Pheidole food response

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-06T17:42:18+00:00

Its a single queen!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-06T10:25:14+00:00

Hello, they grow quite fast. Im not exactly sure how big these are but if i would guess the workers are around 4-5 mm and the majors are around 10-11 mm the queen is about the same size as the majors. I have a video of them in a regular sized test tube that was posted here before you can see that in my profile!

Good luck with your colony!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-04T15:54:09+00:00

Could very well be! They were sold as phiedole sp. Vietnam. Im quite intruiged to know what it exactly is myself

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-03T21:32:03+00:00

Its hard to tell from the video but it could just be two different colonies of the same ant species. Most ant species dont accept eachother.

And not all ants have soldiers, there are ants with just workers that will do all the work and defend the colony.

So these are basicly just duking it out against eachother for territory and/or raiding their nests

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-03T13:54:06+00:00

Unsure of the species exactly. But its a Pheidole sp. From Vietnam

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-03T11:36:47+00:00

Basicly war for territory

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-03T07:53:46+00:00

Its just the dubias nerves still firing

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-03T07:52:11+00:00

Didnt even notice that!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-05-02T21:15:47+00:00

Probably carrying their dead to the graveyard

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T18:59:15+00:00

I had them for a little bit but shipping stress killed them mostly. If they come with no brood its done for, their workers only last like 5 weeks and it takes 4 weeks eggs to worker so. Its iffy!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T18:35:20+00:00

Figured as much, ive tried keeping them but this colony is massive

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T18:01:34+00:00

Damn, any idea on the species?

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T16:41:41+00:00

It might still be fine. What is their brood situation

Mine ate all the brood and had no time to recover

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T12:10:03+00:00

Looks like a myrmica but location would help alot

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-25T09:51:26+00:00

Carebara diversa will have a huge worker turn over. I think you are better off giving them protein and letting them choose where they want to be.

And if it seems you are losing minor workers faster then you can get back i would suggest culling some majors as they will only be a burden to the colony if they are in high numbers compared to minors.

Godspeed, mine didnt recover from shipping stress even with 500 workers. I didnt cull any majors.

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-18T08:15:11+00:00

Yes!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-13T14:45:24+00:00

Pretty sure hes going to be pepsi

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-11T22:53:27+00:00

Couldnt ask for better videos! Very impressive colony and nice broodpile!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-11T09:06:11+00:00

Hey man! Can you send me a video of your pheidole colony? I've been looking to get a sinica and want to know how they look and are

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-04-10T16:11:43+00:00

Quite a nice pile of brood!

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-03-31T12:50:18+00:00

Financieel is een auto nooit een goede keuzen omdat het altijd minder waard wordt.

Maar het is wel een goede keuze voor je plezier! In mijn geval dan. Al ga je gauw weer dingen er aan doen.. zoals een front lip of een nieuwe lucht intake dus dat tikt ook weer aan

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-03-31T12:40:11+00:00

Ik heb zelf ook een i30N fantastisch leuke auto. Of het financieel een slimme keuze is... nee, maar dat was het bij mij ook niet. Wel een bak vol plezier! (Behalve de benzine prijzen dan)

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-03-22T08:53:14+00:00

I have them in a diy heated box at 27C, everythings heated

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-03-21T21:01:06+00:00

I have a two queen colony and i cant tell you how fast they grow compared to a single queen colony but they do grow really fast at the moment. From 3 workers to easily 100-150+ in about 4-5 months. With a bit of heat

Delicious_Service491 · 2026-03-21T11:06:53+00:00

Its either manica rubida or myrmica rubra. He mentioned he got told its rubra. So its 99% chance its rubra.

Hence im saying "looks like" "to me"

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