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Post by tatufmetuf on Jun 5, 2018 11:52:49 GMT
your queen is beautiful
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Post by UKantz on Jun 7, 2018 17:14:04 GMT
I connected up the test tube this morning to a Ytong nest I had empty and waiting, since the test tube had ran out of water (a reoccuring theme with a lot of my colonies as of late) and this evening they all moved in
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 7, 2018 17:31:48 GMT
When this young colony gets bigger, you will definitely need a much bigger nest.
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Post by UKantz on Jun 7, 2018 19:14:31 GMT
I can count on that! Fortunately my Pheidole noda have decided to move into the water test tube and are currently using their Ytong nest as a rubbish site, so I'll probably steal that back off them if these nicos grow quickly enough
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Post by UKantz on Jun 10, 2018 11:08:37 GMT
Worker number 5 joined us today, I also gave them a fly and some sugar water
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 10, 2018 11:26:07 GMT
Worker number 5 joined us today, I also gave them a fly and some sugar water Coming along nicely. Just wait until your little colony gets as big as my 1 queen colony, and then the fun starts as you get hundreds of hungry mouths to feed.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 10, 2018 17:05:56 GMT
Did you make that nest, UKantz?
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Post by UKantz on Jun 10, 2018 19:44:34 GMT
Nope, these are from AntsAustralia, though their store shut down and are now under a different name.
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Post by UKantz on Jun 15, 2018 20:54:36 GMT
Workers 6 and 7 have joined us over the past few days, the colony shows no sign of slowing down development soon!
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Post by UKantz on Jun 26, 2018 16:34:53 GMT
There are 8 workers present in the colony now (I think). Unfortunately they've nested in a very awkward spot where it makes it hard to observe them. There are 3 cocoons that are slightly larger than the current workers present, and 2 larvae I can see.
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Post by UKantz on Jul 5, 2018 16:59:54 GMT
I've managed to get a more accurate count and there are at 10-11 workers. Still unable to view the brood pile unfortunately :L
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