Her first worker eclosed July 7 2016, found her in a piece of wood I was splitting.
Edited by AntsMAN, January 10 2017 - 2:50 PM.
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Antsman Camponotus Herculaneus (Journal) 2016 (Queen died)
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Posted August 7 2016 - 7:53 AM
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Posted August 7 2016 - 7:54 AM
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August 7 2016 - She now has 6 workers. I moved her to a new setup and can't get a good video or pic of her, hopefully she will move to the new test tube soon. She has a huge pile of eggs and cocoons, growing fast.
Edited by AntsMAN, August 7 2016 - 7:55 AM.
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Posted August 16 2016 - 1:05 PM
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August 16 2016 - She moved to her new test tube, and she is plump.
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Posted September 7 2016 - 5:47 PM
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Sept 7 2016
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Posted September 10 2016 - 5:00 PM
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Their beautiful! 
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Posted September 10 2016 - 6:13 PM
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I've always liked this species, in part because of that epic name, but also that lovely and subtle coloration. I see a colony every once in a while in Maine, but they are not common anywhere I've been. I really like the way that the darker Camponotus spp. look (although if we had Camponotus castaneus this far north, I would probably be into that). Camponotus nearcticus (the ones here) have similar coloration, but I have never had a queen get past the founding stages. My most recent Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony is, hands down, doing the best out of anything I've kept from this genus. The first summer has brought up about 24 workers. 
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Posted September 13 2016 - 8:05 AM
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Out of herculaneus, pennsylvanicus, and noveboracensis. Camponotus pennsylvanicus grows the slowest, followed by herculaneus, and noveboracensis I found to be very quick in gaining numbers.
These gals have stopped laying eggs and are preparing for hibernation.
Edited by AntsMAN, October 26 2016 - 5:30 AM.
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Posted October 23 2016 - 2:30 PM
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Went into hibernation October 3 2016.
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Cool!
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Posted January 10 2017 - 2:49 PM
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She died last night sometime, a few days out of hibernation.
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Posted January 10 2017 - 3:03 PM
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She died last night sometime, a few days out of hibernation.
That's sad to hear. She seemed to be doing well from what I read. Did she behave abnormally before hibernation?
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Posted January 10 2017 - 4:45 PM
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Nope, I thought she was doing really well.
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Posted January 10 2017 - 4:49 PM
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What temperature did you hibernate her at? Maybe it was too high or low?
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Posted January 11 2017 - 12:04 AM
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Sorry to hear that. 
RIP little queen.
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