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Post by Akaant on May 23, 2010 0:09:02 GMT
Live feeding and live feeding gone bad!
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Post by Zarbi on May 23, 2010 10:03:18 GMT
Did the worker ants finally manage to kill that cricket? Nice videos
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Post by Akaant on May 23, 2010 12:19:27 GMT
Yeah. I was surprised that I didn't need to aid them with capturing the crickets at all.
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Post by Akaant on Jun 5, 2010 22:21:12 GMT
Not much new has happened with my two colonies. The brood are growing fast and I should see new workers in my Camponotus colony soon. Today I found a colony of C americanus. Beautiful queen with 50-70 workers and about 40-50 brood ( they are still moving into the ant farm so the count might be off). My camera broke so I can't post any good new pics. Pics of the set up taken by my cellphone.
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Post by Akaant on Jun 8, 2010 2:35:50 GMT
The C. americanus colony lost two workers so far. This specie seems to like the nest much more humid than my other Camponotus colony. I find the location that the colony settled in is a bit difficult to keep moist but they seem to keep it at a level they like by placing drops of water all around the chamber and glass. The queen laid a batch of orange eggs! I have yet to see them eat insects but they do love filling up on water, sugar water, and fruits.
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Post by Akaant on Jun 28, 2010 23:58:09 GMT
I will update as soon as my new camera comes in this week.
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Post by Akaant on Jul 27, 2010 3:24:43 GMT
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Post by Akaant on Aug 18, 2010 17:40:05 GMT
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sero
Leaf Cutter Ant
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Post by sero on Aug 18, 2010 17:48:56 GMT
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Post by Akaant on Sept 23, 2010 16:35:01 GMT
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 24, 2010 7:27:59 GMT
Remind me again as to which species those red ants are, as they're a lovely colony and a fantastic looking queen
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Post by Akaant on Sept 25, 2010 2:08:38 GMT
Aphaenogaster fulva. They're most similar to Myrmica for you guys in the UK.
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Post by Akaant on Sept 25, 2010 15:30:11 GMT
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Post by Akaant on Oct 26, 2010 15:05:39 GMT
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Post by odesssus on Oct 26, 2010 18:19:13 GMT
great pics akant what camera do you use?. I'm thinking about getting a good one for photographing my ants.
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