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Ponera adventures.

Started By KitsAntVa , Oct 22 2020 10:07 AM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 22 2020 - 10:07 AM

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Today is the start of my days of keeping ponera and possibly hypoponera.
I made a small nest closely resembling a bull ant nest made in australia. I made the nest with firebrick and grout first i carved a firebrick nest that was very small for around 3-4 ponera workers that's it. I grouted the bottom of a ant shack small outworld and put the nest in and it is drying now. I plan on going out and catching a founding colony of hypoponera or ponera to get them settled into a dirt nest until my new nest drys. If in any case i find any stenamma, strugmingys, or any other queen ant that has to eat food during founding i will put them into this nest. I am leaving very soon and going to hunt for them I will record what I get soon.

Edited by KitsAntVa, October 22 2020 - 11:49 AM.

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We don’t talk about that

#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted October 22 2020 - 11:19 AM

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myrmecia live in VA?


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#3 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 22 2020 - 11:32 AM

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myrmecia live in VA?

Of course not, read what he said again:

"I made a small nest closely resembling a bull ant nest made in australia." resembling a bull ant nest.


Edited by TechAnt, October 22 2020 - 11:34 AM.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#4 Offline AleeGuy - Posted October 22 2020 - 11:40 AM

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Good luck!

#5 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 22 2020 - 12:43 PM

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myrmecia live in VA?

No, but the genus MyrmiciNa does, it’s related to Myrmica.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#6 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 22 2020 - 1:05 PM

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Today is the start of my days of keeping ponera and possibly hypoponera.
I made a small nest closely resembling a bull ant nest made in australia. I made the nest with firebrick and grout first i carved a firebrick nest that was very small for around 3-4 ponera workers that's it. I grouted the bottom of a ant shack small outworld and put the nest in and it is drying now. I plan on going out and catching a founding colony of hypoponera or ponera to get them settled into a dirt nest until my new nest drys. If in any case i find any stenamma, strugmingys, or any other queen ant that has to eat food during founding i will put them into this nest. I am leaving very soon and going to hunt for them I will record what I get soon.

Strumigenys won't last long in a nest like that unless you can keep the humidity very high and very constant. how shallow are the nest chambers?


#7 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 22 2020 - 1:26 PM

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They are pretty shallow about as big as a Formica nanitic which is small and I have a nestmate attached to the nest as well as a grouted outworld which the nest is sitting in.
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