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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 29, 2018 13:13:05 GMT
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 3, 2018 23:18:02 GMT
Worker #21 eclosed today. They've also taken a few small crickets, to my surprise. These ants are so inscrutable sometimes, I can never tell if they'll throw food away or show interest in it.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 4, 2018 20:02:46 GMT
And now there are 22 workers! There's still five cocoons to go and several larvae of all sizes, as well as some eggs.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 11, 2018 1:24:48 GMT
Tonight there's been several workers out in the foraging box, as many as eight at one point. They've been feasting upon sugar water and a cricket. As you can see, they get very fat when they've been drinking. They're super fast though and will be straight out as soon as you start to lift the lid. I had to catch one who'd gotten out.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 16, 2018 15:30:32 GMT
There have been a few worker deaths, but the population has now jumped up to 23. This queen doesn't lay many eggs, but there always seems to be a small pile of them.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 18, 2018 0:37:47 GMT
The 24th worker has eclosed this evening, so the colony is now twice as big as when I got it.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jul 24, 2018 18:31:06 GMT
There's now 25 workers! The queen seems to have laid some more eggs, so let's see if we can't get the population up to at least 50 before Winter sets in.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Aug 3, 2018 17:42:05 GMT
There's now thirty workers! There's still lots of brood at the moment.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Aug 15, 2018 15:31:54 GMT
Been a while since I posted a photo of this colony. At the moment there are 33 workers. They're eating very well. Unfortunately, they've blocked off a chamber with their waste...
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Post by TenebrousNova on Aug 21, 2018 8:45:19 GMT
Today there are 35 workers!
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Post by TenebrousNova on Aug 30, 2018 15:05:28 GMT
Today there are 36 workers and more eggs. Here's a few photos:
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 4, 2018 23:02:45 GMT
There's now 40 workers. That number is set to rapidly increase because there's 18 cocooned pupae and plenty of eggs and larvae.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Sept 15, 2018 23:27:26 GMT
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Post by TenebrousNova on Oct 2, 2018 14:37:53 GMT
Today I can count 51 workers! There's still several cocoons that are darkening.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Oct 10, 2018 23:19:20 GMT
Today I can count 55 workers. Being an Asian species the colony is still very active and I saw a new clutch of eggs earlier.
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