Fungus Transfer
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:13 am
Im on the verge of a little bit of a breakthrough - i think so anyway lol.
When my Acros fungus was very little, Leafcutter (Raj) sent me a lot of Atta Cephalotes fungs from his colony (thanks!) and i added a small amount at first to see how they reacted. The chunk i added was instantly accepted and taken back to their own 'fungus gardens' and so i added a little more (making sure no minims or any atta workers were on the gardens).
I left them for 1 hour - whilst i went to my tutor - and when i came home i was astonished
The ants had created 2 small piles of fungus 2 gardens out of the atta fungus! The minims are looking after this and you can see them tend to this as if it were their own!
But, i carried on inspecting this, and to my amazement THE QUEEN has been moved onto this fungus, showing full acceptance!
I will update on the growth Monday.
If they reject the fungus, i fear this colony may not last long, however they show no sings of doing so! There is about a walnut and a half - 2 walnuts of fungus.
UPDATE ON MONDAY
When my Acros fungus was very little, Leafcutter (Raj) sent me a lot of Atta Cephalotes fungs from his colony (thanks!) and i added a small amount at first to see how they reacted. The chunk i added was instantly accepted and taken back to their own 'fungus gardens' and so i added a little more (making sure no minims or any atta workers were on the gardens).
I left them for 1 hour - whilst i went to my tutor - and when i came home i was astonished
The ants had created 2 small piles of fungus 2 gardens out of the atta fungus! The minims are looking after this and you can see them tend to this as if it were their own!
But, i carried on inspecting this, and to my amazement THE QUEEN has been moved onto this fungus, showing full acceptance!
I will update on the growth Monday.
If they reject the fungus, i fear this colony may not last long, however they show no sings of doing so! There is about a walnut and a half - 2 walnuts of fungus.
UPDATE ON MONDAY