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Post by Shawn on Apr 4, 2008 18:28:01 GMT
Thanks. I got 4 workers now and I pile of eggs but no queen I will have to try my luck again with something else maybe Pheidole pallidula
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Post by Shawn on Apr 4, 2008 18:16:18 GMT
Sorry to say the queen is 100% dead I still don't know why or how but this will be the last entry in this journal Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 3, 2008 20:41:01 GMT
Sorry to hear that mate, hope Tilly gets better very soon. My wife had a dog called Tilly she lived for 15 years Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 3, 2008 19:30:32 GMT
My queen is dead 99% sure She has not moved for the last hour, I will keep her in the basin for now and see if she resting but the workers don't seem to be around her any more Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 3, 2008 16:43:26 GMT
I have turned the tube over so she is on her feet but she just turns back over after a few mins The tube is open and in a basin with food and water so air is not a problem Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 3, 2008 16:17:04 GMT
Well all was going well I have 3 workers now but I think my queen is dead or dying, she is on her back with her legs in the air I can see her antennas moving but I don't think it looks good shes on her back and the workers are running around her they have plenty of water and food etc so I'm hoping she just under the weather Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Mar 27, 2008 20:14:06 GMT
Hi all While walking my dog today I took a different route I normally go this way in the summer because in the winter its very wet. Anyway dog walkers like me walk around a grass meadow, as I said I normally go this way in the summer and the grass is very long by then. But this time of year the grass is very short (the field/meadow has not been tended for years and gone wild) and all over the field/meadow ant hills loads of them. Yes I've seen some on the edge as I've walked around but with the grass so short today I could see, they were less than 0.5m away from each other some very small and some huge about 0.7m tall and same again wide. Some workers walking about but it was late afternoon and it was getting cold so not many about but they must be years old ill try and get a pic or two. They all got loads of grass on them so when the grass is long in the summer you can't see them So now you know where I'm going to be at the end of summer with my jars and test tubes Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Mar 21, 2008 17:30:40 GMT
No matter how I try to copy the link, it just refuses to work and this is all I get Oops! Looks like you followed a bad link You need to copy the whole link and it worked for me www.flickr.com/photos/13392514@N00/ copy and paste making sure @n00/ is after the numbers Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Mar 21, 2008 11:37:38 GMT
Hi, Just thought you might want to see some new photos of my Pogonomyrmex barbatus colony. I started the colony back in September 2007 with a single queen. There are over 100 workers now. Really slow to get going, but once you have a few workers they really take off. There are also some new photos of my Messor capitatus colony. I've moved them into a newly adapted home and you can finally see the queen well now (the biggest ant I have at the moment!) www.flickr.com/photos/13392514@N00/MattG Some very nice photos. I just got a new camera so I'll try some new shots soon You got some ants in a old CD case? never thought of that lol Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Mar 18, 2008 7:04:18 GMT
Sorry didn't know how to do it Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Mar 29, 2008 16:46:43 GMT
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Post by Shawn on Mar 21, 2008 17:59:30 GMT
umm some reason the middle pic not the same size as the other 2 I'll try and sort it :/ Done it
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Post by Shawn on Mar 21, 2008 17:58:14 GMT
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Post by Shawn on Mar 17, 2008 19:47:12 GMT
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Post by Shawn on Mar 17, 2008 19:06:01 GMT
Well funny you said that I took some pics today Here is a pic of the starter set I got Sorry best and as close I can get with my camera As you can see they not left the test tube but they must be happy Shawn
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