JimmyVe: Re: Aka's ants (17. Nov 2008 18:17)

I'm not sure i kept Ponerinae species before, there are so many different Ponerinae species and i have kept a few species. ;)
Good luck with your queens.

Skippy: Re: Aka's ants (17. Nov 2008 21:07)

European Ponera species (coarctata etc) are much harder to keep , be sure ;) , and to make colony from queen you have to got more skill ... :| , I am keeping polygyn colony myself , I´ll be happier as never before when I´ll see first worker , and I kept lot of species in my life

aka ant: winter is over! (24. Mär 2009 23:03)

I took both of my Camponotus colonies out of hibernation a few days back. Both colonies had 2-3 deaths and some of the eggs are missing (eaten ).

I'm happy with the results this year and hope to keep having successful hibernations in future years.

Camponotus chromaiodes

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/camp72.jpg

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/camp71.jpg

JimmyVe: Re: Aka's ants (30. Mär 2009 20:16)

Nice to hear that, looks like they had a nice hibernation and the brood seems fine to. 1 or 2 deads, that is not bad. Hibernation is always a difficult period.

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants (24. Mai 2009 21:33)

Camponotus chromaiodes colony is doing great. Most of the brood are in mid to late stages of development and, the queen laid a new batch. I hope to get my first majors this year!
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp2.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp3.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp4.jpg
Camponotus pennsylvanicus is doing good but I lost some workers when I moved them. :(

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants (27. Mai 2009 20:54)

I found a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen running along the pavement last night. I took many photos and plan to let her go soon because I have a Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp6.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp7.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp12.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp9.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/comp10.jpg

Necturus: Re: Aka's ants (27. Mai 2009 23:02)

Hey aka,
great pictures! what kind of equipment do you use?
Greetings,
Necturus

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants (28. Mai 2009 00:34)

For ant hunting?

SteveUK28: Re: Aka's ants (28. Mai 2009 09:20)

for taking such amazing pics ;)

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants (29. Mai 2009 00:38)

I used a HP photosmart R817 5 MP, nothing special about this camera. I take photos on white paper or any surface that increases the affect of the flash. I took many photos but few come out good. Note I took the first 2 photos in a styrofoam cup.

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]