jbc: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (26. Jul 2011 12:44)

Hi guys.

As some of you may know my old C amponotus lig n iperdus had died, so I bought a new colony, this time with approx 80 ants. I received them today and they seem to be settled in nicely. They eat honey and now have found the y-tong nest.

I would add some pics, but they are too big, can anyone help? + I have to be away for 1 day.

DigiSERBIA: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (26. Jul 2011 19:03)

Hmmm i use a serbian upload site which can make the images smaller but when u click on them u get the picutre in real size on another tab on your browser :)

jbc: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (29. Jul 2011 05:47)

When I returned I saw that they have moved out of the arena, but they arent in the y tong they are in the connecting tube, and they use the y tong to dump their garbage.

I think that I will add more soil in to the arena so that they can live there.

Anonymous: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (29. Jul 2011 14:20)

You could also use Paint to make the pictures smaller ;)
Thats the way I do it.

jbc: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (31. Jul 2011 12:25)

Thanks for the help. ;)

I have added more humus in the arena and they instantly started to dig tunnels.

This morning there were 9 workers digging the tunnels. I have 40 workers. The queen and the brood are still in the tube but I think after 2-3 days they will start to move the eggs in the nest. What do you think? Soon will add some pics. :D

Off topic- my Lasius niger queens now have larvae.

mtrein: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (16. Okt 2011 20:10)

Hi jbc just wondering how your ligniperda colony were doing.

jbc: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (17. Okt 2011 18:01)

They are doing great, thnks for asking. They are in prehibernation- 17 C. I have 50 workers. As some of you may know this is my second colony of C. ligniperda, so I hope the best. I keep them in humus.

mtrein I read about your gypsum nest- it wasnt good. As far as I know these ants like humus or soil.

I recieved my Messor cf. capitatus today, very active ants.

Hope your colony will grow too.

bugsy: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (17. Okt 2011 20:09)

I hope for your ants sake that they aren't in pre-hibernation at -17 C. Are they in the freezer? :roll:

Zagone: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (18. Okt 2011 01:27)

The species name is C. ligniperdus, not ligniperda. :) I saw jbc got it right in the first posts, but then changed, hehe.

It used to be called ligniperda, and was originally sorted under Formica, so the latin grammar was 'adjusted' so that it sounded better with Formica ligniperda. But now that it's under Camponotus, correct grammar should apply and thus; C. ligniperdus. :)

mtrein: Re: Jb's Camponotus ligniperdus 2.0 (18. Okt 2011 12:50)

Hi Zagone

Thanks, I was actually wondering that because I had seen quite a few places where ligniperdus was written. I will use the ligniperdus term from now onwards.

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