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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99343Post antperson24
Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:40 am

SYUTEO wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 8:44 pm
Antloverhuman wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 11:12 am
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qicbvMTvKtkKiUuT7
These are the best i can do right now. I know these are trash but she has laid a small batch of eggs. I gave her a slapped mosquito and will probably rehydrate the cotton (or rather add another wet cotton) day after tomorrow. Now i hope she survives the 15 hours long train trip back home :?

Imma make her another journal so new people here don't get their mind exploded by confusion
From this angle she looks like Crematogaster. She is a subfamily Myrmicinae ant for sure tho and I can also confirm she is fully-cluastral.
Upvote on this.
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: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99377Post Antloverhuman
Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:06 am

antperson24 wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:40 am
SYUTEO wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 8:44 pm
Antloverhuman wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 11:12 am
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qicbvMTvKtkKiUuT7
These are the best i can do right now. I know these are trash but she has laid a small batch of eggs. I gave her a slapped mosquito and will probably rehydrate the cotton (or rather add another wet cotton) day after tomorrow. Now i hope she survives the 15 hours long train trip back home :?

Imma make her another journal so new people here don't get their mind exploded by confusion
From this angle she looks like Crematogaster. She is a subfamily Myrmicinae ant for sure tho and I can also confirm she is fully-cluastral.
Upvote on this.
Yeah i guess so. I don't think semi claustral would lay an egg batch so soon after getting caught without food. I did actually start thinking she could be crematogaster instead of tetramorium (i am not copying you guys i seriously thought that myself but you guys said it before me. I know how to ID a bit i swear)
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99384Post antperson24
Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:26 am

Antloverhuman wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:06 am
antperson24 wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:40 am
SYUTEO wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 8:44 pm

From this angle she looks like Crematogaster. She is a subfamily Myrmicinae ant for sure tho and I can also confirm she is fully-cluastral.
Upvote on this.
Yeah i guess so. I don't think semi claustral would lay an egg batch so soon after getting caught without food. I did actually start thinking she could be crematogaster instead of tetramorium (i am not copying you guys i seriously thought that myself but you guys said it before me. I know how to ID a bit i swear)
Ok, I believe you.
If you want to practice identification, here is a great website (I use it a lot): https://buthidae.pics/
Just type 'Formicidae' in the tope right corner, then press get, then start and next in the bottom left.
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: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99405Post SolenopsisKeeper
Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:23 am

Antloverhuman wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:06 am
antperson24 wrote:
Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:40 am
SYUTEO wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 8:44 pm

From this angle she looks like Crematogaster. She is a subfamily Myrmicinae ant for sure tho and I can also confirm she is fully-cluastral.
Upvote on this.
Yeah i guess so. I don't think semi claustral would lay an egg batch so soon after getting caught without food. I did actually start thinking she could be crematogaster instead of tetramorium (i am not copying you guys i seriously thought that myself but you guys said it before me. I know how to ID a bit i swear)
Actually my Odonotmachus queens lay eggs after a week without food
When you accidentally reply to yourself…

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99550Post Antloverhuman
Thu Jun 08, 2023 10:19 am

8 June 2023
I'm home! And holy crap the train ride was so terrible (I'm just hoping my cremato doesn't die of stress. Will write more in other journal)
Anyways the colony is doing amazing. Saw 4 cocoons and 6 larvae but tonnes of eggs. Gave their outworld new, more beautiful stones.
I don't think there will be any males from the colony and the time to catch wild males is gone so imma release the other unmated queen on a suitable time (noo my juicy money)
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99617Post Antloverhuman
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:26 am

12 June 2023
Fed them chicken and look what i saw!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2XWb1LHQXsJB4WBr8
Jeff's actually doing some work now! If that's not character development, i don't know what is 8-)
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99623Post SYUTEO
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:52 pm

Antloverhuman wrote:
Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:26 am
12 June 2023
Fed them chicken and look what i saw!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2XWb1LHQXsJB4WBr8
Jeff's actually doing some work now! If that's not character development, i don't know what is 8-)
Jeff is looking good!

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99687Post Antloverhuman
Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:30 am

18 June 2023
Gave the colony and unmated queen some jam and they ate. I also released the queen because it rained yesterday. She found a nice wooden plank and is hiding under it on my neighbour's roof(i purposefully blew her away in that direction because i didn't want her to get annihilated by the trash ants(those are now nesting in one of my pots so hopefully i can exterminate them :twisted: ))
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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Re: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99695Post antperson24
Mon Jun 19, 2023 7:24 am

Antloverhuman wrote:
Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:30 am
18 June 2023
Gave the colony and unmated queen some jam and they ate. I also released the queen because it rained yesterday. She found a nice wooden plank and is hiding under it on my neighbour's roof(i purposefully blew her away in that direction because i didn't want her to get annihilated by the trash ants(those are now nesting in one of my pots so hopefully i can exterminate them :twisted: ))
:shock:
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: My queen ant journal

Post: # 99710Post Antloverhuman
Tue Jun 20, 2023 8:09 am

20 June 2023
I've been feeding them all sorts of things. Gave them boiled eggs which they ate super fast. Today i have them a piece of sliced cheese which they also ate. I have them some ice cream too but they didn't care about that
Also 500 posts :D
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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