Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
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Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Log: 01.03.2016
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Now 6 year old colony.
Some photo's of queen and video of colony.
Red Messor barbarous queen
videos of colony
Colony eating
Nest
Super Major's defensive stance
busy foraging arena.
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Now 6 year old colony.
Some photo's of queen and video of colony.
Red Messor barbarous queen
videos of colony
Colony eating
Nest
Super Major's defensive stance
busy foraging arena.
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Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Wow, incredible colony Shane! Will we get to see some video of your complete setup sometime soon? What is your estimate on the size of the colony?
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Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
i also have the same ant, was wondering the temp you have them at and there set up to. i see u in uk like i am and with our weather etc am really intrested in ur set up as my queen which ive had since last sep is hard to keep at the right temp but now that i have a brand new heating system for my house ( as of yesterday) iam hopping i can get her to lay prober. she did lay last year but tube mishaps and near fatal drowings ended her eggs.
Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Colony size jumps up to over 1700 to end of summer then drops almost hath in winter to around 1000.
If set up was bigger thy could expand there size even more, But as there are, Thy been happy in there set up now
for almost 6 years and I did have to get a bigger nest as thy did have a population boom in there small starter nest
in just 3 months.
THis is there set up and I always keep nest dark and video was taken in Jan 2014 when I decided to then lay
there nest flat cos thy not good climbers if thy rush.
For 2 years now I layed there nest flat and it seems better for them.
I keep a soft hand towel around there nest, So nest keeps warm all year around.
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If set up was bigger thy could expand there size even more, But as there are, Thy been happy in there set up now
for almost 6 years and I did have to get a bigger nest as thy did have a population boom in there small starter nest
in just 3 months.
THis is there set up and I always keep nest dark and video was taken in Jan 2014 when I decided to then lay
there nest flat cos thy not good climbers if thy rush.
For 2 years now I layed there nest flat and it seems better for them.
I keep a soft hand towel around there nest, So nest keeps warm all year around.
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Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Log: 03.03.2016
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More videos of colony.
Empire nest from 2014
End of winter Empire nest 03.03.2016
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More videos of colony.
Empire nest from 2014
End of winter Empire nest 03.03.2016
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Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Log: 18.05.2016
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Thought I'd add a video of there nest of a small Amy of newborn cowl super majors plus queens having her wonder around nest
Enjoy.
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Thought I'd add a video of there nest of a small Amy of newborn cowl super majors plus queens having her wonder around nest
Enjoy.
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Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
Great pics!
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Re: Shane's Messor barbarus. Rare Red morph queen pluse colony.
I need to get a polymorphic species! Very cool!
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