antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

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antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32572Post antsRlife
Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:03 am

hey ac, a couple of hours ago i moved a queen (with no brood) into a jar with sand and a rock, it has already started making its claustral chamber. also i have the test tubed queens in a plastic tube with a heating mat at around 27 degrees is that an ok temperature for Australian ants. thx hears a pic.
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Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32578Post antsRlife
Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:17 pm

Hey guys, I woke up this morning to find eggs in one of the test tubes. This is my first eggs and the heating Matt temperature was just right around 25 degrees.
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

KhaoticAnts
Posts: 37
Joined: Sun Oct 30, 2016 6:06 am
Location: Newcastle

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32590Post KhaoticAnts
Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:59 am

Those are Camponotus but they arent consobrinus sorry to say, nice queens though mate

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32608Post antsRlife
Wed Oct 25, 2017 5:52 pm

That was a bad picture, it defiantly a consobrinus, there is a nest near my house and i watched as they took flight.
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32663Post antsRlife
Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:18 pm

Hey everyone, to day is the weekly check up of my founding queen ants. Nothing much has changed since we last saw them except for an increase in eggs and size hopefully they hatch in the next week or two.
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32816Post antsRlife
Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:22 pm

its been another successful week with my camponotus, still no lave but it should be soon, iv'e been testing different types of food on a wild colony and they seem to like rolled oats and some banana. really hope everything goes well. :D
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 32912Post antsRlife
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:07 am

hey everyone, i am really exited about a huge increase in eggs, I've counted at least 15+ in one set up that was the first one i caught, most eggs are larger than other because of the first batch. another one has around ten or so, and the last one just started to lay with around 5 eggs. ill post a pic tomorrow morning. hopefully they should start hatching soon. :D
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

antsRlife
Posts: 140
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:27 am
Location: melbourn, victoria

Re: antsRlife camponotus consobrinus

Post: # 33359Post antsRlife
Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:44 am

Hey everyone, I’m back after a very long time to tell you that my componotus finally have some huge larvae almost ready to pupate. I will get some photos up of them in a couple of hours I completely promise.

Want to see more of these camponotus consobrinus? Just check out my YouTube channel @ antsdistrobutionvictoria
Queens only:
Myrmecia Pilosula (6 larvae, 1 pupae)

Early Stage Nests:
x1 Anonychromyrma (15-20 workers)

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