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TennesseeAnts' Ant Journals (Back for now)

Started By TennesseeAnts , May 30 2019 4:29 AM
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#261 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 19 2019 - 4:24 PM

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Pheidole bicarinata:

 

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At about 100 workers now.

 

Camponotus pennsylvanicus:

 

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50 workers and some small larvae.

 

 

More pics coming.

 

 


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#262 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 19 2019 - 4:27 PM

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Mine have the larvae in the shape of what would be ~1.5 alate cocoons; they are very conservative lol
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#263 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 19 2019 - 6:27 PM

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Those Pheidole are so cool.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#264 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 19 2019 - 6:29 PM

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Yea! They are a pain to feed though. Their majors are super aggressive.

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#265 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 19 2019 - 6:44 PM

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Yea! They are a pain to feed though. Their majors are super aggressive.

You feed them in the tube?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#266 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 19 2019 - 6:46 PM

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Yes.... :ugone2far:
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#267 Offline Kalidas - Posted October 19 2019 - 7:45 PM

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I WILL find Pheidole next year. Here’s the plan: in June hook up a battery powered black light in the woods and sit out there with my buddies and a case of cold ones.

Sounds like a good plan, no obvious flaws I could see
Yeah, man. What could go wrong?
It's like a good Friday night, and you get to catch queens!

I would LOVE to do this.

Maybe next year with some fellow Californians.

Enjoy ANTdrew

#268 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:24 AM

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I WILL find Pheidole next year. Here’s the plan: in June hook up a battery powered black light in the woods and sit out there with my buddies and a case of cold ones.

Sounds like a good plan, no obvious flaws I could see
Yeah, man. What could go wrong?
It's like a good Friday night, and you get to catch queens!

I would LOVE to do this.

Maybe next year with some fellow Californians.

Enjoy ANTdrew

 

I feel like there should be a national "chill with your mates and catch queen ants" day


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#269 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:27 AM

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Yessss there should be!

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#270 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:29 AM

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WE NEED TO make a petition!!!!!


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#271 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:34 AM

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Or we could start a petition to exempt a few species. A few I would do are: Prenolepis imparis, Camponotus americanus, Camponotus castaneus, Camponotus pennslyvanicus, Camponotus chromaiodes,
Camponotus fragilis, Pogonomyrmex badius, Lasius americanus, Lasius brevicornis, Lasius neoniger, Formica pacifica, Formica pallidefullva, Formica neogagates, Formica subsericea, Formica obscuripes, Formica neorufibarbis, Pseudomyrmex gracilis, Acromyrmex versicolor, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Odontomachus bruennus, Colobopsis impressa, Colobopsis obliqua Colobopsis mississippiensis.

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#272 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 9:35 AM

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Or we could start a petition to exempt a few species. A few I would do are: Prenolepis imparis, Camponotus americanus, Camponotus castaneus, Camponotus pennslyvanicus, Camponotus chromaiodes,
Camponotus fragilis, Pogonomyrmex badius, Lasius americanus, Lasius brevicornis, Lasius neoniger, Formica pacifica, Formica pallidefullva, Formica neogagates, Formica subsericea, Formica obscuripes, Formica neorufibarbis, Pseudomyrmex gracilis, Acromyrmex versicolor, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Odontomachus bruennus, Colobopsis impressa, Colobopsis obliqua Colobopsis mississippiensis.

That's a laundry list...


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#273 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:24 AM

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Bruh, you left off Crematogaster...
How are your old F pacificas, by the way?
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#274 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:29 AM

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Creamtogastooooooooooorrr! and F. Pacifica, that's cool too 


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#275 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 11:33 AM

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Bruh, you left off Crematogaster...
How are your old F pacificas, by the way?



Coming up on 4 years. They'll be 4 years in June. They are a huge colony. Pushing 5,000 workers. They killed most of their alates, but kept about 12 females and chewed their wings off. Now they forage like normal workers.

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#276 Offline NickAnter - Posted October 20 2019 - 11:57 AM

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Yes.... :ugone2far:

Thankfully they don't hurt!
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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#277 Offline Kalidas - Posted October 20 2019 - 12:54 PM

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Or we could start a petition to exempt a few species. A few I would do are:


Exempt them how?

#278 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 1:12 PM

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APHIS website I think.

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#279 Offline Kalidas - Posted October 20 2019 - 1:14 PM

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No like exempt them from what?

#280 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 1:19 PM

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From the very long list of plant pests.
So far only Pogonomyrmex occidentalis has been exempted.

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