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Cryptic Ant (formerly just Ponera) journal

Started By Connectimyrmex , Sep 24 2017 7:03 AM
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#21 Offline Aaron567 - Posted October 13 2017 - 7:08 PM

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Stigmatomma are Amblyoponine.


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#22 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 14 2017 - 6:21 AM

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Oh, true. Thanks.


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#23 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 14 2017 - 6:23 AM

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Also, I think the secret to keeping a successful Stigmatomma queen/colony is to supply her with many termites. Termites are mostly liquid, so eating them is very easy for Stigmatomma. 


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#24 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted October 14 2017 - 10:47 AM

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Argh, wish I knew that when I had my Stigmatomma queen

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#25 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 15 2017 - 4:40 AM

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My Stigmatomma queen is doing pretty well! I don't think that I'm going to give her an outworld.


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#26 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted November 3 2017 - 8:34 AM

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I put that stigmatomma queen with the workers and (probably) infertile pseudo-workers, and they are doing a bit better than before. They ate a termite before hibernation.

The Ponera queen is also with the wild (Ponera) workers. They are doing very well together. 


Hawaiiant (Ben)

Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps

#27 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 19 2019 - 3:56 PM

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Update?

Edited by NickAnter, May 19 2019 - 3:57 PM.

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#28 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 7 2019 - 12:05 PM

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Concerning gamergates in Ponera, my friend found and captured workers being mated by males. (and gave them to me) A male he caught and put in with the workers even mated multiple times in a captive setting. Although the workers didn't look to happy when they were being mated though.... 

 

I have no idea if the workers are now fertile gamergates, however it must be natural behavior in this species. So if I begin to see eggs in their test tube, then that would be a new scientific discovery.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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