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Manitobant's tapinoma melanocephalum journal

Started By Manitobant , Jun 23 2019 2:22 PM

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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 23 2019 - 2:22 PM

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Today I had some of the best luck and caught a 6 queen tapinoma melanocephalum colony in a greenhouse. It may not seem like much to any antkeeper in the tropics, but exotics like these are the jackpot for antkeepers who live in cold places like Canada. I'm hearing that these things grow pretty fast so I'm expecting them to grow out of their mini hearth pretty quickly.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#2 Offline CatsnAnts - Posted June 23 2019 - 2:55 PM

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Congrats! I wish we had some other tapinoma here besides tapinoma sessile.

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#3 Offline Leo - Posted June 23 2019 - 8:01 PM

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lmao, these are pests in my area XD


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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 24 2019 - 8:20 AM

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lmao, these are pests in my area XD

the crazy thing is that these tropical pests are actually some of the most sought after ants in canada, as exotics are hard to get because you can't bring them in so we have to resort to finding them in greenhouses.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline Leo - Posted June 24 2019 - 4:04 PM

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XD, i'm assuming you guys are scrambling for crematogaster too?


#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 24 2019 - 4:09 PM

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Kinda, but it's not as rare as you can ship ants to other provinces and those guys are commonly found by suppliers in Ontario.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 24 2019 - 4:40 PM

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XD, i'm assuming you guys are scrambling for crematogaster too?

Crematogaster queens are kind of hard to find in North America.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#8 Offline Canadian anter - Posted June 24 2019 - 4:52 PM

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XD, i'm assuming you guys are scrambling for crematogaster too?

I can get hundreds haha
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#9 Offline rbarreto - Posted June 24 2019 - 7:02 PM

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XD, i'm assuming you guys are scrambling for crematogaster too?

Crematogaster queens are kind of hard to find in North America.

 

Yea they're everywhere up here.


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#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 25 2019 - 6:54 AM

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Yeah, I just meant to say that they aren’t some sort of pest ant like the invasive ones that truly abound.
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