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Asd’s Novomessor cockerelli

Started By AsdinAnts , Nov 15 2024 7:26 PM
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#1 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted November 15 2024 - 7:26 PM

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hey all, I bought novomessor cockerelli, and they came yesterday. 

 

They have six workers, and two large larvae with a batch of eggs. Both the queen and workers look nice and fat, I gave them a mealworm and some ant honey when I got them. I saw that they fed some of the mealworm to the larvae, and drank the ant honey almost immediately.

 

does anyone have anything they’d like to share? I’m relatively new to cockerelli.

 

 

have them at 90 degrees.

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 16 2024 - 3:21 AM

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What is ant honey?
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#3 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted November 16 2024 - 6:51 AM

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I'm guessing that its some sort of nectar, I got it with my package from theantvault
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I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts

#4 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 7 2024 - 8:19 AM

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Colony is doing good, they have a bunch of tiny larvae mixed in with the eggs.

 

The second gen-nanitics is crazy, the pupae are much bigger than the nanitics.

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Currently keeping
-T. immigrans

-B. patagonicus

-N. cockerelli

I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts

#5 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 10 2024 - 8:30 AM

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she’s come alive !!!!

 

one of the pupae eclosed, and so many of the eggs hatched. Queen is doing good, and i’m feeding this colony one mealworm head a day.

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-N. cockerelli

I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts

#6 Offline Yusteponant - Posted December 16 2024 - 8:21 AM

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she’s come alive !!!!

 

one of the pupae eclosed, and so many of the eggs hatched. Queen is doing good, and i’m feeding this colony one mealworm head a day.

Its that too much?Pretty sure well in my own opinion I would feed them half a mealworm every 3-4 days. Also good luck with your colony


#7 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 21 2024 - 10:04 AM

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Its that too much?Pretty sure well in my own opinion I would feed them half a mealworm every 3-4 days. Also good luck with your colony


i wouldn't think so, seeing as they always empty out the heads within the first 4 hours of getting them.

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-T. immigrans

-B. patagonicus

-N. cockerelli

I will want to also keep some other lasius types in the future.
You should also subscribe to my youtube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@AsdAnts

#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 21 2024 - 10:35 AM

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A mealworm head is almost nothing. I’d worry about the opposite problem.
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