Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:41 pm

I've got a really rubbish monitor just now so clarity is a problem. Seems too small to be a queen though from what I can make out?

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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Leafcutter » Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:57 pm

Videos from Ric:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlchhxLdlAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1DSrqQG0k

Very hard to see but looks too big to be a soldier IMO.

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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Atta solider » Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:01 pm

Thanks raj ;) well I'll try get her out of the pod I just don't want destroy the fungus trying to get her out that's all

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Post by Formica123 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 6:21 pm

Atta solider wrote:Thanks raj ;) well I'll try get her out of the pod I just don't want destroy the fungus trying to get her out that's all
Why get her out? She's not doing any harm
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Post by Atta solider » Mon Jan 23, 2017 7:16 pm

Get better pics of her Marco as it's hard get right good pics as you seen from ones I took

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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Leafcutter » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:34 pm

Atta solider wrote:Get better pics of her Marco as it's hard get right good pics as you seen from ones I took
Just want to see what exactly it is. She can go back in afterwards.

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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:51 pm

At the risk of looking stupid later on, and with the benefit of my sh*tey screen, I say its a major (soldier).

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Post by Formica123 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:10 am

Acromyrmexbob wrote:At the risk of looking stupid later on, and with the benefit of my sh*tey screen, I say its a major (soldier).
Looking at the photos I'd say 100% it's a queen. I'll try and enhance the photo for you
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Post by Formica123 » Tue Jan 24, 2017 6:15 am

The photo can't be enhanced very well as it's not the best quality, so just have to wait until she's out the pods
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Re: Riccardo atta colony 2015 4/12/2015

Post by Atta solider » Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:58 am

Monday 13th March 2017

Am still hear lol not much to say really on my atta colony they still going great had bit down hill on my first pod the fungus went down a lot but this pass two days they have been rebuilding it up but the other 3 pods are great dark parts on it and lot brood now you can see at edges of the garden filled to max must be mass population booming as there loads of new workers ready to enclose this morning saw very large larave that 2 workers was trying move it from one pod to the other and they couldn't move it well lol I fort it was funny how others just walked passed them seeing they couldn't move it and is it normal for them to cut up leaf and make a pile of them were they cut it like
Storage part for other to come pick it up and take back to the nest ???

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