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Started By ponerinecat , Dec 9 2019 5:13 PM

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#301 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 24 2020 - 4:45 PM

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Aphaenogaster occidentalis are doing nicely. I really want to get the bicolored variety someday.

 

 

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#302 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 24 2020 - 5:39 PM

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Will she be ok with a test tube with some soil in it?


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#303 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 25 2020 - 4:41 PM

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Yes, but it's not the best setup.


#304 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 25 2020 - 7:05 PM

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What's the best setup? I just caught 2 more alates. Also can I combine them?


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#305 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 26 2020 - 6:24 PM

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yes, and the ideal setup would be a petri dish of soil or a premade nest.


#306 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 26 2020 - 6:26 PM

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Found a juvenile Kontikia ventrolineata in my tank, never seen these just pop up before.

 

 

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#307 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 26 2020 - 6:29 PM

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Temnothorax got workers, Pheidole about to, and I got a rather late Solenopsis xyloni alate in an area where I havent seen them before.

 

 

 

 

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#308 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 31 2020 - 2:16 PM

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First workers.

 

 

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Also some new pruinosus.

 

 

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#309 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 31 2020 - 3:55 PM

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Pheidole workers? I found three Coptotermes formosanus dealates yesterday. My springtail colony is rebounding in a big way, but I need to find more Isotomidae.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#310 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 31 2020 - 7:26 PM

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Ooh, that's great. I havent had much luck with isotomidae, but then again havent experimented with them much either. And yes, Pheidole.


#311 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 2 2020 - 2:20 PM

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Beautiful rove beetles. Kinda think they look myrmecophilous.

 

 

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#312 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 3 2020 - 3:12 PM

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#313 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 4 2020 - 4:43 PM

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Well, it looks like the rove beetles may be Solenopsis xyloni myrmecophiles! Should be interesting.


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#314 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 4 2020 - 5:33 PM

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That’s amazing. I almost caught some myrmecophile crickets earlier this year.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#315 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 4 2020 - 5:56 PM

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Mmm yeah, should start getting those as well. They're not especially rare here.


#316 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 6 2020 - 9:23 AM

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Introduced them, queen doesn't seem especially receptive. it's likely these just live in the outskirts of the nest, feeding on trash and maybe the ants themselves.


#317 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 10 2020 - 4:43 PM

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:/ All the pheidole workers died. Not sure why, but the queen is fine as are the brood.

 

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#318 Offline Antkid12 - Posted September 10 2020 - 4:50 PM

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That’s amazing. I almost caught some myrmecophile crickets earlier this year.

There was a bunch at a huge tetra colony in my backyard.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#319 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 11 2020 - 2:38 PM

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Kicking off springtail season with lots of baby Neanura muscorum, as well as some interesting mites.

 

 

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A very odd mite, seems to have little spike like hairs?

 

 

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A beautiful snout mite.

 

 

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#320 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 12 2020 - 8:17 AM

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Collected some Neanura, these are fairly easy to breed. My last culture died to mold, but they managed to pump out a few generation without any special care.


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