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Dspdrew's Solenopsis molesta Journal [45] (Discontinued)

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#41 Offline Air - Posted June 26 2016 - 6:15 AM

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Update?



#42 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 13 2016 - 1:14 AM

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Update 7-13-2016
 
This colony had a huge die off for some reason. Just after that, I moved them to one of my new founding formicariums.
 
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#43 Offline Osimmilimus - Posted July 16 2016 - 4:10 AM

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Sorry for the worker loss. I hope they'll do well in the new formicarium!

#44 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 28 2016 - 12:47 AM

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Update 7-28-2016

 

After the big die-off, they seem to be stable now, and it looks like the queen is producing quite a bit again.



#45 Offline sgheaton - Posted July 28 2016 - 4:53 AM

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Glad yours are coming back - never got the chance to establish a colony as my three queens died off a day after capture :/


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#46 Offline benjiwuf - Posted September 21 2016 - 10:44 AM

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any news? you know these girls are my favorite!



#47 Offline andSocks - Posted October 21 2016 - 8:49 PM

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Bump!



#48 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 22 2016 - 12:09 AM

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Update 10-22-2016

 

These really made a come-back and are doing great now.



#49 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted October 22 2016 - 7:21 AM

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Awesome!!! My molesta with 2 queens (3 "drowned" in honey) r going well as well! Good luck mate

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#50 Offline SpikeyOls - Posted October 22 2016 - 7:34 AM

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#51 Offline SirAnticus - Posted November 6 2016 - 9:59 PM

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Spike just call him Drew😊

#52 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 22 2016 - 7:23 PM

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Update 11-22-2016

 

The colony is still recovering nicely. I just counted approximately 400 workers and lots of brood.



#53 Offline Mdrogun - Posted November 22 2016 - 10:02 PM

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Update 11-22-2016

 

The colony is still recovering nicely. I just counted approximately 400 workers and lots of brood.

Can you post some pics or maybe even a video? These ants are gorgeous.


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#54 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 26 2016 - 11:31 PM

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Update 11-26-2016

 

Well, this colony is dead now.

 

The other day, they put some glob of something right on the rim of the tile frame in their formicarium, bridging the gap between the wet tile and the Hydrostone floor, and saturating the entire nest. I decided to move the colony into a fresh, clean formicarium. Instead of just forcefully moving them like I usually do with my colonies, I put them in a Fluon-lined container to allow them to move on their own. Well, they just set up their nest between the two formicariums on the bottom of the plastic container, where they all started drying out and dying. In addition to a large amount of workers I found dead, I found the queen dead as well.



#55 Offline Unfrozen - Posted August 17 2019 - 9:58 AM

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i know this journal is super old but does anyone have a good sugar/honey water ratio so they don't drown







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