Leaf Cutting Ant Forum

Leafcutter wrote:

Acromyrmexbob wrote: therefore my fungus was always extremely dark from the pulpated leaves.

Pulpated! What! Not sure about that one! Raj, educate me, please!

I think it is where it is all chewed up into pulp
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16/09/16

Their little house fell over hahaha, I know this is normal but I thought the ants would be smart enough to know things can get top heavy . a pic of the biggest worker in the colony, soon I hope to have soldiers!!! still cutting a lot of leafs and leaving it on the dirt probably as storage

the lower end of there fungus garden is very yellow so im expecting them to start dumping a huge amount soon, meaning I have to clean more

currently can't see any brood, probably hiding it all

All looks well with your colony. Just keep doing what you are doing.

YAY thank goodness!!!

Glad there doing well for you Jim!

Thanks mate
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24/09/16

hi guys the nest has rolled over again coz of when they have grown upwards and dug out the side bottom. is this to much yellowness for this amount of fungus?

also I have not seen any brood in a long time ive seen little white balls scaterd around, don't know if they are eggs or just fungus balls, ive seen workers carrying them about.

fungus looks a good size and colour for that size of colony Jimi, you're doing well!

Don't worry about not seeing brood, I never saw any for weeks, and one morning I just saw loads of larvae and pupae on top of the fungus! If you really want to see brood, keep the nest box 100% dark and they will be more likely to place it on the edges of the fungus.

Great, I may try that! I also did my first full water clean out and everything went smoothly!!!

02/10/16

HI GUYS!

nothing significant has happened, they are continuing to cut and build, seen some larva which is a good sign! is there anything else I should be doing coz people have always said its really difficult and near impossible to look after leaf cutter ants and all I seem to do is just throw leafs in and spot clean the water, maybe like 5-10 minuets of maintenance a day

Looking good. You certainly have the knack so carry on doing just what your doing.