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TennesseeAnts' Ant Journals (Back for now)

Started By TennesseeAnts , May 30 2019 4:29 AM
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#601 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 19 2020 - 4:06 PM

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I'll be here enjoying the cool rain/sleet/snow...happy, cursed northern states...


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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

#602 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 19 2020 - 4:33 PM

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The Dude strikes again!
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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.

#603 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 19 2020 - 5:06 PM

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There should be a movie franchise named after this... *Adak starts coming out from a bush in the back as he listens to the conversation go more and more towards Star Wars*


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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

#604 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 20 2020 - 6:12 AM

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I'll be here enjoying the cool rain/sleet/snow...happy, cursed northern states...

Here it was pure snow. A couple inches worth, at least.

"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

#605 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 20 2020 - 7:12 AM

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yikes


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#606 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 20 2020 - 9:24 AM

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I hope it doesn’t turn out like it did last year....... the river flooded as the snow melted, and entire neighborhoods went underwater.

"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

#607 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 20 2020 - 11:11 AM

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Found a few colonies today. Here's my finds so far:

Aphaenogaster carolinensis: 1 queen, 6 workers
Temnothorax americana: 1 queen, 10 host workers
Temnothorax curvispinosus: 2 queens, 100 workers

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#608 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 20 2020 - 1:33 PM

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nice


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#609 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 11:03 AM

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Formica integra (Colony #1)
3-21-20

They have 15-16 host workers, 2 biological workers (took from under their old rock, as there are still 30 or so biological workers and a single queen, waiting to be captured this week) and about 100 eggs and larvae. This queen is insanely productive! I can't imagine what they'll look like with both their queens in the Mini Hearth!
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#610 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 21 2020 - 1:22 PM

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that's a terrifying yet amazing thought


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#611 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 21 2020 - 1:23 PM

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The Prenolepis flew 3 months ago in SoCal. Naturally, I wasn't able to go to the mountains at the time.


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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). 

#612 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 21 2020 - 1:27 PM

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lol, that sucks


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#613 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 2:15 PM

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Formica integra (Colony #1)
3-21-20
They have 15-16 host workers, 2 biological workers (took from under their old rock, as there are still 30 or so biological workers and a single queen, waiting to be captured this week) and about 100 eggs and larvae. This queen is insanely productive! I can't imagine what they'll look like with both their queens in the Mini Hearth!

It appears parasitic queens are much more productive.
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"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

#614 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 2:25 PM

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I will be getting a colony of Proceratium soon, once I get a few house spiders to lay eggs.

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#615 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 4:26 PM

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Perhaps you should keep a couple eggs around and breed them, so you don’t always have to find more spiders to keep the colony alive.
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"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

#616 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:34 PM

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Perhaps you should keep a couple eggs around and breed them, so you don’t always have to find more spiders to keep the colony alive.


Hmm. That may work...

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#617 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 22 2020 - 4:57 AM

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My Formica argentea is getting close to workers! I got a used Drew dirt shack to move her into when the time comes.
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#618 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 22 2020 - 5:25 AM

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Nice! I'll love to see pics when she has them!


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#619 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 22 2020 - 2:39 PM

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I collected 2 Myrmica colonies today, after much searching. Only 1 (the largest colony) contains a queen. She has about 150 workers and a ton of larvae.
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#620 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 22 2020 - 6:14 PM

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Camponotus nearcticus (Colony #1)
3-22-20

Well. She didn't produce anything since August, and her colony slowly died. I tossed her into the freezer along with her last two majors. I suspect she hybridized with a Camponotus snellingi male, as her workers were very strange.

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