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[AnthonyP163]

So, I've had my queen since September. She got some workers but they all died in hibernation.

 

Anyway, she has pupae, larvae, and eggs now. I'll post some pics as soon as she gets workers, which will be in the next week or so.

 

Thanks!

Edited by AnthonyP163, June 15 2020 - 9:21 PM.

[gnr_zhao]

Do you have photos?
I would like to know what kind of Crematogaster you are raising.

[AnthonyP163]

Here are the pictures of the new workers! They are Crematogaster Cerasi.

 

 

Edited by AnthonyP163, March 5 2017 - 1:43 PM.

[AnthonyP163]

 

 

 

She currently has 5 workers, and I plan to create an outworld for them soon.

[AnthonyP163]

Woohoo! she's doing great with 10-15 workers. Here's them drinking honey.

 

Edited by AnthonyP163, April 4 2017 - 6:13 PM.

[AnthonyP163]

1/22/2018

 

I gave this colony away a while ago, but in August, I caught three queens and gave away two. I now have the one queen with a decent batch of eggs. 

 

Here are some pictures. 

 

 

I'll update this journal when the queen gets pupae or workers.

[Mettcollsuss]

I'm really jealous. I've been searching for Crematogaster since I started antkeeping, and yet I've never found any.

 

Hope the queen does well!

[AnthonyP163]

2/11/2018

 

This queen has finally gotten pupae! She has 2 of them. She also has a few large larvae and a small batch of eggs. I'm super excited that I might get another colony of these cool ants.

Here's a few pictures. 

 

 

 

 

I'll update this when she gets workers.

[AntsMaryland]

When you're proud of having some queen ants and then you realize you don't have Crematogaster.... and you just feel empty inside.... the joys of ant keeping...

[FeedTheAnts]

I'm really jealous. I've been searching for Crematogaster since I started antkeeping, and yet I've never found any.

 

Hope the queen does well!

 

 

When you're proud of having some queen ants and then you realize you don't have Crematogaster.... and you just feel empty inside.... the joys of ant keeping...

Crematogaster sure are a popular species huh? Great colony btw, can't wait till they get workers.

[MegaMyrmex]

Nice! One of my queens just got their first crematogaster workers and its one of the cutest things I have ever seen. It's pale gray with big black eyes, but short and stout legs and antennae. It's just sitting on top of the area where the heat mat, just keeping itself warm while the queen's near the moist cotton at the other end. I can't wait for the colony to grow, I plan on moving them into a (hopefully) arboreal setup, although all the crematogaster workers I find are terrestrial.

[FeedTheAnts]

Nice! One of my queens just got their first crematogaster workers and its one of the cutest things I have ever seen. It's pale gray with big black eyes, but short and stout legs and antennae. It's just sitting on top of the area where the heat mat, just keeping itself warm while the queen's near the moist cotton at the other end. I can't wait for the colony to grow, I plan on moving them into a (hopefully) arboreal setup, although all the crematogaster workers I find are terrestrial.

How would you go about making the arboreal setup? And ya, I've never seen Crematogaster nesting anywhere but the ground and occasionally rotting wood

[MegaMyrmex]

Nice! One of my queens just got their first crematogaster workers and its one of the cutest things I have ever seen. It's pale gray with big black eyes, but short and stout legs and antennae. It's just sitting on top of the area where the heat mat, just keeping itself warm while the queen's near the moist cotton at the other end. I can't wait for the colony to grow, I plan on moving them into a (hopefully) arboreal setup, although all the crematogaster workers I find are terrestrial.

How would you go about making the arboreal setup? And ya, I've never seen Crematogaster nesting anywhere but the ground and occasionally rotting wood

I'm not 100 percent sure but probably use some hollow sticks ir bamboo poles.

[AntsMaryland]

Cool!

Keep us posted!

[AnthonyP163]

2/21/2018

 

 Nanitics! She got her first workers about a week ago, and has four right now. I fed them a drop of sugar water. There are a few more workers bound to eclose in the next week or so.

 

 

 

They're pretty fast, here's a video of them running around. You could see trophalaxis happening between the worker and the queen in the end! 

 

[AnthonyP163]

3/16/2018

 

This colony is now at 8 workers, and the queen has just laid more eggs and has small larvae. I fed them a pinhead cricket today.

 

 

Here's them drinking sugar water.

Here's trophalaxis between a queen and worker.

Workers ripping legs of the dead cricket and worker feeding the larvae.

 

They're out of water, and their test tube is dirty. Therefore they'll be in a new tube for the next update.

Edited by AnthonyP163, March 16 2018 - 7:15 PM.

[AnthonyP163]

I finally got them to move before I went on vacation for a few days. I came back to see the queen without a head. That'll conclude this journal until I get another one in the fall.

[FeedTheAnts]

I finally got them to move before I went on vacation for a few days. I came back to see the queen without a head. That'll conclude this journal until I get another one in the fall.

Wow, that's weird. Do you think the workers did it?

[AnthonyP163]

 

I finally got them to move before I went on vacation for a few days. I came back to see the queen without a head. That'll conclude this journal until I get another one in the fall.

Wow, that's weird. Do you think the workers did it?

 

I don't know, I don't think they did. Sometimes the queens die of this species, and it happens really sudden. The workers probably tried to move the body.

[MrCobalt]

I caught crematogaster today, hope you can catch another