Esta rainha manteve suas asas, porém está cultivando o fungo e colocou bastante ovos... Que não aparecem na foto por causa do flash!
This queen kept her wings, but is cultivating the fungus and got enough eggs ... That do not appear in the photo because of the flash!
An antfarm of Acromyrmex cf. octospinosus. The perfection of living in community is expressed through the ants. Nature is teaching us the best way.
segunda-feira, 4 de junho de 2012
quinta-feira, 31 de maio de 2012
Revoada - They are flying!
Veja como ficou a varanda aqui, na madrugada do último sábado, quando as acromyrmex estavam revoando.
Here's how the balcony here in the early hours of last Saturday, when Acromyrmex were flying.
Here's how the balcony here in the early hours of last Saturday, when Acromyrmex were flying.
segunda-feira, 21 de maio de 2012
Fim do cultivo... (+ ou -)! - End of the cultivation... (+ or -)!
Como você viu nas postagens anteriores, eu coloquei mais uma quantidade grande de fungo de atta para a rainha acromyrmex. Neste final de semana quando fui ver o frasco desta rainha todo cultivo de fungo estava morto e espalhado. O que terá acontecido? Com certeza o fungo de atta se sobrepôs em desenvolvimento ao fungo das acromyrmex. Eu então tirei o fungo morto e coloquei este pedaço de fungo de acromyrmex para a rainha reiniciar a cultura.
As you saw in previous posts, I put over a large amount of fungus atta to the queen Acromyrmex. This weekend when I went to see the jar of this queen all this fungus was growing dead and spread. What has happened? Surely fungus atta overlapped in the development of Acromyrmex fungus. I then took the dead fungus and put this piece of Acromyrmex fungus to restart the queen culture.
3 Among them were separated and I'd put them in that queen who had previously rejected the larvae that I put to her, because it is a culture that was made from a mixture of atta and Acromyrmex fungus. The surprise was that it quickly accepted. See how it fit the more mature larva in fungus, so that only the head is apparent. Let's see how this plays out.
As you saw in previous posts, I put over a large amount of fungus atta to the queen Acromyrmex. This weekend when I went to see the jar of this queen all this fungus was growing dead and spread. What has happened? Surely fungus atta overlapped in the development of Acromyrmex fungus. I then took the dead fungus and put this piece of Acromyrmex fungus to restart the queen culture.
A rainha começou logo a cuidar do fungo. Mas depois desisti, em função da quantidade de formigas, imaginando que as mesmas consumiriam o fungo sem possibilitar que a cultura avançasse. Então retirei as larvas e coloquei de volta para as atta.
The queen soon began to take care of the fungus. But then I gave up, because of the amount of ants, imagining that they consume the fungus without enabling culture to move forward. So I removed the larvae and put back into the atta's jar.
Dentre elas separei 3 e coloquei naquela rainha que anteriormente tinha rejeitado as larvas que eu coloquei pra ela, pois a mesma está com uma cultura que foi feita a partir da mistura do fungo de atta e acromyrmex. A surpresa foi que ela aceitou rapidamente. Veja como ela encaixou a larva mais madura no fungo, de maneira que somente a cabeça fica aparente. Vamos ver como isso se desenrola.
3 Among them were separated and I'd put them in that queen who had previously rejected the larvae that I put to her, because it is a culture that was made from a mixture of atta and Acromyrmex fungus. The surprise was that it quickly accepted. See how it fit the more mature larva in fungus, so that only the head is apparent. Let's see how this plays out.
sexta-feira, 18 de maio de 2012
Attas adotadas III - Adopted Attas III
Ontem exagerei na quantidade de larvas retiradas da colônia das attas, e acho que pode virar um problema. Se não estou enganado hoje pela tarde vi uma operária com uma perna de uma das larvas. Será que estão matando o excesso delas? De qualquer jeito as fotos de ontem a noite estão interessantes. Seguem abaixo.
Yesterday I exaggerate the amount of larvae removed from the colony of Attas, and I think it may become a problem. If I'm not mistaken today afternoon I saw a worker with a leg of one of the larvae. Are they killing over them? Anyway the photos from last night are interesting. Below.
Yesterday I exaggerate the amount of larvae removed from the colony of Attas, and I think it may become a problem. If I'm not mistaken today afternoon I saw a worker with a leg of one of the larvae. Are they killing over them? Anyway the photos from last night are interesting. Below.
A rainha e a operária cuidando da larva
The queen and the workers taking care of the larva
As operárias attas cuidando das larvas. Ao fundo o alvéolo lotado de larvas de attas.
The atta workers caring for larvae. At the bottom the socket crowded with larvae of attas.
quinta-feira, 17 de maio de 2012
Attas adotadas II - Adopted attas II
Na foto abaixo podemos perceber a atta mais solta, assim como a rainha. Então a dúvida anterior quanto as formigas estarem se rivalizando já tem uma resposta: Tudo está correndo muito bem!
In the picture below we can see the atta feeling more free, as well as the queen. So the earlier question about if the ants are rivaling already has an answer: Everything is going very well!

In the picture below we can see the atta feeling more free, as well as the queen. So the earlier question about if the ants are rivaling already has an answer: Everything is going very well!

Depois de fazer a foto
anterior peguei das attas mais uma quantidade de fungo, e coloquei para a
rainha acromyrmex.
After making the previous photo I took of from the attas another amount of fungus, and I did put it to the acromyrmex queen .
Peguei também uma nova
quantidade de larvas de attas para serem adotadas.
I took also a new number of attas larvae to be adopted.
E nesta foto vemos a rainha e
as operárias adotadas se reunindo no alvéolo, onde elas mesmas reuniram as
larvas de attas que acabei de colocar no pote. Neste alvéolo também estão umas
larvas minúsculas da acromyrmex, que também estão sendo cuidadas por
suas irmãs adotivas.
And in this picture we see the queen and the adopted workers gathering in the alveoli, where they met the same larvae attas that I just put in the pot. In this alveolus are also some tiny larvae of Acromyrmex, which are also being cared for by their stepsisters.
And in this picture we see the queen and the adopted workers gathering in the alveoli, where they met the same larvae attas that I just put in the pot. In this alveolus are also some tiny larvae of Acromyrmex, which are also being cared for by their stepsisters.
quarta-feira, 16 de maio de 2012
Attas adotadas - Adopted attas
Apenas pelo tamanho é possível afirmar que estas primeiras operárias são filhotes da rainha atta. As fotos ficaram bacana e percebi a rainha escondida à esquerda. Espero que ela esteja assim apenas porque eu abri o pote, e não por estar se escondendo das filhas adotivas.
Detalhe do esconderijo das 2 attas.
Mais uma foto
No detalhe desta foto podemos ver algo muito interessante ao fundo; a operária atta maior cuidando de uma larva, que provavelmente é de acromyrmex. Infelizmente a máquina focou na primeira atta, mas não vão faltar oportunidades de se fazer fotos interessantes.
In the detail of this picture we can see something very interesting in the background, the 'worker atta', the largest, is nursing a larva, which is probably Acromyrmex. Unfortunately the camera focused on the first atta, but there will be plenty of opportunities to make interesting photos.
terça-feira, 15 de maio de 2012
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