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NZAntKeeper's Monomorium Antarcticum Journal

Started By NZAntKeeper , Oct 28 2016 9:40 PM

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#1 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 28 2016 - 9:40 PM

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Hello everyone! This is my Monomorium Antarcticticum queen she has no workers...yet. There is 3 dark pupae,3 lighter pupae and a few larvae. She was found under a rock with no eggs or anything. I grabbed her (I had no test tubes on me) went home then put her in a clean test tube. Pics up soon.


Edited by NZAntKeeper, September 22 2017 - 10:29 PM.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
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-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#2 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 28 2016 - 9:50 PM

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Well...What great timing! Just checked on her and a worker eclosed! Must of been waiting till I started the journal.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#3 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 28 2016 - 10:08 PM

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http://images.formic...bum_663/gallery
And now it's not working

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#4 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 28 2016 - 10:17 PM

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#5 Offline Enderz - Posted October 29 2016 - 8:58 AM

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Cool looks like she is doing well!


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#6 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 29 2016 - 2:38 PM

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Should I put a small fruit fly in there for protein? Or wait till a few more workers hatch?

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-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#7 Offline Canadian anter - Posted October 29 2016 - 3:27 PM

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yeah probably but a sourceof sugar is more importantat this stage
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#8 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted October 29 2016 - 4:20 PM

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Ok I put some honey in yesterday but they haven't touched it.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#9 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 2 2016 - 10:16 AM

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Update!
1 worker just hatched! So it brings the worker count up to 2. Pictures will be uploaded later.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#10 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 2 2016 - 9:16 PM

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Sorry the pictures are bad quality. I'll try and find a macro lens.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#11 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted November 3 2016 - 8:08 PM

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What was that you fed the ants?


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#12 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 3 2016 - 8:18 PM

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That is a mosquito I think.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#13 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 4 2016 - 6:25 PM

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Update!

Workers-3 new one hatched!
Larvae-5?
Eggs-8?
Pupae-5

So I put a live earwig in the test tube. One worker found it, raised its gaster as high as it could go! Looked pretty cool. Then I took it out just to be safe, killed it then put it back in, and popped the test tube back.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#14 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted November 4 2016 - 7:53 PM

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You have a pictures of the new nanitics, I would love to see them :D


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#15 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 4 2016 - 10:09 PM

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I'll try get pictures soon :)

My Youtube Channel
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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#16 Offline CallMeCraven - Posted November 4 2016 - 10:17 PM

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Glad the colony is growing. I would definitely feed only insects that are freshly killed, especially if they have the potential to eat your colony. I look forward to more updates!

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#17 Offline Leo - Posted November 4 2016 - 10:20 PM

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good for you


#18 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted November 4 2016 - 11:36 PM

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Keep doing what you're doing and eventually you'll have a decent sized colony.


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#19 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 12 2016 - 9:00 PM

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Update!

Workers - 4
Pupae - around 5 two more are already turning a golden color!
Larvae - ?
Eggs - ?

I will update this journal once a week. It gets boring updating everyday when literally nothing to the colony is happening.

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Edited by DylanTheAntKeeper, November 12 2016 - 9:03 PM.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#20 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 18 2016 - 6:55 PM

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Update!
A bit of a mixed emotion update today.

Workers-6!
Larvae-3 or 4
Pupae-3
Eggs-4

So the reason it's a mixed emotion update today is because their test tube flooded. I checked on them and water was where all the brood was. So I put the queen and workers in a test tube but couldent rescue all the larvae. The queen and workers appear to be fine which is good hopefully they will recover. The test tube that flooded was also empty so there must of been some in the cotton.

Edited by DylanTheAntKeeper, November 18 2016 - 6:56 PM.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

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