slim shady's

Camponotus angusticollis

I got this colony a few months back, with no brood. Now in a nest.

TGC thermometer

Public assessment

Latest overall condition score for the colony shared by the keeper

CHM meter Good

78.4 /100

Revised universal model 08/07/2026 · coverage 80%

Field notebook

Public diary

Dated observations shared by the keeper

stable phase

08/07/2026

Milestone 23:00:00

they are now in the stable phase, where there's a very low chance of the queen randomly dying.

Feeding

Feeding log

Recorded offerings and how the colony responded

house crickets

08/07/2026

Accepted

19:00 Frozen / thawed Quantity: 3 medium house cricket, 3 small house crickets

crickets were accepted but it was too much, they immediatly threw away 1 small cricket and 1 medium cricket. the rest was consumed

Project notes

Public notes

Context, plans, and supporting records tied to this colony

growing this colony to a big colony

08/07/2026

Plan

Growing the colony

I want to grow this colony out to a big colony of hundreds of workers, as they are very big and they look pretty unique. They're already off to a good start with a decent broodpile and growing fast, possibly having a major cocoons already at ~20 workers! The long term goal is to have 2 or multiple big colonies and trying to captive breed them, though I am unsure to how possible this is. The future will hopefully tell!

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