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Da_NewAntOnTheBlock's Ant Journal (Discontinued)

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#301 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:15 PM

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Our names are ironically the same (I mean exactly the same) so we occasionally just talk lol (I don't know what our names have to do with anything, but I guess it does...)


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#302 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:16 PM

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My ant life is about get real interesting. Check back later to find out more..........  :secret:  :D  :whistle:


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#303 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:19 PM

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I mean, I never intended for it to happen in such a way, but it just did lol. I'm not pulling an AC guys don't worry lol, there's no Part Two


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#304 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:20 PM

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If I tried to convince him it probably wouldn't work because I am busy, but he is an AD (ANTdrew) level of busy and then some


but he's a wonderful fellow, so good on 'em 


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#305 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:21 PM

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I wasn't either. It just hasn't happened yet.

 

I mean, I never intended for it to happen in such a way, but it just did lol. I'm not pulling an AC guys don't worry lol, there's no Part Two


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#306 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:21 PM

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lol


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#307 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:22 PM

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But it will.......... 


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#308 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:23 PM

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yes it will be updated where I [hopefully] say they move in


I'll check for the last time for a bit


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#309 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:25 PM

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Aphrodite is down and in a moist spot cleaning herself as a worker does the same


otherwise the cricket is getting destroyed (literally) as there is 4+ workers devouring it's insides for the better cause of the colony


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#310 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:26 PM

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Talk about digging into your food.........


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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#311 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:28 PM

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oh yeah and all but one worker in the actual formicarium part thought it would be a good idea to be spider man. yeah. I have officially gotten Camponotus...


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#312 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 1:32 PM

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oh yeah and all but one worker in the actual formicarium part thought it would be a good idea to be spider man. yeah. I have officially gotten Camponotus...

Wait- what?


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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#313 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 3 2020 - 3:20 PM

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It was a joke


Camponotus workers like to hang from the ceiling of the mini-hearth


I'll try to get pics ASAP guys, so hold tight


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#314 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 3:27 PM

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Ah, I see.  :lol:


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#315 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 4 2020 - 7:38 AM

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would anyone mind if the pictures weren't as clear due to condensation?


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#316 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 4 2020 - 7:40 AM

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They’d probably be better than mine...........

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#317 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 4 2020 - 8:27 AM

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we'll see, I'll take some pics today


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#318 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 4 2020 - 9:42 AM

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Picture time! Sorry about the condensation...

 
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you can't see al their brood, but they have a lot of larvae...I'll try to get a better pic in a few days or so...

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#319 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 4 2020 - 10:02 AM

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I think they've earned themselves some honeywater to spruce up the queen (hopefully) and the colony itself 


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#320 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted April 4 2020 - 12:05 PM

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That queen don't look that good.


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