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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 98281Post NolanGiesbrecht
Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 pm

I put a piece of chicken in about half a inch long. 2 hours ago and its gone completely. But the queen just leaves larvae and ready to hatch workers in water so should I force a move?

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Post: # 98284Post RespectforAnts
Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:38 pm

AY the Camponotus crew back!
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C. Novaeboracensis (my favorite ant
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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 98288Post SYUTEO
Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:31 pm

NolanGiesbrecht wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:04 pm
I put a piece of chicken in about half a inch long. 2 hours ago and its gone completely. But the queen just leaves larvae and ready to hatch workers in water so should I force a move?
Did you feed her before the workers hatch?

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 98289Post NolanGiesbrecht
Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:08 pm

The Queen already had workers, 5 of them there the original batch. 3 of them have died. one is sitting in the small test tube connector /outworld looking stressed.

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 98291Post antperson24
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:41 am

NolanGiesbrecht wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:08 pm
The Queen already had workers, 5 of them there the original batch. 3 of them have died. one is sitting in the small test tube connector /outworld looking stressed.
I would say dump them, you don't want all the brood to drown.
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 98400Post NolanGiesbrecht
Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:53 pm

I changed test tubes but half of the brood had already drowned and the queen STILL just sits in the entrance to test tube.

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 99116Post JaydenScheepers
Sat May 13, 2023 10:32 am

antperson24 wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:05 am
NolanGiesbrecht wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:00 am
Hello.I have a Camponotus ocreatus queen. I'm a beginner antkeeper and things are happening that I have no clue how to deal with. I got her from a antkeeper near me and she arrived with 5 nanitics.
Everything was fine for about 3 weeks then 2 died a week a part.I put them in hibernation for 3 months. I took them out like 4 days ago. 1 day later 1 was dead. Next day another one i looked distressed. It can't hardly move and was staying away from others
Its still is alive but hardly moving. Now I notice the queen is just sitting the in entrance to test tube. The one remaining worker is with her with a larvae in its mouth and they just sit there. The test tube was looking a bit wet so I put a new one in. They won't move into it. Whats going on? I'm lost.
Don't use light for Camponotus, it only stresses them out. Try heating the new test tube. If that does not work after about a week, you might want to consider dumping them into the new test tube.
I like to try and make my ants used to light so that I don't stress them when I view them.
Keeping:

• Cataulacus granulatus x2
• Camponotus parius
• Odontomachus sp x4
• Pheidole prava x1
• Pseudoneoponera sp x1

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 99117Post antperson24
Sat May 13, 2023 4:44 pm

JaydenScheepers wrote:
Sat May 13, 2023 10:32 am
antperson24 wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:05 am
NolanGiesbrecht wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:00 am
Hello.I have a Camponotus ocreatus queen. I'm a beginner antkeeper and things are happening that I have no clue how to deal with. I got her from a antkeeper near me and she arrived with 5 nanitics.
Everything was fine for about 3 weeks then 2 died a week a part.I put them in hibernation for 3 months. I took them out like 4 days ago. 1 day later 1 was dead. Next day another one i looked distressed. It can't hardly move and was staying away from others
Its still is alive but hardly moving. Now I notice the queen is just sitting the in entrance to test tube. The one remaining worker is with her with a larvae in its mouth and they just sit there. The test tube was looking a bit wet so I put a new one in. They won't move into it. Whats going on? I'm lost.
Don't use light for Camponotus, it only stresses them out. Try heating the new test tube. If that does not work after about a week, you might want to consider dumping them into the new test tube.
I like to try and make my ants used to light so that I don't stress them when I view them.
I do too; I never cover my Camponotus.
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 99136Post NolanGiesbrecht
Tue May 16, 2023 12:33 am

Like no part of your camponotus colony is dark

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Re: Welcome back to the Camponotus Crew! (New topic, old one got too long)

Post: # 99140Post antperson24
Tue May 16, 2023 8:40 am

NolanGiesbrecht wrote:
Tue May 16, 2023 12:33 am
Like no part of your camponotus colony is dark
Not unless they're in a shadow.
Why keep ants that aren't found in your yard?
There are so many fascinating ants right where you live!
I disagree with the keeping/buying of ants that aren't in your area.

Join Ants, Plants, and Myrmecology: https://discord.gg/BeQuNf8yTN

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