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[Antking123]

Welcome to my ant adoption page! You must be willing to drive to the Bay Area and pay in cash. Private message me if you are interested in buying a colony. These are the following species that I have for sale.

Updated 8/17/19

 

Formica Moki (Medium-Large size, +thousand workers every couple months, NO HIBERNATION)

Size: Queen and 7000+ workers

Housing: Large Omni nest and Large Outworld

price: $400

Available: 1

Edited by Antking123, September 7 2021 - 1:16 PM.

[Antking123]

Adding a colony of Brachymyrmex P.

 

Brachymyrmex P.

Size: Queen and 10+ workers

Housing: test tube

Price: $30

Available: 1

[ib513]

Do you still have any available (queen with workers) if so I am interested.

[Antking123]

2 Nylanderia vividula colonies with 10-20 workers

[Antking123]

Adding Formica

 

Formica Moki

Size: Queen and 10-15 workers (Medium-Large, Very fast growing)

Housing: Test tube

Price: $75

Available: 1

Sold

Edited by Antking123, November 11 2018 - 4:18 PM.

[Rstheant]

Do you have photos?

[Antking123]

Do you have photos?

Yes but I don't know how to get an image on here

 

Edit: Nevermind got it

Edited by Antking123, November 2 2018 - 7:19 PM.

[Saftron]

Do you still have colonies for sale?

[Antking123]

Do you still have colonies for sale?

Just the Camponotus Sansabeanus. I also have a large Formica colony, but I would not recommend it for beginners as it's population is huge.

Edited by Antking123, June 21 2019 - 11:50 AM.

[Nanahira]

"Honeypot Ants(EXTREMELY RARE)

Size: Queen and 3-4 new male alates(Very Rare Occurrence)

*This is something that should not happen and is highly valuable as these males can go on to mate with queen alates/unmated queens you have*"

 

 

Doesn't this technically mean its infertile?

Edited by 500miles, June 24 2019 - 7:48 PM.

[YsTheAnt]

Doubt it's even Myrmecocustus. From the pictures you sent me it's an infertile Prenolepis queen that is producing males. Not valuable at all, you can't start a colony with them and captive breeding Myrmecocustus has never been done unfortunately.

[Antking123]

No, it does not always mean its infertile. Unfertilized eggs can sometimes become males, but it is very rare. In addition, I was not selling it as a colony, but as a male producing colony which is valued. I used all the males for artificial mating and they mated with females that had trophic eggs. Although the queen might not be fertile the males are. 

[sirjordanncurtis]

No, it does not always mean its infertile. Unfertilized eggs can sometimes become males, but it is very rare. In addition, I was not selling it as a colony, but as a male producing colony which is valued. I used all the males for artificial mating and they mated with females that had trophic eggs. Although the queen might not be fertile the males are. 

 

Unfertilized eggs are always male. That's how a colony produces male alates. It's just that when a queen has been fertilized, her eggs have a near 100% chance of being able to develop, including both infertile and fertile eggs. However, when a queen has not been fertilized, her eggs only have around a 10% chance of being able to develop, and that 10% chance results in males. Also, I don't see how you would know if a female had trophic eggs...

[sirjordanncurtis]

btw, did you formica colony get 5000 workers in 8 months?

[Antking123]

btw, did you formica colony get 5000 workers in 8 months?

Hell no its years old and it does get around 1000 workers in a few months, but that is at this stage of the colony. Formica are the fastest growing ants next to the obvious solenopsis it only takes a month to go from egg to worker(with heat and for the common minors). Every January this queen lays thousands of eggs because it fills the whole fortress which they outgrew. I have to take drastic measures to control their numbers like reducing food because when they do have their little break outs all hell breaks loose with the formic acid fumes flooding the air and the small amount of formic acid in their bites. 

Unfertilized eggs also do not always produce males most of the time they are trophic eggs which are noticeable by being clear or white/pale. You clarified this is your response also in some species, workers can produce males. Its probably one of the easiest things to see the difference between fertilized eggs and trophic eggs simply the color which even Wikipedia gets right 

[southbayanter]

The colony with only males will die as males are useless and do no work for the colony. Definitely not Honey pots and I advise you to remove your listing before handing it to some newbie who doesnt know what they are doing.

[Antking123]

The colony with only males will die as males are useless and do no work for the colony. Definitely not Honey pots and I advise you to remove your listing before handing it to some newbie who doesnt know what they are doing.

 

I did a long time ago. I don't know where you came from, but all you had to do was read the top of page mate and the comments that were literally right before yours. They also will not die if you feed them. This is what some experienced ant keepers do to manage their queens a practice very common in Canada where people can get hundreds of queens in just their yard alone. I suggest before you leave a foolish comment do a little research yourself or ask around with people who have plenty of experience in this field/hobby.

Edited by Antking123, June 30 2019 - 6:00 PM.