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Care Sheet - Camponotus pennsylvanicus


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#21 Offline olookitsme - Posted September 15 2021 - 2:25 PM

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How would I move a queen and her broo without harming them and efficiently?


Two ways I can think of. If you have mini outworlds to connect 2 test tubes to. That would be the safest. You just keep the old nesting testtube in the light while making the new test tube dark, they should eventually make the move on their own and bring allbtheir brood with. But that can take days or so. The other way is while holding the two test tubes together you very carefully tap all the ants and brood not sticking to a surface into the new one, this way is really annoying and if your clumbsy like me.. You can hurt or even kill workers or the queen by pinching them between the two test tubes. After that youvwill need a wet cotton swab or a toothpick and every so gently try to manually transfer eggs. Hopefully you already got this figured out before me showing up or hopefully it helps you

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#22 Offline Idontexist - Posted June 14 2022 - 7:06 PM

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I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast
I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast dude

#23 Offline QuietWind01 - Posted February 22 2023 - 7:12 PM

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I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast
I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast dude

Are you sure what you have is even camponotus and not something like formica which, to the untrained eye, might look like camponotus? Camponotus simply do not grow that fast, period. Unless you mean egg to larve? Considering you said "alate to pupae" which doesn't even make any sense I would assume you mean "egg to larvae" which would make more sense, as a couple weeks is typically how long a C. pennsylvanicus egg takes to develop into larvae. FYI, alates are male/female sexuals, so saying "alate to pupae" literally makes zero sense whatsoever



#24 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 23 2023 - 6:37 AM

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I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast
I think mine just got from alate to pupa phase in a few weeks. How is she growing so fast dude

Are you sure what you have is even camponotus and not something like formica which, to the untrained eye, might look like camponotus? Camponotus simply do not grow that fast, period. Unless you mean egg to larve? Considering you said "alate to pupae" which doesn't even make any sense I would assume you mean "egg to larvae" which would make more sense, as a couple weeks is typically how long a C. pennsylvanicus egg takes to develop into larvae. FYI, alates are male/female sexuals, so saying "alate to pupae" literally makes zero sense whatsoever

 

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