Life inside the colony - Camponotus herculeanus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.พ. 2014
- Small colony consisting of 25 workers, 1 queen and offspring.
Led out claustral from the lonely young queen caught in summer 2012 .
Mała kolonia złożona z ok. 25 robotnic, 1 królowej i potomstwa.
Wyprowadzona klasztornie z samotnej młodej królowej złapanej w 2012.
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Это не геркулианус,а лигнеперда. На тораксе в конце оранжевое пятно.
Please, I need see all the anthill. Thanks
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I have a 6 month old colony of Camp. Herculeanus, currently in hibernation. Started with one Queen and now have 6 workers too - I guess this means I should be expecting another 20 or so workers next brooding season if I take care of them as well as you have. I am interested in any advice and such if you wish to contact me, as a more experienced keeper of the species. Thanks for the video :)
Hi! If you have 6 workers after a half of a year it was a good start and you have cared about them well! Some wait even longer for their first workers.
What can I say more.. hmm.. They will require "hibernation "during winters (at least 3-4 weeks; mine went on a balcony last year,but I've missed a good season without freezing temperatures this year, so I will have to hibernate them at the beginning of spring). Without said hibernation the colony will start "stagnation" a long period when they will do completely nothing. It may last a half, or even a full round year.
As for the food, mine like to eat a lot of honey and Tenebrio molitor larvae. I give them also some juices if I happen to have some (tomato, apple, beetroot etc) and paprika (sweet one).
I did them a decent formicarium with sand and stones on the bottom, but after a week none of worrkers was present on the outworld. So I changed the "environment" to barky one. Workers (also major ones!) like to walk on branches and the bark and try to avoid non-wooden places. Always there is a few of them sitting somewhere around. Also, if you will do a cork nest (like me), carve all the chambers by yourself and leave almost nothing of the cork. Mine ants just dug inside it and I didn't see the queen or the brood from.. 2-3 years? Do not make the same mistake (unless you wish to give them freedom) ;)
Hi, yesterday the wind knocked a terra cotta pot off my balcony railing, and it shattered. I was really surprised to find a single giant ant in the dirt when I was potting it back up. She fell out of the root ball, and was walking around and moving her head around in the dirt like she was looking for something. Well, I learned that she is a new queen, a carpenter ant. I felt so bad that her home had been destroyed, but I did not see her eggs in the dirt. I put her in a jar with some dirt. How can I help her to lay more eggs so I can start an ant farm?
Did she layed eggs already? Or maybe u let her escape?
Yes, she has laid eggs.
Laura Elizabeth
wow, nice catch :D Ants move their head around when they try to search the way (i.e. by pheromones). Carpenter ants have a quite good sight; they (especially queens) can also overreact when disturbed (at worst, eat their own brood!).
If she had eggs before, she will need some proteins to lay new eggs and raise this ones. By proteins I means.. bugs ;p You can buy some mealworms and.. cut them on half - but if I will you I will be careful with this (you know, to not disturb queen much). This meay be disgusting for the first time, but trust me -this will pass :)
Also, put her in a test-tube/syringe filled with water to its half and lay it in dark and calm place (see how to prepare a test-tube for ants here -> Keeping ants - preparing test-tube // probówka "krok pierwszy" ).
I don't know where do you live, but our middle-european Camponotus ants need to be overwintered (because they have specific biological clock; you know, winter with 0 up to -20*C ).
My english is limited -as you can see, so if you have more specific question see
antfarm.yuku.com/ - english forum for myrmecologists and fans of ants :) they will help you with everything :)
i would think that this are not camp.herculeanus - i think that they are camp.ligniperdus. because of the rounder "gaster" and the the orange body of the workers... but very nice video and song :)
+Ken2it C. ligniperda have red spot that extends from front "plate" of the gaster to its sides and top. These ones do not have mentioned dot :) They are also a bit smaller.
Orange body color appears only in case of nymphs (young workers)
your right i have a camp.herculeanus queen with around 5-8 eggs and the queen coloration is different
but ill have to see when my first workers arrive
Hello :D what do u feed ur ants? Thanks ;)
ClashWithHunt Hi, I usually give them freezed and chopped Tenebrio molitor larvae and honey mixed with water (separately) :)
Another thing sorry haha, do you always keep them in the light? Or like a schedule? Thanks :D
ClashWithHunt they are usually in a dark place, far away from windows; Camponotus queens seem to not like any lights and always try to cover somewhere in shadows :)
Różne mrówki mieszkają w różnych środowiskach i regionach kraju; najlepiej byłoby najpierw zerknąć co się teraz roi (najpopularniejsze gatunki: formicopedia.org/mrowki/Terminy_r%C3%B3jek), a potem poczytać opis tych mrówek, gdzie mieszkają i jakie warunki środowiskowe lubią (np. czy są to mrówki termofilne [znaczy, że lubią wysokie temperatury, co za tym idzie, będą to tereny otwarte, z niską lub suchą trawą itp], dendrofilne i etc).
Takie informacje idzie uzyskać albo na stronach (jak Formicopedia, Antmania, Myrmeblog, o mrówkach albo w publikacjach typu "The Anst of Poland" - tą ostatnią da się legalnie uzyskać na stronie: www.antcat.org/references wpisując w wyszukiwarkę słowa "ants poland 2002" i klikając w link pod słowem "PDF"
+Zielona Mrówka wielkie dzienki , a tobie udało się kiedyś jakieś złapać
Prawie wszystkie moje mrówki są "ręcznie" złapane. Królowa C. herculeanus na tym filmie pochodzi z wymiany :)
+Zielona Mrówka a masz może jakieś mrówki na sprzedaż czy coś w tym dese może znasz jakieś osoby które majo cos na sprzedaz
Hi there, what did you use to film this? Thanks.
imvarda Hi, I used a compact camera Lumix DMC TZ4 (Panasonic) with Raynox dcr-250
imvarda Currently I use Pentax K50 with Raynox DCR-250 with KIT 18-55 or Pentacon 135 lenses - results are far better than showed above.
zielona mrowka i co jak tam? masz nadal te kolonie ? :) pozdro
Hej, cześć. Tak, nadal je mam. Niestety zaszyły się głęboko w korku i tyle je widać :D
Czytalem Twoje wpisy na forum. Kawał dobrej roboty. To był 2013? 5 lat mineło, ile ich tam będzie na oko? Jakieś problemy były? Co ile zimowałaś je potem? Mam te odmiane, super się zajarałem :D są duże i całkiem urodziwe
Nadal je masz?
@@meants5817 hehe też jestem ciekaw co u niej, btw moja Q padła, nigdy nic się nie udało sensownego osiągnąć i uznałem że szkoda zwierzaki meczyc
so year and half only 25 workers?
Usually, that's how they develop (rather slow). You have to add also two stagnation periods for a few months total (queen were eating her eggs for almost half of the year before first worker ever finally emerged after overwintering the queen). Workers also develops very slow (almost two months).
@@zielonamrowka493 I see. i guess i won't have to get a formicarium for my c. herculeanus colony of 4 workers until next summer. Maybe even the following spring.