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KB's Camponotus Modoc Journal - Discontinued

Started By KBant , Feb 24 2018 11:06 PM
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#41 Offline KBant - Posted April 8 2018 - 10:24 AM

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queen and brood

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worker feeding larvae and close up of brood

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#42 Offline KBant - Posted April 10 2018 - 3:11 PM

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So, brood looks great however I’m down to two workers!! Wthhhhh

I think this all stems from when I left and the nest grew mold on old crickets during my two week trip. The mold was yellow.

Anyways I changed it right away but kept the same test tubes thinking it would be ok.

From April 5th to today, April 10, I lost 4 more workers and now only have two!

I moved them back into their original nest, which was cleaned out, and also put in two fresh test tubes. I’m praying this is the last of this colony’s troubles.

Good news is that new workers should enclose soon and hopefully help take care of the brood.

#43 Offline LC3 - Posted April 10 2018 - 3:21 PM

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Hopefully that mold wasn't Aspergillus cf. flavus or something like it. :/


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#44 Offline KBant - Posted April 13 2018 - 1:09 AM

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update, back up to 5 workers. queen laid a bunch more eggs too. 

 

I also removed the sand i had in their nest. i wanted to remove anything unnecessary that may have been killing them.


#45 Offline Scrixx - Posted April 13 2018 - 1:20 AM

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Great journal! It was nice following alongand that's a lot of eggs.

 

Do the test tubes have substrate or a floor in them? Or is it just straight glass?


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#46 Offline KBant - Posted April 13 2018 - 1:32 AM

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Great journal! It was nice following alongand that's a lot of eggs.

 

Do the test tubes have substrate or a floor in them? Or is it just straight glass?

 

its just straight glass. i poured non-sanded grout in a container from the container store. laid inside two test tubes covered lightly in vegetable oil. I removed the test tubes once the grout was hard and let it the whole thing dry. Before I poured the grout i also drilled two holes facing each other so that i could run a vinyl tube through my nest. through this vinyl tubing i run a heating cable. 

 

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#47 Offline Jerky93 - Posted April 13 2018 - 9:54 AM

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hope the worker count bounces back soon. Really impressive set up btw :)


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#48 Offline KBant - Posted April 13 2018 - 4:46 PM

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I do appreciate all who keep up with this journal. Ill keep posting, and even more if i know you all enjoy my updates. :)

 

heres the queen with ants, eggs, larvae and pupae. 

 

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more workers coming soon! 

 

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#49 Offline antnest8 - Posted April 13 2018 - 5:16 PM

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sooo.... close


have 1 camponotus queen

1 crematogaster queen

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#50 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted April 13 2018 - 6:42 PM

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Definitely enjoy the updates! Gotta love those purple legs...
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#51 Offline anttics - Posted April 14 2018 - 7:59 PM

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Yeap. I like this colony, great pics too. I have a questions off topic. your set up is non sanded grout. what is the difference of sanded and non sanded grout?. I looked, but I could not find any info.

#52 Offline KBant - Posted April 14 2018 - 8:38 PM

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Yeap. I like this colony, great pics too. I have a questions off topic. your set up is non sanded grout. what is the difference of sanded and non sanded grout?. I looked, but I could not find any info.


Someone can correct me but non sanded works better to hold onto water vs sanded.
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#53 Offline Scrixx - Posted April 14 2018 - 9:14 PM

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Yeap. I like this colony, great pics too. I have a questions off topic. your set up is non sanded grout. what is the difference of sanded and non sanded grout?. I looked, but I could not find any info.


Someone can correct me but non sanded works better to hold onto water vs sanded.

 

You're right. Crystals also did a test with mixing different ratios of perlite with grout. Adding crushed perlite increases water absorption. I believe it is 1perlite:2grout. 


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Journals: Camponotus sansabeanus & C. vicinus | Pogonomyrmex californicus & P. rugosus | Solenopsis molesta & S. xyloni

Discontinued: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus

#54 Offline KBant - Posted April 15 2018 - 9:24 AM

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now up to 7 workers!

Here are some workers opening up a cocoon.

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there are eggs, larvae and pupae in many different stages of growth.

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Close up

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Enjoy! :)

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#55 Offline antnest8 - Posted April 15 2018 - 11:20 AM

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how do you get so much brood?


have 1 camponotus queen

1 crematogaster queen

5 lasius umbratus queens

#56 Offline KBant - Posted April 15 2018 - 4:38 PM

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how do you get so much brood?


I give the colony a daily cricket, sugar water every other day sometimes every day if their gasters are not fully expanded, and I always have my heating cable on. The surplus in protein should allow the queen to produce more eggs; it should also help feed the growing brood.

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#57 Offline KBant - Posted April 19 2018 - 10:40 PM

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came back to the modoc colony after 3 days. Now have 10 workers, 20 pupae, a of pile eggs and some larvae. 

 

the queen

 

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eggs 

 

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workers with pupae pile #1. there is a really fat, dark, pupae- top right - really curious what comes out of that cocoon. I just fed them red sugar water.

 

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workers with pupae pile #2

 

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#58 Offline nurbs - Posted April 19 2018 - 11:20 PM

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how do you get so much brood?

 

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#59 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted April 20 2018 - 6:54 AM

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Someday, nurbs and KB are going to want some YsCC
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#60 Offline KBant - Posted April 22 2018 - 8:33 AM

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newly eclosed and my first ever MAJOR..probably a median but still happy   :)

 

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