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#21 Offline Serafine - Posted February 1 2017 - 4:20 AM

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good to know. Is there an explanation for why newer eggs seem smaller?

Most likely they're nanitics.


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#22 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 9 2017 - 7:52 PM

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Well, I recently fiddled a little with temperature and now I noticed that the queen would lay more eggs in colder conditions but the brood would go into a semi-hibernation. All eggs are larvae now. They constantly stuff the new larvae as soon as they hatch!


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#23 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 19 2017 - 2:41 PM

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We got pupae! I raised the temperature a bit more and now the egg pile is twice the size of the queen! How do so many eggs fit in that tiny faster?
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#24 Offline Leo - Posted February 19 2017 - 5:46 PM

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*gaster ?



#25 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 19 2017 - 8:13 PM

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yeah


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#26 Offline Canadian anter - Posted February 22 2017 - 7:29 PM

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The claviger colony is booming. No workers yet but huge piles of eggs and large numbers of larvae.

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#27 Offline T.C. - Posted February 22 2017 - 8:19 PM

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Super cool and a good job on your part. Any ideas how large claviger, colonies get?

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#28 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted February 23 2017 - 6:51 AM

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Super cool and a good job on your part. Any ideas how large claviger, colonies get?


They get pretty enormous, well over 10,000 workers I believe.
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#29 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 5:38 AM

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UPDATE 3/14/2017

I SEE 3 CALLLOW CLAVIGER WORKERS! 

I WILL HAVE TO POST PICTURES 

It's very interesting how the cocoons turn a dark orange before they eclose as oppose to dark brown or grey in the other species


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#30 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 14 2017 - 5:40 AM

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Cool!!



#31 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 12:27 PM

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Canadian has made history!


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YJK


#32 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 14 2017 - 1:05 PM

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:party:  :party:

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#33 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 1:12 PM

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Wow..........


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#34 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted March 14 2017 - 2:31 PM

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This is awesome!!!! please keep us updated :)


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#35 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 6:32 PM

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Claviger have big heads
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#36 Offline thosaka - Posted March 14 2017 - 6:45 PM

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Canadian anter, your nest seems highly hydrated. Is that okay? I would like to know.



#37 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 6:56 PM

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Lasius really like hydration and it has never negatively affected the health of the ants


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#38 Offline LC3 - Posted March 14 2017 - 7:03 PM

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CanadianAnter did it Reddit! Formiculture!


Edited by LC3, March 14 2017 - 7:03 PM.

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#39 Offline thosaka - Posted March 14 2017 - 7:03 PM

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Lasius really like hydration and it has never negatively affected the health of the ants

Got it. Thank you!



#40 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted March 14 2017 - 7:09 PM

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Nice colony. I really like your photos of the colony :D






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