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AntsAreUs's Camponotus chromaiodes Journal

Started By AntsAreUs , May 22 2018 1:43 PM
camponotus camponotus sp. camponotus chromaiodes

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#1 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted May 22 2018 - 1:43 PM

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I have caught 4 of these queens and I'm likely going to give all but 1 of them away. Right now all 4 of them have eggs and I have fed them a little bit to make sure they don't get too skinny. These are my favorite species of Camponotus in my area.

 

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#2 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted May 22 2018 - 3:38 PM

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I would wait till they get workers before giving them away, some queens do much better than others.

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#3 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted May 22 2018 - 3:48 PM

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I would wait till they get workers before giving them away, some queens do much better than others.

When I give them away it will be much later on. They should definitely have workers by then.


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#4 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted June 16 2018 - 3:36 PM

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This queen has lots of small/medium larva now. I've been keeping them at 85F.

 

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#5 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 5 2018 - 8:15 AM

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First worker arrived over night. She also has 1 more pupa and some other larva. The larva isn't developing very fast so I'll try feeding them as soon as I can.

 

 

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#6 Offline AntsBC - Posted July 5 2018 - 8:36 AM

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