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Great Vid. I loved the music it sounded like it could have been the soundtrack to a lucas arts movie :P
Also your arnea looks pretty sweet
Hey Guys , thankyou ever so much for the great comments :grin:
Glad you liked 8)
Regards
Adam :mrgreen:
Wow,, just Wow =D>
Hello Andie
thankyou very much mate, They certainly have come along way since the many unsuccessfull attempts at keeping them. :D
Adam
Very nice! Would you say that you've been lucky with the success of this colony or that you are just finally doing everything right? I can't help but think that this species is really hit and miss (based on yours and other peoples journals), even if they are given the best chance at life. One day i'll try my hand with these, but for now my nuisance Acromyrmex take priority lol :x
Hello Phasmid , its really a case of getting a multiple of things right, the humidity temperture are important. The the final thing is the size of colony you begin with, Most people start with too small a colony , below 500 ish workers the chances of settling the colony down and then the queen starting egg production in time to cover the loss of workers is very demanding on her. I have had large colonys as you can see from earlyier posts with 1000 workers and one or two queens and these have failed. This time my setup is perfect, temp and humidity is spot on for this colony and it makes a big difference as they are doing so well.
Regards
Adam
Hi Adam,
I have to disagree with you on this.
In my recent testing, I separated 1 queen which was able to lay eggs, two gynes and six drones ( male alates, dunno correct express.) together with approx 200 workers and 100 "pieces" of Brood, they also had two supermajors and two medias with them to feed.
I put them in a 10 by 18 cm plastic box, lay a glass on top to cover and prevent escapes, put a nutshell and approx 5 spoons of soil in, and they are doing splendid.
Experiment has only "heating by small desk-light shining on the box, but heating it up to up to 34 degrees, day and night.
This was approx six weeks ago, and the colony has quadrupled their size in living workers by now, and has over 500 pieces of brood, with one gyne still alive at least, as well as the two supermajors.
I have made simlar separation, but had temp a bit lower, just 30 degrees, and it collapsed.
So, imho the colony founding phase is HIGHLY depending on the temperature, if it is just slightly too low, it will not work. Since a.) workers develop too slow and b.) queen does not nearly lay as many eggs.
Of course, you have to feed them good....
But still, this is what I witnessed.
Addition: This is on no way a scientific research, but only my personal view and experience.
all the best
Major Spud
Edit: Great video adam, but: the foraging area looks great, but the security is like zero, open foraging area is not an option for PD - anything that glues or similar willbe covered with their dead simply when they try to wander - I made this experience. And when they do it, they r pretty damn fast and efficient.
Hello Major Spud . cheers for the reply, i have never had problems with workers sticking there dead or anything to the layer of grease around there setup, they simply avoid it. Saying that they have quite a large area to forage so this may be the reason they have no need too :) . Also regarding the colony size , i was speaking in terms to somone who has never kept this species before to try with large colony to get the bestest resuilt. Also i may add i did say getting the humidity and temperture right is a success to getting a colony to grow so there was no reason to disagree :grin:
Regards
Adam
maybe i expresssed it wrong, no offense here plz.
but seriously, try to cover the area, the buggers will invade your house once they give it a serious try
No offense at all mate , im glad of any advice and feedback on my setup :grin:. I will keep an eye out and have built a lid just incase :D
Regards
Adam