UPDATE Saturday, January 28th
B.O.
Brachymyrmex pupae seems shriveled, but queens are giving it a lot of attention. Either the pupae inside the cocoon was crushed or the first nanitic is trying to eclose.
A.G.
Sadly, one Anoplolepis queen died, along with a couple workers. I think that the queen that died was neglected by the workers due to it being a minor producing queen.
O.G.
The Ochetellus colony has about ten nanitics now. They are in an outworld and they seem to love honey and cricket legs.
T.B.
The Tetramorium has its first healthy larva! Will post more updates soon.
P.M.
The Pheidole have lost most of their mites. They have maybe four major pupae and two minor pupae (with a whole bunch of eggs and larvae). I think they are producing more majors due to protein abundance and the live food I give them.
S.G.
I moved my wild caught Solenopsis Geminata colony into a handmade "tissue formicarium" as I call it. I can post instructions on how to make one if you want. Its really easy for beginners.
I also mixed most of my A.I. queens with the Solenopsis colony. I only kept one of my favorite artificially inseminated ones solitary.
T.D.
The Technomyrmex queen (only one) is doing great! It has three eggs and killed and ate a random Pheidole mite I found. The existing colony, sadly, has passed away.
P.A.
The Plagiolepis colony is now inactive. I think that the queen died of old age. The workers are still alive, though.
C.E.
The Cardiocondyla queen might be infertile. Its eggs are scattered. It still eats and drinks, so I guess that I will keep it a while longer.
Note: The following are not ants
T.L.
The Triops has passed away due to old age. I still have a bunch more eggs, so I can rear more of those (and maybe some fairy shrimp)
P.L.
The Gold Dust Day Gecko is growing and has some beautiful colors standing out. I'm excited for him too grow up.
S.S.
The small fat centipede now resembles a large, sleek, and beautiful centipede who eats every single feral cricket I find for it. I'm still calling it a Small Fat Centipede, though.
Unidentified Lacewing.
The Lacewing is now pupating. Am excited to see if it is one of the Hawaiian flightless lacewings.
Unidentified Grasshopper.
I caught a grasshopper nymph the other day. I didn't add it to my list of pets because its already too long.
It resembles a grasshopper with a triangle shaped head (almost like one of those invasive katydids). It has short antennae.
Baby Wolf Spider:
The Wolf spider is quite large but still a youngster. It eats the larger crickets that my ants won't eat.
Mini Labradoodle:
My dog helped me find another queen. During tennis with my dad (drink break) he walked up to me with a Technomyrmex queen on his "back". That's the queen that I have right now.
crazylegs myrmecia chyrogaster laid eggs in the bottle
