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Diffeomorphismus' ant colonies

Started By Diffeomorphismus , Jan 15 2015 1:25 PM

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#61 Offline antmaniac - Posted December 16 2015 - 12:51 PM

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Very good photos and videos!

#62 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted December 16 2015 - 2:09 PM

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You have such great pictures and videos! And a large variation of species. :) Do you get them all from a local shop in Germany?

 

Some are from Shops, some are from other ant keepers who collected them on hollidays and some queens were also collected by myself. 


#63 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted January 20 2016 - 4:45 AM

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A short video of my Crematogaster scutellaris colony:

 


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#64 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted February 4 2016 - 7:16 AM

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A Crematogaster scutellaris queen ist laying an egg:

 

 

 


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#65 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted February 4 2016 - 1:26 PM

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Did you hibernate them?


#66 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted February 4 2016 - 2:45 PM

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No, I didn't. 


#67 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted February 16 2016 - 10:55 AM

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Today I fed my small Crematogaster scutellaris colony (~15-20 workers) with a house cricket (Acheta domesticus). Here is a short video:

 


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#68 Offline kong minhao - Posted February 16 2016 - 6:35 PM

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Very nice photo, I want to know what food do you feed Manica rubida, you know, this ant will be sold very expensive in china, and i am a student in sichuan university, so i can't buy them without any preparation. Thank you.


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#69 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted February 17 2016 - 12:01 AM

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I feed Manica rubida with green bottle flys (Lucilia sericata), house crickets (Acheta domesticus) and invert sugar syrup (you can also use sugar water). Very important: This species needs a high humidity level inside the nest! Otherwise the colony will die quickly.


#70 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted February 24 2016 - 5:43 AM

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Here are two new videos!

 

Crematogaster scutellaris:

 

 

A Odontoponera larva is feeding on a house cricket:

 

 


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#71 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted March 7 2016 - 11:08 AM

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Once again Crematogaster scutellaris. I love their red heads  <3

 


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#72 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted April 14 2016 - 4:41 AM

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A Odontoponera worker just after the eclosion:

 

 

Here is a short video of this ant:

 

 

 

 

 

 


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#73 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted May 10 2016 - 6:53 AM

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A short video of my Messor barbarus colony:

 

 


#74 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted September 27 2016 - 10:38 AM

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It's absolutely fascinating to observe social behavior in ants:

 


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#75 Offline sgheaton - Posted September 27 2016 - 10:51 AM

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Can you explain what's going on here? Is one cleaning the other that the third one got jealous and joined in? Or is this communication? Incredible camera to get such a nice close up. 


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#77 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted December 21 2016 - 7:09 AM

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#78 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 21 2016 - 11:24 AM

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What nice colonies! :)


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#79 Offline Diffeomorphismus - Posted April 30 2017 - 12:32 PM

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Here are three new videos:

 

 

 

 

 


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#80 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted April 30 2017 - 1:55 PM

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Here are three new videos:

 

 

 

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