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Post by shane on Apr 28, 2016 16:23:37 GMT
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 28, 2016 21:33:50 GMT
Your red heads are most definitely C. compressus, as the queen has the same gaster sheen on mine and this species is compressus for sure.
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Post by shane on Apr 28, 2016 21:45:39 GMT
Your red heads are most definitely C. compressus, as the queen has the same gaster sheen on mine and this species is compressus for sure. Yes they seem to be same I'll rename them thanks,
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 7:16:24 GMT
Hi Shane your polyrachis is definetely Polyrhachis Dives - they are exactly like mine
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Post by shane on May 3, 2016 0:25:29 GMT
Hi Shane your polyrachis is definetely Polyrhachis Dives - they are exactly like mine There different to Polyrhachis Dives, but there Geno is more or less the same ranging from many colors and spikes on there middle thorax and also shapes of there middle bit.
Polyrhachis Dives have a darker body shade and they gaster are not as long pointed down to ones I have and mine seem very hairy and gold all over and have a rigged back going down from either side of there shoulder spikes, Also ones that I have that set apart differences is that they seem to be very lied back colony with next to no aggression , they don't even forage that much to dives videos I seen even for small colony's, Also there thorax body parts different to Dives with been more rigged with 2 lines going down there back from there neck Spikes shoulders then Dives which are smooth backed from there spike sholders.
My gold colony worker taken tonight from a close up with a micro lens.
A Diver worker from a photo of some ones site with link. Link termitesandants.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/polyrhachis-dives.html
Theres more photo's of my colony with micro lens and as I said before I think the colony I have are to lay'ed back
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Post by Quah on May 3, 2016 7:17:09 GMT
Shane, you are right those are not P. dives. This is just from looking at the head alone no need to go beyond that. The thorax resembles a bit with those of P. beccarii and P. illaudata. Beyond that I can't say.
P. beccarii and P. illaudata are about the size while P. dives are smaller.
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Post by shane on May 3, 2016 8:16:12 GMT
Shane, you are right those are not P. dives. This is just from looking at the head alone no need to go beyond that. The thorax resembles a bit with those of P. beccarii and P. illaudata. Beyond that I can't say. P. beccarii and P. illaudata are about the size while P. dives are smaller. I see. I did some close up's last night and had a check. Yes I can go into too much information at times, also it may have been a good thing you said about head too ☺.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2016 9:04:34 GMT
After seeing the photo close-up I would say beccarii
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Post by shane on May 3, 2016 16:03:38 GMT
After seeing the photo close-up I would say beccarii Yes they are Polyrhachis beccarii, I renamed my diary last night.
Think their main diet is mainly sweet stuff and fruits then insects.
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 5, 2016 7:26:18 GMT
Is that shredded chicken in the Fomica rufibarbis video?
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Post by shane on May 5, 2016 10:54:33 GMT
No a bit of moss in a dish I'm going to try and grow some in there in a bigger dish as there hold water better then cotton at room temperature. Going to use it as a foraging plant like carpet at one side and also to keep there arena a little damp.
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Post by Thebugman on May 10, 2016 16:44:39 GMT
I can send you some of my dubia roaches if you want to test to see if they like them. I can spare a few babies. Be aware that roaches can be quite expensive so it would be best to breed them, which is easy. I have failed with crickets and locusts in the past but dubia are wonderfully easy, just feed them heat them and give them a little ventilation and they thrive. The only problem is that dubia colonies take about 6 months to become sustainable, it took mine exactly 2 months to produce their first babies. If they will only eat roaches you may be better of researching lobster or Turkestan roaches which are faster to breed but are less pleasant to keep (ie they smell and are fast at running whereas dubia are odorless and quite slow moving).
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Post by shane on May 10, 2016 18:02:57 GMT
I can give them a try and I was looking at them on google just before I checked AHW forum.
Them colony don't eat much but more or less live on sugar but to stop queen eating her own eggs and larvae, her works have to also eat some protean from insects, As she has started to eat her own eggs already keeping them in a small ball she has around with her.
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Post by Wood~Ant on May 29, 2016 9:49:42 GMT
C. compressus do eat really well and are not fussy what from observing my own colony, but brood development is slow even with the extra warmth of summer. My south American C. substitutus brood is the slowest, as they are next to a hot water tank but are the slowest of all my Camponotus to mature.
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Post by Thebugman on Jun 11, 2016 1:07:18 GMT
Glad that they like the roaches and are getting back on track. I would recommend that you start your own roach colony so that you can keep this colony fed if it's the only protein that they eat. Roaches are quite expensive to buy and take a while to become a sustainable colony so the sooner you start the better it will be. They are fairly easy and low maintenance. I can create a guide on how to keep them if you want.
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