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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2014 17:34:34 GMT
Wow that is a brilliant journal and a lovely colony. Can't wait for the next update.
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Post by adamjames20 on Jan 28, 2014 10:58:33 GMT
Cheers mate : D
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AntsIreland
Ant Larva
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Country: Ireland
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Post by AntsIreland on May 30, 2014 4:28:42 GMT
This is a fascinating colony Adam, thanks for sharing.
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Post by adamjames20 on May 30, 2014 6:16:58 GMT
Your welcome mate , glad you enjoyed : )
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Post by adamjames20 on Jun 9, 2014 6:28:34 GMT
Hey Guys , well I'm sad to say this colony has died out , the past few weeks it has been battling a severe infestation of mites. I managed to combat them with a mixture of lemon juice and water finely sprayed on the ants which seemed to clear most of them. But it was in vain. The larva finally got eaten as did the eggs. The queens all died and finally the last remaining workers decided to destroy the remaining pupae. The few left emerged as males which by themselves are unable to start a colony.
The last remaining worker and a male are in the chamber but are also covered in mites.
I shall therefore close this diary down here as I am not going to rear this species again.
thank you for following this journal
Adam
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 9, 2014 7:48:32 GMT
Sorry to hear about this colony dying out. Journal now locked.
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