114 replies to this topic

[sirjordanncurtis]

How old is your largest colony?

[FSTP]

How do you even feed these guys when they're in a test tube? They're so frantic I don't see how one would do it.

[dspdrew]

I don't. I only put them in a test tube when someone wants to buy them in a test tube. I won't even sell more than 20 in a test tube, because it's too hard to even get them in there.

[Rstheant]

Update?

[B_rad0806]

Journals pretty interesting, I’m getting a new Camponotus Fragilis colony soon. Now I can sort of imagine what I will be keeping.

[Rstheant]

Good luck with them. They do well in heat, and do well in test tube setups. They don’t need hibernation, unlike some Camponotus species.

Edited by Rstheant, March 7 2019 - 3:36 PM.

[TennesseeAnts]

Lucky...

[Rstheant]

[TennesseeAnts]

I love their colors...

[Rstheant]

Same. They are CA signatures species.

Just kidding.

[neoponera]

update?

[B_rad0806]

Update?

[dspdrew]

Update 6-13-2019
 

I only have one large colony of these now, and it's doing great. I counted about 500 or so workers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guy_Fieri]

Those majors are huge! I thought this was some weird polygynous colony at first.

[FSTP]

they look awesome drew! The colony I got from you last year is still doing great as well.

[Dukagora]

Wow 500 workers. Do we know what the typical wild colony size is?

[mbullock42086]

Looks like you can use majors to tell absquatulator apart from fragillis, too.  The absquatulator colony i know of has huge majors almost the same size as those weird ocreatus lookalikes that are arboreal

[Broncos]

How much would you sell those pyramid feeders for?

[dspdrew]

How much would you sell those pyramid feeders for?

 

I'm not selling those right now.

[Broncos]

How do you make the sand resin, or whatever is at the bottom of the starter formicariums?