Dspdrew's Pogonomyrmex californicus journal
On June 5th 2013 I found two Pogonomyrmex californicus alates wondering around just outside one of the nests I had been watching for the past week. I caught both of them and put them in regular test...
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Sounds just about the same as what's going on with mine! Pretty cool stuff.
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Update:The queen that I boosted with the 20 pupae has two little workers now. When I first gave her all the brood, she immediately took them all in her nest and closed it up. A week had gone by and I...
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Nice picture as always. Congrats; looks like this queen is on her way to creating a good colony. OK I will correct myself. Looks like you have two that are doing good. All these Pogos really makes me...
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Hey drew. Any experience trying to boost your Pogo queen(s) with Messor? I stuck a Messor larva (thinking she would eat it of course) in with one of my Pogo queens and she took it down into her hole.
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I see lots of posts of people starting out Pogo colonies. Does anyone have a successful/large colony of Pogos and have pictures to post?
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A few years back I had a huge Pogo colony but I had to release it when I moved. Pictures are long gone but somewhere floating around in the internet are some videos of my old colony! I'll find them...
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AntCzar wrote:Hey drew. Any experience trying to boost your Pogo queen(s) with Messor? I stuck a Messor larva (thinking she would eat it of course) in with one of my Pogo queens and she took it down...
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What is the point in trying something like that, other than curiosity?
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Somewhere on the forums, someone said (and I think he had pictures) he had a Camponotus queen that he boosted with...laisus I think? The ants were much much tinier than the Camponotus he had and they...
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mordam wrote:What is the point in trying something like that, other than curiosity?We are just speculating about a possible result of my attempt to feed them. LoL
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AntCzar wrote:mordam wrote:What is the point in trying something like that, other than curiosity?We are just speculating about a possible result of my attempt to feed them. LoL If you actually do want...
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Update:The one queen that was drug out of a nest, and shed its wings later--the one that laid eggs first, now has no eggs. I'm not sure where they went, but I don't see them anymore. One of the other...
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Update:Queens in test tubes:The same two queens with no eggs, still have no eggs. The one with the two new boost brood workers now has three, and like the others, her eggs have turned to larvae and...
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Ha ha ha. I've never seen that. The queen works while the workers eat. Ha ha ha ha.
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What kind of seeds have you found Pogos to like the best and where do you buy your "safe" seeds?
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It looks like blue grass. I know these ants LOVE Kentucky Blue Grass seed! You can usually get it at any of the big home/hardware stores in the gardening section.
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AntCzar wrote:It looks like blue grass. I know these ants LOVE Kentucky Blue Grass seed! You can usually get it at any of the big home/hardware stores in the gardening section.Exactly. I've only seen...
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How long did it take for your natural broods to eclose? And how often do your pogo queens come out to forage? I haven't seen my queen in two weeks and I don't know if she's dead or not. And I only...
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