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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 7:39:36 GMT
Completely adore the colours of your camponotus habereri, was this a rare colour type and who did you buy the colony from?
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2016 7:51:21 GMT
Completely adore the colours of your camponotus habereri, was this a rare colour type and who did you buy the colony from? There are a few Camponotus of similar colour, such as C. nicobarensis. My habs colony was from Ants Kalytta in Germany. His site and others are in the Ant Links page under the banner. Not sure what Asian ants he has in stock, but I am sure one of the ant seller sites may have them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 7:58:02 GMT
Thanks Wood~Ant. They look very beautiful indeed.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 4, 2016 8:12:18 GMT
Thanks Eciton, they are not too big either as the queen is smaller than a C. cruentatus or C. ligniperda, being not much bigger than her major workers. Very active and prolific, and such lovely markings on the habs. ![:)](http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c015.gif)
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 12, 2016 7:55:44 GMT
Sad to say my Aphaenogaster senilis queen has been found dead. ![:'(](http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c021.gif) I have closed the journal and hope to keep this species again in the not too distant future.
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Post by Zarbi on Mar 12, 2016 14:32:29 GMT
Sorry to hear that, hope you try another colony as they did do well for a long time.
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Post by shane on Mar 14, 2016 19:12:07 GMT
Know you loved that colony too sorry to hear about it and hope your next colony if you have them again keep going strong.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 14, 2016 22:02:07 GMT
Know you loved that colony too sorry to hear about it and hope your next colony if you have them again keep going strong. Thanks Shane, they were one of my favorite ants and will be missed for their attitude and antics.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 16:46:44 GMT
Like the look of those hairy xiangban ants. I had a read into these ants and apparently they excrete a strong sweet smelling aroma?
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Post by TenebrousNova on Mar 13, 2018 14:46:32 GMT
I'm sorry to hear about the Crematogaster biroi dying off so soon. How tiny are the workers exactly? I can't imagine how they can slip between the acrylic and into the sponge, I've got a Temnothorax nylanderi colony in one of those nests with no outbreaks at all...
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Post by Jenny on Mar 13, 2018 15:02:46 GMT
They were about 2.5mm but slimline. Underneath the oasis the workers had burrowed a big hole out, as they can squeeze through the water source from the nest to the oasis which you think shouldn't happen. This happened once before with another colony that was slightly bigger. We couldn't figure how they were getting out, until I spotted a head poking out of the hole you syringe the water into. I think it will be much bigger ants for these type of nests in the future.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 13, 2018 19:59:10 GMT
I'm sorry to hear about the Crematogaster biroi dying off so soon. How tiny are the workers exactly? I can't imagine how they can slip between the acrylic and into the sponge, I've got a Temnothorax nylanderi colony in one of those nests with no outbreaks at all... The workers were very slim and somehow managed to squeeze through the gaps, as they were much slimmer than most other tiny ants such as Temnothorax.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Mar 30, 2018 14:17:15 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear about those Messors declining.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 6, 2018 13:21:40 GMT
I'm sorry that they died.
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Post by TenebrousNova on May 26, 2018 14:04:17 GMT
Loving the look of the Myrmicaria. The way they hold their gasters is the opposite of Cataglyphis, which they immediately reminded me of for that reason. Personally I'd like to keep Myrmicaria natalensis, which is bright red.
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