The first larvaes of the Odontomachus queen born.
quinta-feira, 3 de março de 2016
Larvas / Larvaes
The first larvaes of the Odontomachus queen born.
quinta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2016
Semana 1 / Week 1
1 Semana após a captura de aproximadamente 12 rainhas, mais da metade morreu/não está fecundada.
Mas deu pra capturar uma variedade legal de espécies, aqui vai algumas fotos atualizadas:
1 week after the capture of 12 queens, more than a half died or is not impregnated. But I still get a good diversity of species, here is some pictures:
Infelizmente quando peguei o pote pra tirar a foto derrubei sem querer, e foi terra e ovos pra todo lado, em desespero ela começou a fazer um barulho bem interessante ( Se assemelhava ao dos golfinhos ). Espalhei bem a terra pra ver se ela conseguia reunir novamente os ovos, uma pena , vacilo meu.
Unfortunately I droped the bowl and messed up with everything, in desperation she started to emit a kind of scream ( it was like the sound of dolphins ). Very interesting.
I spread the soil to help her to find her eggs, lets wait to see if she will retrieves the eggs. My bad.
Colobopsis ( Camponotus Sub-Genero ) (1 semana após captura / 1 week after capture )
*not sure about the species
*não tenho certeza da espécie
Após vários dias sem colocar ovos decidi mudar seu start. Fiz um start improvisado com 2 copos e um algodão molhado. Além disso coloquei outra rainha Colobopsis que não estava fecundada junto com ela. Deu resultado: 2 dias após as mudanças colocou um punhado de ovos. Ainda não ofereci nenhum alimento.
After a few days not laying eggs I decided to change her "start", I put her in a improvised setup that I made with 2 plastic cups and a wet cotton and also put another Colobopsis queen (unimpregnated) with the impregnated one. I still didn't offer any food.
Brachymyrmex sp. (1 semana após a captura / 1 week after capture)
*sem certeza da espécie
*not sure about the species
Está se dando muito bem no start de tubo de ensaio. Já colocou vários ovos, uns 20.
She's doing very well in the start-tube setup. Already layed a lot of eggs, about 20.
Solenopsis sp. (1 semana após captura / 1 week after capture )
Também está indo muito bem no start de tubo de ensaio, colocou ovos logo no primeiro dia. Já contei cerca de 20 ovos.
She's also doing very well in the start-tube setup, started laying eggs 1 day after the capture. Now she has about 20 eggs.
Mas deu pra capturar uma variedade legal de espécies, aqui vai algumas fotos atualizadas:
1 week after the capture of 12 queens, more than a half died or is not impregnated. But I still get a good diversity of species, here is some pictures:
Odontomachus Bauri ( 15 Dias após a captura / 15 days after capture )
Unfortunately I droped the bowl and messed up with everything, in desperation she started to emit a kind of scream ( it was like the sound of dolphins ). Very interesting.
I spread the soil to help her to find her eggs, lets wait to see if she will retrieves the eggs. My bad.
Colobopsis ( Camponotus Sub-Genero ) (1 semana após captura / 1 week after capture )
*not sure about the species
*não tenho certeza da espécie
After a few days not laying eggs I decided to change her "start", I put her in a improvised setup that I made with 2 plastic cups and a wet cotton and also put another Colobopsis queen (unimpregnated) with the impregnated one. I still didn't offer any food.
Brachymyrmex sp. (1 semana após a captura / 1 week after capture)
*sem certeza da espécie
*not sure about the species
She's doing very well in the start-tube setup. Already layed a lot of eggs, about 20.
Solenopsis sp. (1 semana após captura / 1 week after capture )
She's also doing very well in the start-tube setup, started laying eggs 1 day after the capture. Now she has about 20 eggs.
sexta-feira, 12 de fevereiro de 2016
Nova Rainha Odontomachus / New Odontomachus Queen
Start que fiz pra rainha odonto, tem a umidade que a espécie gosta, com terra e algodão levemente molhados, nada muito exagerado pois pode levar ao crescimento de fungos.
Ela está gostando, estou dando bastante proteína pra ajudar na produção de ovos, moscas principalmente.
Start place I made for my Odontomachus Queen, it have the moisture the specie needs provided by slightly wet cotton and soil.
Looks like she liked it, Im giving her a lot of protein (1 fly or honey drop every 2 days) to help to lay eggs.
Start place I made for my Odontomachus Queen, it have the moisture the specie needs provided by slightly wet cotton and soil.
Looks like she liked it, Im giving her a lot of protein (1 fly or honey drop every 2 days) to help to lay eggs.
Recomeço / Resumption
Por questões pessoais tive que me afastar da criação. As colônias estavam saudáveis mas tive que me desfazer da Valeska e da minha ectatomma que já estavam com cerca de 5 a 10 operárias.
Como não tem chovido muito por aqui foi meio difícil encontrar novas rainhas, mas atualmente estou com duas : uma Odontomachus e outra Camponotus.
A odonto vai muito bem e com 4 dias já colocou os primeiros ovos e parece estar gostando do start que fiz.
Já a camponotus demorou 15 dias pra colocar os primeiros ovos e os comeu, vou tentar mudar o start dela pra ver se melhora o desenvolvimento.
Because of personal issues I had to stop keeping ants for some months. The colonies I had were very healthy but I had to let my Camponotus Americanus and Ectatomma go by themselves with +- 10 workers each. Since we didn't have rain here I wasn't able to catch any queens so I had to wait a little bit more for the nupcial flights. Now I have 2 queens : an Odontomachus Bauri and a Camponotus Americanus.
The Odontomachus is doing pretty well, already layed eggs after 4 days since the capture and looks like she really liked the start I made for her. The Camponotus is having some trouble in making eggs , I think is because she is injured (she broke her leg)
Como não tem chovido muito por aqui foi meio difícil encontrar novas rainhas, mas atualmente estou com duas : uma Odontomachus e outra Camponotus.
A odonto vai muito bem e com 4 dias já colocou os primeiros ovos e parece estar gostando do start que fiz.
Já a camponotus demorou 15 dias pra colocar os primeiros ovos e os comeu, vou tentar mudar o start dela pra ver se melhora o desenvolvimento.
Because of personal issues I had to stop keeping ants for some months. The colonies I had were very healthy but I had to let my Camponotus Americanus and Ectatomma go by themselves with +- 10 workers each. Since we didn't have rain here I wasn't able to catch any queens so I had to wait a little bit more for the nupcial flights. Now I have 2 queens : an Odontomachus Bauri and a Camponotus Americanus.
The Odontomachus is doing pretty well, already layed eggs after 4 days since the capture and looks like she really liked the start I made for her. The Camponotus is having some trouble in making eggs , I think is because she is injured (she broke her leg)
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