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by **aka ant** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:23 am

I captured this colony a few weeks ago and lost about 8-10 workers due to moving them around. The colony is stable now with 35+ workers 3-4 new workers and a large batch of brood (40+) This specie is quite picky when it comes to feeding but I managed to figure out what they like. Meal worms and spiders seem to be the only thing they take in for protein and most sweet liquids will do.

by **Gortello** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:41 pm

nice ants

by **aka ant** on Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:30 pm

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Major worker.

by **aka ant** on Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:25 pm

A few new photos!
Busy day.

One of the workers antenna is stuck in some sap from the spider.

Eating a cut up meal worm.

Fast growing brood.

Naked pupa?

by **bryguy97** on Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:54 pm

Beautiful pictures, aka ant

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by **aka ant** on Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:15 am

Small video of my colony foraging.
I accidentally disturbed them so you will see little action around the cricket.
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by **aka ant** on Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:41 pm

The colony was crammed in the test tube so I decided to move them into my other Camponotus setup.
The move went smooth but I did have a few runners but managed to catch them all.

by **aka ant** on Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:10 pm

C americanus seem picky when it comes to food compared to any other Camponotus specie I have kept.
I made a list of what they will eat.
sugar water
honey
fruits
crickets
spiders
meal worms
flies

by **Raimund** on Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:14 pm

Very nice pictures and videos. I like the color of the eggs!

by **aka ant** on Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:22 pm

I have no idea why the eggs are orange.

by **aka ant** on Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:48 pm

I found a small surprise today. A male was born then torn up by the workers.

by **aka ant** on Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:25 pm

I Made a new update video of the colony is their new home.
http://www.youtube.com/user/alexuks#p/a/u/0/SRB2Z4tVghM

by **aka ant** on Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:01 am

I have 10-12 new workers since last update and more on the way. I was excited to see my first major born in captivity, shes quite beautiful.
I'm going camping soon so I would like to give you more pics to enjoy.

Major just born.

by **aka ant** on Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:31 pm

More workers born recently bringing the number around 125 workers. They finally got back their appetite as did my Camponotus
chromaiodes colony.
I hope the larvae develop into adults before winter.

by **aka ant** on Tue Aug 24, 2010 5:41 pm

I had much joy watching this colony grow from 80-90 workers to 150+. I don't think the current larvae batch (25) will be born this year which is fine with me.
I got a nice surprise from the current pupa batch a huge major.
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Grooming.

ANTSTORE World of Ants

Aka's Camponotus americanus

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