Dspdrew's Formica moki journal
I found this Formica moki queen on June 22nd 2013, in Mount Baldy, California. I was taking a look at some other small ants, when she just came running past. I had been trying to find a queen of this...
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Hey drew! You said you were going to be in Menifee today. It looks like we might get some rain this evening. At the very least it is going to be insanely humid outside. Flights should occur at several...
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The pictures are very good! Good luck with your queen!
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Michael of vancouver wrote:The pictures are very good! Good luck with your queen!Thanks.AntCzar wrote:Hey drew! You said you were going to be in Menifee today. It looks like we might get some rain...
View ArticleRe: Dspdrew's Formica moki journal (Updated 7-12-2013)
Update: Some of the queen's eggs seem to have disapeared, but she does now have 4 cocoons, 1 larva, and 1 naked pupae. Her brood has been developing very fast.
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Wow. That's fast. Nice sized queen and brood.
View ArticleRe: Dspdrew's Formica moki journal (Updated 7-21-2013)
Update: This queen just got her first three nanitics. It looks like she has about seven or eight new eggs too.
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They almost look transparent. How long does it take them to darken up?
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AntCzar wrote:They almost look transparent. How long does it take them to darken up?Seems like about a half a day usually.
View ArticleRe: Dspdrew's Formica moki journal (Updated 8-04-2013)
All is well. Here's some video of the queen and the seven workers she has now.
View ArticleRe: Dspdrew's Formica moki journal (Updated 6-12-2014)
Update 6-12-2014 This queen didn't do hardly anything until about January of this year, then it suddenly started producing a lot more. Now the colony is up to about 60 workers. They're still being...
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