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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2009 23:22:43 GMT 1
Hmm well i found out that with live food with still has a little more fight then a dead one attracts so many more ants even if it only wiggles a little bit i tried this with crickets i left 2 legs on and the Myrmica Rubras loved it so much more then the dead one.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2009 9:00:47 GMT 1
I might try that out for myself *runs off to find an ant nest*
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Post by Myrm on May 31, 2009 22:02:19 GMT 1
w00t! I have just watched a brand new ant hatch from a cocoon. The first umbratus worker! A little yellow ant among bigger black ant "step-sisters". Awwww queen umbratus' first bin lid!
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 22:06:27 GMT 1
Lmao. Nice one Myrm!
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Post by Myrm on May 31, 2009 22:07:22 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2009 22:37:53 GMT 1
Lol
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Post by Myrm on Jun 2, 2009 17:19:32 GMT 1
2 June 2009, Tuesday
Just seen another umbratus worker "hatch". She is a white/yellow colour and was stumbling around as she gained strength in her legs. The other umbratus worker born the other day is tending to the larvae.
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Post by Myrm on Jun 2, 2009 18:26:15 GMT 1
2 June 2009, Tuesday (updated)A third umbratus worker! ;D Drew doesn't love my umbratus workers
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2009 18:40:38 GMT 1
Of course I love your workers! ;P
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Post by Myrm on Jun 2, 2009 18:43:49 GMT 1
Of course I love your workers! ;P ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 9:56:34 GMT 1
sounds like a great colony Myrm now all my lasius niger cocoons are hatching they made there nest in the sand up against the glass and i have seen one cocoon being opend, numbers started at 1O ants inctuding the queen and now are approuching 3O workers i have had them since christmas.
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Post by Myrm on Jun 5, 2009 10:57:54 GMT 1
...numbers started at 1O ants inctuding the queen and now are approuching 3O workers i have had them since christmas. Hey Lewis! That is great news! You are obviously doing it right. Well done mate. <Exalt +1> There is nothing quite like watching an ant colony grow in your own room. ;D
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Post by Myrm on Jun 5, 2009 16:05:01 GMT 1
5 Jun 09, Friday
Have 4 or 5 umbratus workers now and a few more larvae have developed into cocoons. I love the way the workers sort out the larvae according to the instar they are at; there are currently 3 or 4 piles of larvae, several clutches of eggs and several cocoons.
The workers have built a wall that runs across ways on the surface of the sand in the nesting box, effectively creating 2 areas. There also appears to be a chamber that is cut straight into the sand.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2009 16:10:41 GMT 1
yeah they are doing great! i also have a colony of polyrachis illaudata and have gone from O eggs to 1O larvae and 1 coccon they spry formic acid and when they find food they rattle their gasters and you can here it! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2009 10:03:54 GMT 1
sounds cool ;D
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