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[Nixou]

Hi everyone,

 

I would like to present my Pheidole pallidula colony which I have raised since November 2016.

 

To begin, here is a retrospective :

 

15 November 2016

 

• Arrival of the colony with :
  • The queen
  • 25 workers
  • Some eggs
• They are in a test tube (1.6cm diameter) with a water reserve

 

 

 

28 January 2017

 

• They are feed with insects and honey/milk with sugar.
• There have been some births and they are now about 30 workers.
• 3 workers that are hunting to find food everytime.

 

 

 

11 March 2017

 

• First soldier !
• ~70 workers.
• They moved from the test tube to the final nest.

 

07 May 2017

 

• 30 workers that are hunting to find food everytime
• 3 soldiers
• ~200 workers

Here is a first movie I made to present daily cleaning and feeding :

 

 

22 July 2017

 

• ~500 workers
• ~50 soldiers

Here is a second movie to present the nest :

 

Thanks for reading !

 

See you soon with somes news .

 

[Barristan]

One of my favorite ant species: Always hungry, amazing rate of growth and I like their color too. Their speed of recruitment is also stunning. One tiny ant moves home and can recruit hundreds at once. Other ant species require some more ants to lay a pheromone trail back to the nest in order to recruit such huge numbers.

 

Downside: You need to build a lot of nests since they grow so fast and they are escape artists too. They also can be quite dangerous for other ant colonies (or other insects/spiders) you keep...

Edited by Barristan, July 23 2017 - 10:54 AM.

[lucas3431]

Any updates? @Nixou