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[TennesseeAnts]

honestly though, how does one even find this many ants, none the less catches about 2 more colonies everyday... Do you look in about 5 forests everyday or something

Only one forest. I live in the middle of nowhere, so I have some great diversity. I have just trained myself to spot any and all ants around me I guess. You will get there too. I've been doing this for 4 years now.

[TennesseeAnts]

Stigmatomma only (Colony #1)
6-25-19

They have an egg! Only one though. Hopefully more come soon!

[TennesseeAnts]

Stigmatomma pallipes (Colony #1)
6-25-19

Two eggs!

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, June 25 2019 - 1:21 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Stigmatomma pallipes (Colony #1)
6-25-19

Two eggs!

Cool!

[TennesseeAnts]

Found a bunch of new queens while black lighting! Two Solenopsis sp. queens, 12 Pheidole tysoni and bicarinata queens, a ton of Temnothorax queens and 15 Colobopsis impressa, mississippiensis and obliqua queens!

[TennesseeAnts]

Colobopsis obliqua (Colony #1)
6-28-19

This 7 queen colony now has a little noodle egg! Having 7 queens should solve the egg production problem.

[TennesseeAnts]

Stigmatomma pallipes (Colony #1)
6-28-19

Five eggs.

[TennesseeAnts]

This is my Journal featuring:
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Aphaenogaster cf. rudis
Brachyponera chinensis
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus chromaiodes
Camponotus nearcticus
Camponotus pennslyvanicus
Camponotus snellingi
Camponotus subbarbatus
Colobopsis impressa
Colobopsis mississippiensis :yahoo
Colobopsis obliqua
Crematogaster cerasi
Crematogaster sp. 1
Formica pacifica
Formica pallidefullva
Monomorium cf. minimum
Myrmica incompleta
Pheidole cf. bicarinata
Pheidole cf. tysoni
Strumigenys sp. 1
Stigmatomma pallipes

[ANTdrew]

Nice diversity!

[TennesseeAnts]

Thanks!

[TennesseeAnts]

Colobopsis impressa (Colony #1)
7-1-19

These gals now have one egg!

[ANTdrew]

TBH, I kind of miss your species specific journals.

[TennesseeAnts]

TBH, I kind of miss your species specific journals.

I wish I had more time for them. I'm actually downsizing my collection to a few colonies of a few species that I really want, so I might be able to start those back up.

[TennesseeAnts]

Brachyponera chinensis (Colony #1)
7-1-19

I moved them into a small terrarium with coco pete soil instead of the clay soil found around here. It has some clover, and one other plant that I can't identify. They were dumped in about an hour ago, and the plants are already buried! They have about 200-250 workers and 2 queens and lots of eggs and larvae. Doing very well.

[CatsnAnts]

TBH, I kind of miss your species specific journals.

I wish I had more time for them. I'm actually downsizing my collection to a few colonies of a few species that I really want, so I might be able to start those back up.

Ya, I’m going to try and limit my colonies (I don’t have near the number you have), but just so I can enjoy the ones I really want to! It’ll also make it less stressful.

[TennesseeAnts]

Crematogaster cerasi (Colony #1)
7-8-19

They have 84 workers and around 100 brood in all stages! They are making a comeback!

Crematogaster cerasi (Colony #2)
7-8-19

Since C. cerasi flights have finally picked up, I have found about a dozen queens, but kept these two to hopefully found a polygynous colony.

Myrmica incompleta (Colony #1)
7-8-19

They are going strong with 40 brood in all stages, still two queens and around 50 workers now. They love flightless fruit flies and agave syrup diluted with water.

[ANTdrew]

Whaaaa????
Crematogaster are already flying?

[AntsBC]

Pics or it didn't happen. 

 

Honestly though, you got to have pictures in your journal man. 

[TennesseeAnts]

Pics or it didn't happen. 
 
Honestly though, you got to have pictures in your journal man. 

I know. My pc is broken and I can't upload with my phone.

[ANTdrew]

Yeah, I wish Drew would make an easier way to upload photos using the mobile app.