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camponotus hyatti ant journal

Started By EthanNgo678 , Mar 24 2018 10:38 AM
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#1 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted March 24 2018 - 10:38 AM

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This is my first ant journal, it is about camponotus hayatti I keep them in the fortress a tarheel ant enclosure. They have a good amount of brood and around 30 workers. They are small for camponotus but amazing. Sorry for bad pictures   

 

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#2 Offline Ants4fun - Posted March 24 2018 - 3:21 PM

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I was going to imbed them for you, but I'm not sure that would help...


#3 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted March 24 2018 - 5:22 PM

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#4 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted March 24 2018 - 6:59 PM

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Did you get them from the can farmer in West Sacramento?

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#5 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted March 25 2018 - 5:29 AM

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Yep! As well as the nylanderia vividula. I might make a journal about them. Might. They get stressed and I don't want to invade them.


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#6 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted March 25 2018 - 8:49 AM

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I also got my Camponotus hyatti colony from the same GAN farmer and they have the same amount of brood and workers as you do.

#7 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted March 25 2018 - 12:24 PM

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Nice, I am expect around 5-10 workers soon from that colony. They also have tons of repleats, almost every ant.


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#8 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted April 7 2018 - 6:51 AM

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Sorry no picks now, I will get a better pictures soon. Anyway the colony is doing great they brought the two crickets I gave them into there chambers. They discarded it in the top chambers, so I am a little worried. They love honey and crickets but don't seem to like protein jelly. Anything I should try to feed them? They also have had no deaths yet, and getting a lot of new workers


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#9 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted June 18 2018 - 2:34 PM

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This colony has been doing ok. There was an escape but there are some ants coming out of there cocoons so they are replenishing, I also saw camponotus semitestaceus does anyone know when they fly?


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#10 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted June 18 2018 - 8:16 PM

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What's the worker count?


#11 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted June 19 2018 - 9:06 AM

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I can't check now since I checked up on them yesterday but if my memory is correct around 20 with a lot of brood.


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#12 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted June 19 2018 - 10:42 AM

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Oh nice
 


#13 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted June 28 2018 - 6:57 AM

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Nothing new has happened. The rest of the pupa eclosed and the worker force is slowly becoming higher like a Camponotus colony should. They don't like the fruit I have gave them cherry and a strawberry, but do like deli chicken. 


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#14 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted July 6 2018 - 7:15 PM

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This colony died. I checked up on them and the queen and all the workers but one were in the hallway leaving me with just one colony.  :( . 


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#15 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted July 7 2018 - 1:35 AM

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Oh no I’m so sorry
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