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Post by UKantz on Apr 25, 2018 16:57:10 GMT
I've been wanting to keep a Crematogaster Sp. for a while, namely Scutellaris, though I've found they're hard to find a seller for. However, I also found Biroi just as striking in colour (being golden yellow), and I love their heart shaped gasters . I will update once they have arrived.
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Post by Jenny on Apr 26, 2018 5:47:34 GMT
Biroi are very small, they find loads of ways to escape through tiny cracks you wouldn't even think they would get through. Ours burrowed out through the oasis hole in the middle of an acrylic formicarium that is only meant to be for water. I am thinking in case you are taking them to uni?
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Post by UKantz on Apr 26, 2018 15:51:48 GMT
1-3mm is very small indeed ^.^ , they're going to remain in their test tube while I'm at uni. Thanks for the heads-up about the acrylic nest, I'll have to think about a suitable, more permanent home for when I'm back home - maybe an all in one set up.
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Post by UKantz on Apr 27, 2018 8:52:48 GMT
My Biroi have arrived! There is a healthy queen and 9 workers (the 10th unfortunately died on the way over), and I must say the queen is quite striking with her stripy abdomen. There is 1 larvae present and a small bunch of eggs. I gave them some protein jelly which 2 workers are gladly eating .
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Post by UKantz on May 17, 2018 6:34:38 GMT
Not much has been occurring in the Biroi's realm, they are a very docile ant. One thing that slightly concerns me is that non of the eggs seem to have hatched, and the one large larvae doesn't seem any larger. :L
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Post by UKantz on Jun 3, 2018 14:21:00 GMT
As far as I can tell, nothing has changed since I received this colony. Picture of the queen:
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Post by UKantz on Jun 9, 2018 10:25:26 GMT
Still the same pile of eggs, and the larvae hasn't grown at all. The queen and workers are always practically stationary and docile, maybe it's just because they're a small colony? They readily accept sweet foods, and have tried giving them a fly once or twice which they show interest in. However, the lack of brood development is concerning, I'm going to place them on a heat mat for a few days to see if this changes anything.
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Post by UKantz on Jun 10, 2018 10:56:29 GMT
I stand corrected as upon checking today, the larvae is now indeed a pupae.
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Post by UKantz on Jun 20, 2018 8:56:09 GMT
The pupae is gone, yet there are still 9 workers with no signs of any deaths. There are more eggs (now two large groups), yet none of them have hatched. I will stop updating until there is any significant change with this colony.
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Post by UKantz on Jun 26, 2018 16:00:18 GMT
Worker #1 died today, leaving 8 workers left. The colony still only has eggs. Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do about this? I feed them flies and sugar water, have tried keeping them very warm (on the heat mat, plus my room is usually 25c+ with PC on anyway), but also tried keeping them normal room temp. Am at a complete loss right now.
They are generally very inactive. I've tried moving them into a new nest, but to no avail. Their test tube cotton is completely black with mould.
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