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ismart said:
They are doing kinda good. Well i was going to ask you if you use any substrate for them? I seem to be having a problem with the larvae. They grow, and eat nicely. But when it is finally time to pupate. They start to produce silk and wrap them selves up, but half way through they just drop dead! I'm trying to figure out what could cause this? After i read this post i was checking for mites, but i don't see any.
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Try to increase the humidity by adding 5-10 ml of water everyday into the hydrostone, the larvae could dry up easily while turning into pupa. Also, leave small shredded pieces of papers or leaves the worker ants sometimes use it to wrap up the cacoon for protection.
 
Thanks for the info Yen!

Here are a few crappy pics i took a few weeks ago.

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Hey you're welcome Paul. It is difficult to take pic of the ants because of the glare from glass top. That's not crappy pics at all. Do you use red plastic sheet on the glass top too?

 
No, I actually use a Dragon ball Z figuerine still in the box to cover the nest portion of the ant farm. :lol: I'll take a pic of it later.

 
ismart said:
No, I actually use a Dragon ball Z figuerine still in the box to cover the nest portion of the ant farm. :lol: I'll take a pic of it later.
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:lol: looking forward to see that! I have to remove the glass top to take photo because of the red plastic sheet makes it difficult to see what's inside.
 
wherever they came from, i'm sure the folks here are responsible enough not to let any alates out :)

 
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crucis said:
wherever they came from, i'm sure the folks here are responsible enough not to let any alates out :)
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AHA! It was from you! Just kidding haha. Well I'll be contributing to this thread soon also.

 
yen_saw said:
Email me if you guys want to know more.

Another month, can't wait for Atta texana nuptial flight!
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PMed you.

You're very lucky to have Atta nearby, I'm sure it's every ant hobbyist's dream ant...one day!

As far as fungus growers, here in Florida we have some, Cyphomyrmex are the most prevelent but are small and inconspicuous, as well as the larger Trachymyrmex septentrionalis which are very common in sandy wooded areas. Both I've kept, neither for very long though. I wish the Trachymyrmex had bigger colonies.

 
Myrmecologist2 said:
PMed you.

You're very lucky to have Atta nearby, I'm sure it's every ant hobbyist's dream ant...one day!

As far as fungus growers, here in Florida we have some, Cyphomyrmex are the most prevelent but are small and inconspicuous, as well as the larger Trachymyrmex septentrionalis which are very common in sandy wooded areas. Both I've kept, neither for very long though. I wish the Trachymyrmex had bigger colonies.
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PM replied :) Well you are in a great place too Florida have lot of wonderful mantis and ants species.

The best that happen to me so far on ants got to be witnessing the Acromantis vesicolor nuptial flight in Arizona

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Sorry for the quality, I need to buy new rechargable batteries for my camera as my old ones burned out.

Here is a crappy webcam picture of a harvester ant queen with her tiny clutch of eggs between her jaws.







 

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