - 9:05 AM

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ok


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