sbeone
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Post by sbeone on Oct 10, 2013 9:39:18 GMT
Finally and 6 days before the hibernation cool-down, my Camponotus Laterallis has a worker!
I purchased the Camp Laterallis a bit too early (regarding my experience) and basically just 'dumped' her into the formicarium. This stressed her out a lot and she lost all her brood. So I spoke to the chap at CG Ants and he said place her back in the test tube (I did not purchase the CL from CG) and place her somewhere safe. SO I did. However no brood was laid. I remember reading about placing brood from another ant and she will take it as her own. So I placed some Camponotus Herc brood into her test tube then placed her in the dark for a week. When I removed her to check she had laid her own brood and the CH brood was still there. The CH brood has now developed into a small worker (I thought CH workers would be bigger)..
The other good news, my Messor Barbarus has got 1 super-major in there now! What an impressive ant that is!
Anyway 5 days and counting. till hibernation. The MB are not going to go with the other ants to hibernation, I am just going to switch the heat mat and the bulb off so they can hibernate and room temp.
When I have sorted my business I am going to start a journal, and hopefully get some snaps!
Stuart I had a similar situation with a L. niger queen I purchased from ant stores. She came with 5-7 workers and the next day all were 'missing' except one. Not sure what happened. Is this common? |
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Post by Stutheant on Oct 10, 2013 10:56:29 GMT
Are there no corpses sbeone?
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Post by sbeone on Oct 10, 2013 11:45:19 GMT
Are there no corpses sbeone? Couldn't find any but that is probably due to the massive basin I had with black sand, which I'm going to change this weekend. |
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Post by Stutheant on Oct 10, 2013 15:47:28 GMT
My basins all have white as there medium. Just a thin layer, but I can watch them move about without squinting! Next year when the Manica come out of hibernation I will attach a basin for them to hunt.
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Post by sbeone on Oct 10, 2013 16:38:33 GMT
My basins all have white as there medium. Just a thin layer, but I can watch them move about without squinting! Next year when the Manica come out of hibernation I will attach a basin for them to hunt. Yeah think next time I build a basin will use a coral sand mix |
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Post by Stutheant on Oct 10, 2013 16:56:45 GMT
I use coral sand mix as well. Anyhow just checked on the freshly hibernating Camp Laterallis and they now have 2 workers. So I am now looking forward to seeing this ant out of hibernation next year. Though a general gripe about my house, no one told me they had replaced my dark windows in my dark room with a new window (a small velux type window) so the room is now light. I will need to darken it. Only thing about that is I do not want the Queens getting use with dark conditions, as the way I have them set up I can see what is going on 99% of the time!
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Post by sbeone on Oct 11, 2013 6:26:39 GMT
Are there no corpses sbeone? This morning queen was missing, checked the arena found her and the missing workers burrowed in a piece of wood. Carefully removed the Colony and other wood decor. Hopefully they will find the nest entrance. Is 1 inch of sand too deep? Don't want them burrowing in that. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 11, 2013 6:56:54 GMT
I have a colony of Lasius niger which have tried to make a nest in just one centimetre of sand, so 1 inch is far too deep as if it gets damp they will just dig into it and nest there.
A new thread has been created as the original subject posted by stutheant has changed, so some posts have now been moved into this topic.
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