Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
hi guys, shout out to all the new comers, hope everyone is well, have some new comers myself i'd like you to all say hello to my manica rubida colony
1x Lasius Niger - early forging stage - 60-100 workers
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs
- CabboAntsGuy
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Hello colony, you should give them a name. They look like a very good colony.
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Good news and slight sad news, for those who are invested in every ant queen.
Helena is still caring very well for her eggs/maybe larvae. I don't have a magnifying glass so I can't tell if some of the eggs are shiny because they are damp (she is draining that water reservoir very fast for an ant.. I suspect not only drinking but keeping eggs damp) or if some have hatched into small larvae by now. It'll be two weeks since she laid her eggs in a few days, so it's possible.
Sol is still just sitting around, and the mold level in her tube has gotten to a point where it is out of control... I think I'm probably going to freeze her.
Serena... I think... has a few eggs lying around! I thought Helena's were small!! They are smaller than half a grain of salt! But they are also scattered instead of put in a pile like Helenas. Odd thing for a queen to do??
Since Serena is on the ball, so to speak, I think that confirms my suspicions that Sol isn't fertile.
Helena is still caring very well for her eggs/maybe larvae. I don't have a magnifying glass so I can't tell if some of the eggs are shiny because they are damp (she is draining that water reservoir very fast for an ant.. I suspect not only drinking but keeping eggs damp) or if some have hatched into small larvae by now. It'll be two weeks since she laid her eggs in a few days, so it's possible.
Sol is still just sitting around, and the mold level in her tube has gotten to a point where it is out of control... I think I'm probably going to freeze her.
Serena... I think... has a few eggs lying around! I thought Helena's were small!! They are smaller than half a grain of salt! But they are also scattered instead of put in a pile like Helenas. Odd thing for a queen to do??
Since Serena is on the ball, so to speak, I think that confirms my suspicions that Sol isn't fertile.
Ant-keeping newbie! Currently keeping one Crematogaster Laeviscula Queen (Helena, with seven workers, and lots of increasing brood amounts!).
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
12 pages to catch up on! :O
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- CabboAntsGuy
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
I know, I can't imagine anyone new trying to read all the way through them . I wonder if Hawkeye could add something to the title to just tell them to skip to page 60 or something like that. Good to see you back sartwell90.
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Thats funny. He totally should. We have discussed sooooo much. lolCabboAntsGuy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:43 amI know, I can't imagine anyone new trying to read all the way through them . I wonder if Hawkeye could add something to the title to just tell them to skip to page 60 or something like that. Good to see you back sartwell90.
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- CabboAntsGuy
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I mean, I think it would be the only way. I don't know of any other way to do. And I don't want people to see 60 pages, and just say:
"Nope, 'ant' happening"(sorry had to put a pun in. ).
Anyway, update-
Estrella now has seven workers and a few more brood. Hoping to have around ten by hibernation time. I'm almost ready to let them into their new (small) outworld. I hope they like it. I do want to attach another tube though for them to move into, because this one is getting a little dirty with all the cocoon casing lying around, and it's such a small tube that I can barely get to them. I did just feed them a big drop of honey so I think they'll have plenty of energy for awhile. Anyway, can't wait to move them into their new world.
StirTheFire
-Cabbo
"Nope, 'ant' happening"(sorry had to put a pun in. ).
Anyway, update-
Estrella now has seven workers and a few more brood. Hoping to have around ten by hibernation time. I'm almost ready to let them into their new (small) outworld. I hope they like it. I do want to attach another tube though for them to move into, because this one is getting a little dirty with all the cocoon casing lying around, and it's such a small tube that I can barely get to them. I did just feed them a big drop of honey so I think they'll have plenty of energy for awhile. Anyway, can't wait to move them into their new world.
StirTheFire
-Cabbo
Keep:
3 camponotus pennsylvanicus
2 formica subsericea
The Camponotus Crew! https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15267
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
3 camponotus pennsylvanicus
2 formica subsericea
The Camponotus Crew! https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15267
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
I feel like y'all are gonna put me in an old folks home...ArizonanAnts wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:43 amI'm also 14 almost 15. It's cool to hear that someone is around my age!CabboAntsGuy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:17 amHello, welcome to the crew flinx45. Glad to have you here. Nice to see a fellow Wisconsin guy here. I've always wanted a C. noveboracensis queen. They are really pretty. As far as diapause, I don't know too much about that, sorry. I do know that you should hibernate your ants anywhere from 2-10 degrees celsius. Can't wait to here more form you.
Yeah, kinda wondered if some of you might not have expected that.
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Don’t “freeze” Sol. She will die! If you can connect another tube and darken it then shine a bright light on the moldy tube. She should move to the other new tube.Kherafox wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:25 amGood news and slight sad news, for those who are invested in every ant queen.
Helena is still caring very well for her eggs/maybe larvae. I don't have a magnifying glass so I can't tell if some of the eggs are shiny because they are damp (she is draining that water reservoir very fast for an ant.. I suspect not only drinking but keeping eggs damp) or if some have hatched into small larvae by now. It'll be two weeks since she laid her eggs in a few days, so it's possible.
Sol is still just sitting around, and the mold level in her tube has gotten to a point where it is out of control... I think I'm probably going to freeze her.
Serena... I think... has a few eggs lying around! I thought Helena's were small!! They are smaller than half a grain of salt! But they are also scattered instead of put in a pile like Helenas. Odd thing for a queen to do??
Since Serena is on the ball, so to speak, I think that confirms my suspicions that Sol isn't fertile.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Ohhh how exciting!! Make sure to share pictures. Haha if you haven’t already I’m playing catch-up on my reading!CabboAntsGuy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:33 amI mean, I think it would be the only way. I don't know of any other way to do. And I don't want people to see 60 pages, and just say:
"Nope, 'ant' happening"(sorry had to put a pun in. ).
Anyway, update-
Estrella now has seven workers and a few more brood. Hoping to have around ten by hibernation time. I'm almost ready to let them into their new (small) outworld. I hope they like it. I do want to attach another tube though for them to move into, because this one is getting a little dirty with all the cocoon casing lying around, and it's such a small tube that I can barely get to them. I did just feed them a big drop of honey so I think they'll have plenty of energy for awhile. Anyway, can't wait to move them into their new world.
StirTheFire
-Cabbo
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
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