Queen Elizabeth II At cep, MQ5000 F10 FG1 Maj

Let everyone see the story of your colony(ies) over time. Pictures, developments, success and failures, what works / what doesn't, and your plans for expansion as time goes by!
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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:09 pm

Natural! I Pulled it out of a rotten tree and the top of the tree broke off and I went flying on my arse! I cut it in half as it was much bigger! The ants cut bits off it and added it to the fungus! It's a clematis, now it's dried it's solid!

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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:46 am

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Emptying the Atta dump, always add a bit of the old waste to the new container.

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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:48 am

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Post by Deansie26 » Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:51 am

Nice fungus Sean, how many gardens do the have going now?

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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:14 pm

Had three, two large and the new smaller one that is growing like the clappers! The two large ones toppled toward each other to create one large one with a tunnel underneath that the ants walk through (see pic) its hard to get an idea of the size but id say they are both F10's or one giant F20 and a small F7 I guess, although that's going to topple on it's side soon!

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Post by Formica123 » Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:18 pm

Wow Sean, fungus looks absolutely fantastic. Brilliant colour and a very nice size, must be doing something unusual. Fungus steroids? :lol:
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Post by Britishants.com » Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:19 pm

Here's an update montage, since the last update the two large fungus balls have joined creating a football! The pictures do it no justice but I'm very pleased! The new garden atarted a few weeks ago has grown around the Perspex rod (pod bridge) so I have removed that to allow the fungus to lay, I was also lucky enough to witness the Queen on one of her wonders, she seems to prefer to pods over the main garden but all is excellent so I'm not worried and she does like to get about! http://youtu.be/B32nReAHSrU

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Post by Daubz1977 » Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:44 pm

looking very good mate.
ants i keep:-
Atta cephalotes
Polyrhachis dives
Camponotus cruentatus
Camponotus ligniperdus
Camponotus barbaricus
Formica cunicularia
Messor barbarus
Lasius niger

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Sun Apr 24, 2016 11:47 am

Love the queen moving. Very lucky to catch that shot. Bet you were momentarily concerned? Normally when I see a queen getting dragged through a pipe, she is dead!
Strange music in your montage. It should be at least from the correct part of the world!! Thought maybe the queen was about to be beheaded by the ants!! :evil:

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