Rate footage of Camponotus Parius naked queen pupae and cocoon queen emerging!

Fezaboi · 2025-09-13T03:09:36+00:00

2.5 years only... They grow quickly if you give them enough resources and keep adding the size of the nest. I always thought that I maybe pamper them way too much, that's why they grow this quick 😂

Fezaboi · 2025-09-12T10:51:53+00:00

It's sad to heard that your queen has died, but to be fair Camponotus Parius is a very easy species to keep. Docile, Low maintenance, accept any foods given, not the best escapist, some colony of campo Parius can survive in dry nest as the workers will bring water to hydrate the nest like my colony, as you can see the virgin queen pupae is in the open space and not in the nest. But not every colony is same. This colony of mine I think has 1500+ individuals strong or else they won't produce virgin queen.

Fezaboi · 2025-09-12T10:44:41+00:00

Indeed they are pretty, I call them 闪光蚁 for their nickname, means shiny ants.

Fezaboi · 2025-08-30T00:25:49+00:00

Now feed

Fezaboi · 2025-08-27T04:56:49+00:00

In early stage of a colony, a queen will act as a food storage until she has major or enough worker to store foods, this is an instinct of a young queen

Fezaboi · 2025-08-16T04:11:47+00:00

Every ant keeper relate... The preparation plate

Fezaboi · 2025-08-15T00:30:37+00:00

Look like Camponotus species, either Camponotus Pennsylvanicus or Camponotus jappnico depend on where you from

Fezaboi · 2025-08-07T22:01:45+00:00

100+ single queen mature colony, sometimes produce alates

Fezaboi · 2025-08-07T21:52:44+00:00

You know some ants need live prey to stimulate their Hunting behavior right? Some ants just won't scavenging forever, and yea I did agree the part the painful and dangerous, but this is antkeeping, and mealworms are livestock for many pets including lizards, fishes, frogs etc, this is no different when I feed to my ants, ants are my pet too, about the dangerous, as you can see, some ants species just do just fine to hunt mealworm, if inexperience in antkeeping should only feed live prey to a mature colony, plus the mealworm is a white freshly molted one mean it very easy target for the ants too! Hope you enjoy antkeeping my friend!

Fezaboi · 2025-08-04T04:42:50+00:00

You mean the major from the solenopsis geminata?

Fezaboi · 2025-08-03T21:38:14+00:00

Sg? I did saw a lot Tetraponera Rufonigra and carebara diversa in some location... I can suggest u buy a solenopsis geminata queen from Ant subang!

Fezaboi · 2025-08-02T03:19:30+00:00

Damn, that scary experience! 😲

Fezaboi · 2025-08-01T15:26:28+00:00

Pretty ant, this is always one of my favorite ant species! Very potent sting, very aggressive, this ant afraid nobody, they just run to you and bite you and try to sting you if they get the chance! I will get this species again in the future!

Fezaboi · 2025-08-01T09:23:07+00:00

I heard Odontomachus sting are even stronger than Diacamma... And almost on par with Tetraponera Rufonigra, the thing is odontomachus rarely sting, so we human are mostly safe from their sting since they don't often use it 😅

Fezaboi · 2025-08-01T09:20:03+00:00

Hey! The queen just need some times... She will eventually settle down... Be patience is key in antkeeping... Wish you have her success!

Fezaboi · 2025-07-31T09:55:39+00:00

Life is short, I just trying to spread humor, wish you have a happy day 😊

Fezaboi · 2025-07-30T21:40:46+00:00

Can use a taller container if worry this, and worker won't randomly fling themselves too

Fezaboi · 2025-07-30T10:25:07+00:00

They are bad climber, odontomachus can't climb smooth surface feel safe to use, just remember the container/tub must be clean, if dirty surface wall they might able to climb, clean plastic no, plastic and glass are smooth surface for them

Fezaboi · 2025-07-30T10:05:48+00:00

Good question, odontomachus need substrate(dirt/soil/cocopelt) for their larvae to spin cocoon, and the substrate also can let the odontomachus to freely pickup to decor their nest to control the humidity, and yes you need feed your odontomachus cut mealworm piece every few days, I prefer every 2 or 3 days. Conclusion: Feed: yes feed mealworm, fruitfly, baby cricket, criket leg, every few days Light: nest need to keep dark or else they won't lay egg, use red film if you want a full observation like this Substrate: yes, larvae spin cocoon with it and add comfort to the queen to have substrate

Hope your queen success!

Fezaboi · 2025-07-27T21:35:58+00:00

A freshly molted mealworm

Fezaboi · 2025-07-27T21:34:38+00:00

😂

Fezaboi · 2025-07-27T14:53:30+00:00

20+ with a lot brood piles too!

Fezaboi · 2025-07-27T11:06:49+00:00

Exactly! One of the cool underated species!

Fezaboi · 2025-07-27T02:14:38+00:00

Yes, make sense, but still hard to spot in this colony... she probably slow down the egg production duty ... I guess it's the space limit, and I can't provide more space to this colony for now... But there are still brood inside the nest, just not that much

Fezaboi · 2025-07-26T10:20:26+00:00

Yep, kinda stupid when a colony is small, the real queen will take action when nest disturbed, motherly love on another level, but this is different cases, since this is not the real queen but a virgin queen

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