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[M.Marshall]

Hi ,
My first post , hello everyone. Here are a few pics of my fairly new colony of Camponotus blandus which I had for about 2 months.


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The queen likes joining in on the fun
Marshall

[JimmyVe]

Hi Marshall and welcome.

Looks like they are doing fine.
If you don't mint, i have a few questions for you.
Is this the first colony you are keeping ? You now these are exotic ants and not really easy to keep, but it looks like you are doing a good job so for.

Tell us a bit more about you and your ants.

[M.Marshall]

Hi Jimmy,
They seem to be doing well , though I did have abit of trouble with them , but I think this was down to temperature which I have sorted and they seem to be doing well . These are not my first ants I have kept lol ... , if they were my first I would be being abit too hastey.
They are only a small colony (6 workers no brood yet) , though yesterday they had a eating rampage lol ... they ate 2 flys In under 12 hours , so hopefully all that protien should encourage the queen to lay.

Marshall

[JimmyVe]

Oh, okay Marshall. Glad to hear you have already some experience.
I also have these species, i keep them at about 25-30°c at day, at night about 20-25°c. I have them about a year now and they are still doing fine.

Good luck and keep us informed.

[Skippy]

I am happy you have some experience too ,because I also keeping this ant specie ,very nice ants of course . They are not hard to keep ,I think it is good to start with exotic ants ,because it is Camponotus and much of Camponotuses are good ants to keep. I have colony for 4 months and now is it 1 queen and 15-20 workers ,and much brood.

Skippy

[M.Marshall]

Hi thank you for all the reply's
I will keep you posted on there progress , now I am just waiting for the queen to lay as I only have 6 workers. Could you help me as she doesnt seem to want to lay, yet I am doing my best

Marshall

[Skippy]

I wrote it 2 hours ago about 4mykids´s Myrmecocystus. Queen doesnt laying eggs everytime ,but she has periods ,you must only wait on static period ,when she laying eggs. Pause btw this periods by this specie is circa 2-3 weeks in my experience

Skippy

[M.Marshall]

Ok thank you Skippy ... I will wait and hope.

Marshall

[Flan]

Great ant:)
Check the smell of their test-tube from time to time...
It won't hurt if you connect another tube for them.
Good luck.

[M.Marshall]

Yay ! my queen layed 1 egg yesterday lol ... and today one more .... its not alot but its a start.

2 eggs at last


Marshall

[JimmyVe]

Good job.

[M.Marshall]

Wow !! she has laid her third today , lol she lays on egg a day ... though she seems to lay in the night ... as I looked this morning to find a 3rd egg .

I wonder how long this patten will accur ?

Marshall

[JimmyVe]

Depends. She will lay a few eggs to make sure they some of them hatch.

[Skippy]

If she layng eggs now ,it is good to feed them with insects (proteins) ,because she need it now ,there is 6 workers ,so I think ,you´ll have circa 5-10 eggs ,in my experience .But like a wrote ,feeding with protein food

[M.Marshall]

Thanks Skippy , She has just layed 1 more , I have 4 now, I am really happy because I have tryed everything to get here to lay and she wouldnt , now all of a sudden she is doing great .

I guess I wont know why she wasnt before
4 Eggs whoo!!

Marshall