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Dspdrew's Prenolepis imparis Journal [228] (Discontinued)

Started By dspdrew , Mar 17 2018 3:46 AM
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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 17 2018 - 3:46 AM

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I traded a few queens of various species with YsTheAnt for 13 Prenolepis imparis queens. These queens were found in the afternoon on 1-31-2018 in Cupertino, California.
 
I was told most of them didn't lay eggs for the first month or so, but some of them do have small piles of eggs now, and looking at them under a microscope, I can see they are turning into larvae, so that's good.
 
I put three of them in some #4 Dirt Boxes, five in small starter formicariums, and the rest in test tubes.
 
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#2 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted April 4 2018 - 5:44 AM

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Any pupa yet? I heard they are slow growing. So i'm wondering.


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#3 Offline Civz - Posted April 10 2018 - 11:34 PM

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How are these girls doing for you? I'm founding 7 in test tubes right now, started about a month after yours


#4 Offline anttics - Posted April 11 2018 - 9:35 AM

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these are fully coastal queens. if so how can they still lay eggs and eat no food for 2 months. it's amazing.

#5 Offline Civz - Posted April 11 2018 - 11:49 AM

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They feed off the muscles they no longer need for flight. It’s pretty neat!

#6 Offline anttics - Posted April 11 2018 - 12:08 PM

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it surprises me that a queen can make appear out of thin air 5 or more nanitics ants. with out any food in a month. never heard of one for 2 month in claustral stage.

#7 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted April 11 2018 - 2:34 PM

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Update?


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#8 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted April 11 2018 - 3:14 PM

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They probably don't have anything more than larvae yet. Mine don't have pupae, and they are at the same state as his. These are so slow growing...

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#9 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted April 16 2018 - 6:42 AM

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I haven't been able to find any journals of people who report completely successful colonies past the first year :(


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#10 Offline Apex - Posted April 30 2018 - 3:47 PM

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update? My prenolepis have larvae!


#11 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted April 30 2018 - 4:05 PM

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Hm... mine seem to have moved their eggs around a lot. I'm kind of mad, because I found that a wild colony already had nanitics


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#12 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 19 2018 - 7:57 AM

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Update 5-19-2018
 
One of these queens finally got its first worker.
 
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I have another queen that is not far behind. As for the rest, a couple have some eggs, but nothing else.
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#13 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted May 19 2018 - 11:35 AM

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Nice! All of my queens still have eggs...


Edited by MegaMyrmex, May 19 2018 - 11:35 AM.

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.

 

#14 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 27 2018 - 8:45 PM

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Update 6-27-2018
 
A couple weeks ago, all these queens decided to lay a bunch more eggs, almost all the same day too.
 
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I now have two colonies with workers, and a few more with lots of brood.
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#15 Offline Superant33 - Posted June 28 2018 - 5:17 AM

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Nice pics

#16 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 28 2018 - 7:29 AM

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These make huge 'repletes' if you give them hummingbird nectar, one of my colonies has one that has a gaster twice the size of it's body.

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#17 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted August 18 2018 - 6:12 PM

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updater?


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#18 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted August 18 2018 - 7:48 PM

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How did the ones in dirt formicaria do?


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#19 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 24 2018 - 12:28 AM

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I'm down to three colonies and one queen that has not produced anything. The three colonies are doing pretty good, with the largest having about 20 workers.
 
This colony finally dug a tiny tunnel up to the surface where they found a liquid feeder. As you can see, they've all gorged themselves with sugar water.
 
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#20 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted August 24 2018 - 1:53 PM

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I have successfully combined colonies of these, might want to give it a shot. No garuntees it'll work though.
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