Ok here are the pictures!
I hope that some of this brood will become majors!
Very nice Derpy. It came with a nestmate, right? Make sure that is attached with water so they have access to drinking water.
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Unidentified Myrmecocystus
https://www.formicul...ls-near-desert/
Undescribed "Modoc"
https://www.formicul...mp-ca-5-4-2017/
Camponotus or Colobopsis yogi:
https://www.formicul...a-ca-1-28-2018/
Camponotus us-ca02
https://www.formicul...onotus-us-ca02/
Unidentified Formica
https://www.formicul...l-ca-6-27-2020/
Pencil Case and Test Tube Formicariums
https://www.formicul...m-and-outworld/
Bloodworm Soup
https://www.formicul...bloodworm-soup/
-1x Parasitic Formica Sp. Colony
-1x Pogonomymrex Californicus Colony
-1x Camponotus Hyatti Colony
Yeah, the flooding is normal. The Type II and III is great. It "breathes" well. It also absorbs water, which is my theory on why so many species do well in them. A lot of formicarium these days are nice and pretty but are made of acrylic/3d printed abs/epoxy that doesn't simulate the natural environment. I've never asked him what material it is, so have no idea what it is made of. It feels like a form of hydrostone or fired pottery?
And yeah haha, saw the plug. Take it out and setup the nestmate as a water feeder. It's an ingenious idea. Here's tutorial:
EDIT:
I always setup nestmates with water in them:
Edited by nurbs, May 11 2018 - 4:25 PM.
Instagram:
nurbsants
YouTube
California Ants for Sale
Unidentified Myrmecocystus
https://www.formicul...ls-near-desert/
Undescribed "Modoc"
https://www.formicul...mp-ca-5-4-2017/
Camponotus or Colobopsis yogi:
https://www.formicul...a-ca-1-28-2018/
Camponotus us-ca02
https://www.formicul...onotus-us-ca02/
Unidentified Formica
https://www.formicul...l-ca-6-27-2020/
Pencil Case and Test Tube Formicariums
https://www.formicul...m-and-outworld/
Bloodworm Soup
https://www.formicul...bloodworm-soup/
Wow those mini hearths are a lot bigger than I thought. Great pictures!! Definitely going to get one of these for camponotus now.
update?
Plants r cool
Amazing journal! i hope mine get as big as this colony some day
I have a C. chromaiodes colony in on with almost 300 workers and 700 brood. Mine is type one with the top chambers though.Wow those mini hearths are a lot bigger than I thought. Great pictures!! Definitely going to get one of these for camponotus now.
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A Pogonomyrmex subnitidus colony.
He traded them with me, I currently have them and just took them out of hibernation.
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