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So timings seem to have aligned for me this week.
Looking more into nuptial flights yesterday after reading through some of the posts here and found that sugar ants usually fly in Summer after rain in the evening. it had rained on Monday for the first time in months so I went looking at around 10pm last night. Im now the proud owner of 17 Banded Sugar ant queens (C. consobrinus)!
No idea what to do with them at the moment but will setup their test tube homes after work this arvo.
Looking more into nuptial flights yesterday after reading through some of the posts here and found that sugar ants usually fly in Summer after rain in the evening. it had rained on Monday for the first time in months so I went looking at around 10pm last night. Im now the proud owner of 17 Banded Sugar ant queens (C. consobrinus)!
No idea what to do with them at the moment but will setup their test tube homes after work this arvo.
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Hey there! And welcome to the crew!heyhowie wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:49 pmOkay cool, makes me a little less worried, just seemed like a large amount to appear overnight. Ill keep an eye on her.
Any idea how long it usually takes a Queen to leave her test tube?
Do ants go through diapause (is that like hibernating?) in Australia?
Any good resources for checking when nuptial flights usually take place? Would love to catch my own.
Since your queen now has access to food, she probably emptied out her gaster, ditching her stored foods and dissolved wing muscles in favour of the fresh and more nutritious fresh food supply.
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Wow! Awesome catch.heyhowie wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:54 pmSo timings seem to have aligned for me this week.
Looking more into nuptial flights yesterday after reading through some of the posts here and found that sugar ants usually fly in Summer after rain in the evening. it had rained on Monday for the first time in months so I went looking at around 10pm last night. Im now the proud owner of 17 Banded Sugar ant queens (C. consobrinus)!
No idea what to do with them at the moment but will setup their test tube homes after work this arvo.
Join our Camponotus Crew https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15267
Interested in my designs? https://youtu.be/5SRjM9vNY5Y & https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=14842
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new update:
yesterday, i put a test tube in for my camponotus irritans colony to move into, and eventually they did, and all i saw was just 20-25 workers(including major/soldier workers)the queen and little to no brood.could this be due to mites in which i posted a reply all the way back in a previous post? note: they started out as a mega colony with about 40-50 workers and dropped down to a small colony to only 20-25 workers due to mites, so AntsCanada's golden empire mite problem just repeated itself, but onto my colony!
yesterday, i put a test tube in for my camponotus irritans colony to move into, and eventually they did, and all i saw was just 20-25 workers(including major/soldier workers)the queen and little to no brood.could this be due to mites in which i posted a reply all the way back in a previous post? note: they started out as a mega colony with about 40-50 workers and dropped down to a small colony to only 20-25 workers due to mites, so AntsCanada's golden empire mite problem just repeated itself, but onto my colony!
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Hello,
I am new to ant keeping and last year I collected my first queen in the northern United States (Camponotus) she laid her eggs a day after being placed in a test tube set up but now it has been a few months and the eggs still haven't hatched. I assumed this was due to hibernation but this seems abnormally long. Is this normal and is there anything else I should do?
I am new to ant keeping and last year I collected my first queen in the northern United States (Camponotus) she laid her eggs a day after being placed in a test tube set up but now it has been a few months and the eggs still haven't hatched. I assumed this was due to hibernation but this seems abnormally long. Is this normal and is there anything else I should do?
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Yes this is perfectly normal for this area. Mine are in diapause now I’m in Canada near Hamilton, Ontario. Is there a place you can put them (in their tube with water of course) that stays between 5-10 degrees Celsius? They should stay this way until March/April (depending on weather in your area). Diapause usually starts in October/November.Thunderfluffy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:04 pmHello,
I am new to ant keeping and last year I collected my first queen in the northern United States (Camponotus) she laid her eggs a day after being placed in a test tube set up but now it has been a few months and the eggs still haven't hatched. I assumed this was due to hibernation but this seems abnormally long. Is this normal and is there anything else I should do?
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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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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
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Sadly this could be the cause. Mikey may have lost the Fire Nation the same way but he’s not sure if the mites came after when the queen died. Very sad. Do any of your ants have mites currently? Does the queen?SYUTEO wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:49 amnew update:
yesterday, i put a test tube in for my camponotus irritans colony to move into, and eventually they did, and all i saw was just 20-25 workers(including major/soldier workers)the queen and little to no brood.could this be due to mites in which i posted a reply all the way back in a previous post? note: they started out as a mega colony with about 40-50 workers and dropped down to a small colony to only 20-25 workers due to mites, so AntsCanada's golden empire mite problem just repeated itself, but onto my colony!
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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Thank you, I await the arrival of the nanitics.CANant wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:58 pmYes this is perfectly normal for this area. Mine are in diapause now I’m in Canada near Hamilton, Ontario. Is there a place you can put them (in their tube with water of course) that stays between 5-10 degrees Celsius? They should stay this way until March/April (depending on weather in your area). Diapause usually starts in October/November.Thunderfluffy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:04 pmHello,
I am new to ant keeping and last year I collected my first queen in the northern United States (Camponotus) she laid her eggs a day after being placed in a test tube set up but now it has been a few months and the eggs still haven't hatched. I assumed this was due to hibernation but this seems abnormally long. Is this normal and is there anything else I should do?
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No problem! The eggs will continue to develop once they are out of diapause. What species of Camponotus do you have?Thunderfluffy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:40 amThank you, I await the arrival of the nanitics.CANant wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:58 pmYes this is perfectly normal for this area. Mine are in diapause now I’m in Canada near Hamilton, Ontario. Is there a place you can put them (in their tube with water of course) that stays between 5-10 degrees Celsius? They should stay this way until March/April (depending on weather in your area). Diapause usually starts in October/November.Thunderfluffy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 2:04 pmHello,
I am new to ant keeping and last year I collected my first queen in the northern United States (Camponotus) she laid her eggs a day after being placed in a test tube set up but now it has been a few months and the eggs still haven't hatched. I assumed this was due to hibernation but this seems abnormally long. Is this normal and is there anything else I should do?
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
♾
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Temnothorax ambiguus/curvispinosus (Acorn ant)
Lasius Interjectus (Larger citronella ant) with host workers: L. Americanus
♾
Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!
Hello again!
I haven't been on recently but I think with a new phone I can actually keep on top of the forums. Still, hello!
I haven't been on recently but I think with a new phone I can actually keep on top of the forums. Still, hello!
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