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Greetings from So Fla (Martin)

Started By inSAMity , Aug 2 2019 8:59 AM

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#1 Offline inSAMity - Posted August 2 2019 - 8:59 AM

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Hello

I been lurking for a few weeks and felt it was time to introduce myself.
My name is SAM and I have a 12 year old that really wants to keep ants. He has been trying to convince me for months and finally I agreed.

We're both still very new to the hobby, but we were successful in test tubing our first Crematogaster queen. Look forward to finding out how to build the right formicarium to meet her needs.

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#2 Offline rbarreto - Posted August 2 2019 - 10:10 AM

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Welcome to Formiculture.

My journal featuring most of my ants.

My other journal featuring Formica Bradleyi.

Check our my store here!

#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 2 2019 - 10:11 AM

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And antkeeping!

"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

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 2 2019 - 11:40 AM

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Welcome! You found a very fun type of ant to keep. Definitely get some fluon, though, and a good container because they are Houdinis.

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

#5 Offline Acutus - Posted August 2 2019 - 12:13 PM

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Welcome Sam!! and your son too!! So cool that you guys will be doing this together!! (y) (y)

I have a small colony of Crematogaster and I keep them in a Test Tube connected to an Ants Canada Test Tube Portal. Plenty of room for them to expand for a year at least.

Billy

Currently keeping:

Camponotus chromaiodes

Camponotus castaneus

Formica subsericea

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