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Adak's Pheidole bicarinata Brigade (Updated 4/6/'25)

Started By RushmoreAnts , Oct 13 2024 10:14 PM
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#21 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted Yesterday, 5:12 PM

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For sure queen larva there. Congrats!

I agree with that, as soon as it turns into a pupa, update the journal! I also find that the test tube formicarium array is actually really good, I have one myself and one of my colonies got big enough to fit in them and they really liked it.

 

Also don't ant colonies like that get alates because of overfeeding? just a question


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 20+ workers + a decently sized brood pile, mostly pupa (40-50)

1x Crematogaster cerasi 2 workers with brood (pls don't die workers)

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

#22 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted Yesterday, 5:31 PM

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Also don't ant colonies like that get alates because of overfeeding? just a question

 

I've never heard that, it's just a sign that a colony is healthy and maturing. Considering the max size of these colonies is only 3,000 workers (in which case a colony would produce dozens of queen alates), it is conceivable a colony of 200 soon to be 500, if properly fed, could produce 1.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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