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Camponotus pennsylvanicus question

Started By TwistyPunch , Feb 10 2025 1:27 PM

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#1 Offline TwistyPunch - Posted February 10 2025 - 1:27 PM

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Hello, I am relatively new to ant keeping and I was wondering if my fully claustral Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen will lay trophic eggs to feed her first larvae (meaning I won't have to provide food until they pupate and hatch). The sources I visited weren't 100% clear on this, sorry if it is a super basic question.

Edited by TwistyPunch, February 10 2025 - 3:42 PM.

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Odontomachus monticola

Oecophylla smaragdina

Atta Cephalotes

Mystrium camillae

Pheidole Noda

#2 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted February 10 2025 - 2:17 PM

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The queen will feed them a "soup" from her wing muscles, so you don't need to feed them yet.

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I keep: pogonomyrmex rugosus | myrmecocystus depilis | monomorium ergatogyna | Camponotus CA-02 | Pheidole Bicarinata

And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea (fly trap), Sarracenia (American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese (Tropical Pitcher plant), Drosera, (sundew) and Pinguicula (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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#3 Offline TwistyPunch - Posted February 10 2025 - 2:36 PM

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Thanks!

Ant wishlist:
Odontomachus monticola

Oecophylla smaragdina

Atta Cephalotes

Mystrium camillae

Pheidole Noda

#4 Offline AntsTx - Posted February 11 2025 - 11:05 AM

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I feed all my camponotus queens a drop of sugar water during the founding stage. They seem to grow faster in my opinion.

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Atta texana x2, Pheidole absurda x4, Neoponera villosa x7, Psuedomyrmex gracilis, Odontomachus clarus, Pheidole tepicana x5, Mycetomoelerrius turrifex x30, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis, Myrmecocystus mexicanus x4, Myrmecocystus placodops-03, Myrmecocystus kennedyi, Myrmecocystus navajo, Myrmecocystus mimicus (Caramel) x2, Camponotus atriceps 2q, Camponotus ocreatus, Camponotus sansabeanus x4, Camponotus festinatus, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Camponotus texanus, Novomessor albisetosus, Pogonomyrmex comanche x7, Leptogenys elongata, a ton of other random ants