Necturus: (29. Nov 2007 22:14)

yea, the thread got slightly off course;)
Seems like C.sericeus steals food of bypassing ants, by the way. At least thats what i heard;)
Expect some more pics over the weekend, when i get time to look them through and work on the better ones.
greetings,
Necturus

miszt: (29. Nov 2007 23:36)

interestin Necturus, do you know if they Kill the ant before stealin the food or just grab and run?

JimmyVe: (30. Nov 2007 17:57)

Didn't knew that Necturus, so they don't capture there own food ?

Necturus: (30. Nov 2007 22:59)

Hey guys,
mizt, seems like thes just kind of "snatch" it out of the mandibles of passing ants and make a run for it. Not sure if i can provoke that behaviour in captivity...

Jimmy, they do go for their own food. But seems like they add to their diet that way ;)

And since i had a few minutes at hand, i polished some pics:

http://picmirror.de/bild.php/4233_bild0274-2.jpg

http://picmirror.de/bild.php/4234_bild0227.jpg

Taken shortly after arrival, with around 6 or 7 eggs, resting in darkness now after i supplied a tiny drop of honeywater at 24-25°C. No changes after one week of her stay under my protection.

German report can be found here , probably going to add one in the english part of this forum. My time is still limited, so we'll all have to be patient and see ;)
Necturus

ant dude: (30. Nov 2007 23:40)

great pics Necturus, do u think once u have a colony of these ants u will post some more with workers in the pics :?: as it would be nice to see, please :grin:

i know as u say u dont have much time on your hands, but maybe some day when u have a spare couple of minutes u could do this.

Necturus: (30. Nov 2007 23:43)

Sure will ant dude:)

Skippy: (1. Dez 2007 11:41)

I still waiting for eggs :) , my queen is ok , but today I´ll must try what she wants to eat , because she doesnt want my insects and honeywater. Some special mixture ;) . Nice photos.

JimmyVe: (1. Dez 2007 17:47)

Great pictures Necturus.
It would be in deed difficult to do that in captivity (let them steal food from other ants) but i think it nice to see (not for the ants that has been stolen. ;) )

Hope she will have eggs soon Skippy.

melk9: Re: (9. Feb 2009 20:22)

My Camponotus sericeus queen :) arrived today

Hey, Skkipy!!!!
What a beatiful ant you got!
Congratulations

Skippy: Re: Camponotus sericeus (10. Feb 2009 16:11)

hehe , a bit old topic but yes ... now I have colony in population ca 1+60 :) and started to grow really quickly

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