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There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike
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Posted November 20 2019 - 6:32 PM
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I've seen some of my Camponotous queens attach their eggs to their midsection (somehow), so it's cool to know my ants don't belong in an insane asylum
I think my Gnamptogenys triangularis queen has and egg attached to her mesosoma.
carebara do that a lot
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Posted November 23 2019 - 2:18 PM
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How are you still finding queens?!?!?!
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Posted November 23 2019 - 3:44 PM
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He’s the Dude.How are you still finding queens?!?!?!
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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.
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Posted November 23 2019 - 5:52 PM
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How are you still finding queens?!?!?!
Warm days. It's not been cold lately. High 60s-low 70s. And as @ANTdrew said, I'm the Dude.
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Posted November 23 2019 - 7:39 PM
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It has been 35 and below here with snow.
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Posted November 24 2019 - 6:45 AM
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Yep. Tennessee has mild winters (usually).
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Posted November 24 2019 - 7:54 AM
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Surprising how much different it would be than Northern Virginia. We’re literally at the dividing line for north and south here, so any given winter day could be 60 degrees or 6. Sometimes this happens in the same week. Lol
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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.
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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Posted December 4 2019 - 9:47 AM
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Aphaenogaster rudis (Colony #1)
12-4-19
They are still coming along. Lots of pupae, some days away from hatching. They have plenty of eggs, and a bunch of larvae. Some are alate larvae!
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #1)
12-4-19
They are still getting along. Waiting for eggs! Probably gonna have to hibernate first though.
Camponotus snellingi (Colony #1)
12-4-19
Still developing. At 5 workers and 6 pupae, a bunch of large larvae and some eggs.
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Colony #1)
12-4-19
Some small larvae and eggs. Still at 5 workers.
12-4-19
They are still coming along. Lots of pupae, some days away from hatching. They have plenty of eggs, and a bunch of larvae. Some are alate larvae!
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #1)
12-4-19
They are still getting along. Waiting for eggs! Probably gonna have to hibernate first though.
Camponotus snellingi (Colony #1)
12-4-19
Still developing. At 5 workers and 6 pupae, a bunch of large larvae and some eggs.
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Colony #1)
12-4-19
Some small larvae and eggs. Still at 5 workers.
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Posted December 4 2019 - 4:43 PM
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How is your Formica mega-colony?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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Posted December 4 2019 - 4:55 PM
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It's doing great! Haven't heard much lately, with hibernation and all, but last I heard they had approximately 4,300 workers.
Edited by Ant_Dude2908, December 4 2019 - 4:55 PM.
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Posted December 4 2019 - 5:07 PM
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It's doing great! Haven't heard much lately, with hibernation and all, but last I heard they had approximately 4,300 workers.
This is a Formica pacifica colony that you used to keep when you lived in Washington, right?
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Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea
Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus nearcticus
Crematogaster cerasi
Temnothorax ambiguus
Prenolepis imparis
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Posted December 4 2019 - 5:09 PM
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Yes, sir!
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Posted December 7 2019 - 2:45 PM
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Pheidole bicarinata (Colony #1)
12-7-19
Colony has resumed growth after two months in hibernation. They have some small to large over-wintered larvae, about 20 new eggs and 110 workers. I have fed them some acorn pieces, sugar water and cricket so far, and they have accepted all.
12-7-19
Colony has resumed growth after two months in hibernation. They have some small to large over-wintered larvae, about 20 new eggs and 110 workers. I have fed them some acorn pieces, sugar water and cricket so far, and they have accepted all.
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Posted December 7 2019 - 2:51 PM
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Oh and here's a list of the colonies that have died in hibernation so far this year:
Camponotus pennslyvanicus: Queen hasn't been looking good for a few months.
Crematogaster missouriensis: Likely not mated anyway.
Lasius claviger: Injured front leg on capture.
Camponotus pennslyvanicus: Queen hasn't been looking good for a few months.
Crematogaster missouriensis: Likely not mated anyway.
Lasius claviger: Injured front leg on capture.
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Posted December 8 2019 - 2:56 AM
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Pheidole photos, please!
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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Posted December 8 2019 - 6:57 AM
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Will do!
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Posted December 8 2019 - 7:21 AM
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Here's some pics.
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Posted December 8 2019 - 7:39 AM
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If I may edit the Popeye's restaurant slogan; love that major from Pheidole!
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Posted December 8 2019 - 7:45 AM
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Thanks! They're gonna get big this year. Hopefully over 1000. They've got some large larvae and 35-40 eggs now. I'm definitely gonna get some more Pheidole this year. There's some larger ones that I want around here, with 9 millimeter queens.
Edited by Ant_Dude2908, December 8 2019 - 7:46 AM.
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