Formica's First Atta.
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The famous "falling over" is a good sign .
Atta cephalotes (2019)
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Saw about 30 larvae and pupae today, including what looks like a soldier larvae!
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As long as you saw them inside the nest, on the fungus, everything is good!
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THERES A SOLDIER PUPAE!! Fungus is doing great also! I'm so happy
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Wow, doing so much better since my last update. Lot more ants and lots of brood now.
I put a tub of coco peat in there which I bought for 2.50 from Gamm Vert last week, now the enterance is a come shape and the fungus is a lot bigger.
There's more soldier pupaes and they cut A LOT everyday now, really happy. Will be getting atta sexdens and atta cephalotes bicholor next month
I put a tub of coco peat in there which I bought for 2.50 from Gamm Vert last week, now the enterance is a come shape and the fungus is a lot bigger.
There's more soldier pupaes and they cut A LOT everyday now, really happy. Will be getting atta sexdens and atta cephalotes bicholor next month
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That's great Marco, any photos? Where you getting the other Atta from? Be cool to see!
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Will take some tomorrow, it's dark here now, getting the others of my friend in Germany, who just got back from Costa Rica
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Hi Marco, good to hear from you. Hows things. Dont think we have any other member with sexdens. I had a colony of bicolor a few years ago. I did some research, these particular ones were from Panama. The latin name, which is very obscure, is Atta cephalotes isthmithicus, which is weird because I found this around 5 years ago but cant find it anywhere online now? Maybe it has changed.
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Sorry for late reply.Acromyrmexbob wrote:Hi Marco, good to hear from you. Hows things. Dont think we have any other member with sexdens. I had a colony of bicolor a few years ago. I did some research, these particular ones were from Panama. The latin name, which is very obscure, is Atta cephalotes isthmithicus, which is weird because I found this around 5 years ago but cant find it anywhere online now? Maybe it has changed.
Been good thanks, bought a new shop space that I have converted to an ant room, atta are going well. The sexdens are only 60 euros!!
I've never heard the Latin name of bicolor, unusual.
Today I changed the atta setup a little as their old container was too small. The fungus is growing well.
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That's great Marco, any photos? Think the last one was in July.