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Started By Broncos , Oct 9 2019 4:32 PM
ants pogonomyrmex californicus camponotus semitestacius pogonomyrmex rugosus brachymyrmex patagonicus formica francoeuri

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#1 Offline Broncos - Posted October 9 2019 - 4:32 PM

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My name was an oopsie... Hello! I am the owner of a pogonomyrmex californicus with 26 workers, a pogonomyrmex rugosus with 3 workers, a formica francoeuri with about 150 workers, camponotus semitestaceus with 6 workers, and a brachymyrmex patagonicus with about 6 workers. comment if you want a photo of these excluding brachymyrmex.

Edit: I have photos on my journals!


Edited by Broncos, January 14 2020 - 10:17 AM.

Currently Keeping:

Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius

Camponotus Sansabeanus

Youtube:https://www.youtube....-ants-tutorials

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted October 9 2019 - 4:53 PM

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Welcome! There is a lot of people from California here so you should feel right at home! Feel free to post those pictures as well!

Edited by Manitobant, October 9 2019 - 4:54 PM.

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/

#3 Offline thosaka - Posted October 14 2019 - 6:11 PM

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I'd love to see your setup for the Californicus. I too have an early Californicus 3 queen colony with 10 workers. I feed fruit flies, Kentucky bluegrass seeds and canary seeds for now, but they haven't touched the canary seeds yet. What do your Californicus workers like to eat?


#4 Offline Kalidas - Posted October 14 2019 - 6:20 PM

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Welcome fellow Californian! We would love to see your girls

#5 Offline FSTP - Posted October 14 2019 - 7:04 PM

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Welcome! where in Ca are you?


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#6 Offline MsTesaAnt - Posted January 11 2020 - 1:53 PM

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Hi.  I'm an native Californian who lives  in the Bay Area.  I'm going to grow a colony of Camponotus ants from a few ants I purchased from this site.  I plan to use my colony to teach my grandchildren entomology/ myrmecology, and hopefully they will not fear insects.  


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#7 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted January 11 2020 - 2:47 PM

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Welcome and good luck! Children need to be exposed to nature.


"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

 

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Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 11 2020 - 3:14 PM

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Yes. That’s a noble cause. Good luck with your Camponotus.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#9 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted January 11 2020 - 3:20 PM

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They need to learn to respect nature, yet not fear it. Don't want small children attempting to hug a velvet ant like it was some sort of furry rodent, or something.


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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

#10 Offline Broncos - Posted January 14 2020 - 10:14 AM

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I'm from southern California in Orange County


Currently Keeping:

Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

Pogonomyrmex Subnitidius

Camponotus Sansabeanus

Youtube:https://www.youtube....-ants-tutorials

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