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Started By Antennal_Scrobe , Sep 15 2019 12:34 PM
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#21 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 16 2019 - 12:03 PM

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Lasius neoniger workers will accept dealate queens.

 

Stigmatomma pallipes, Dorymyrmex cf. insanus (or some other dark colored Dorymyrmex sp.) and Tetramorium tsushimae are present in South Dakota.


Edited by AntsDakota, September 16 2019 - 12:26 PM.

"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

#22 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted September 16 2019 - 12:05 PM

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That obnoxious Linepithema humile, the Argentine ant, can learn successively over several years that orange oil repellant is not to be feared. Years ago a good application of orange oil spray would keep them away for 2+ weeks at a stretch. Last couple years fresh applications of same brand of orange oil have been so ignored we've resorted to Raid. I'm amazed at the colony's ability to learn even when individuals don't survive that long.

And of course they'll figure out some way to avoid Raid as well...


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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

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