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What is the biggest ant colony that you own?

Started By AntsExodus , Dec 15 2019 12:32 PM

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#21 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 20 2019 - 2:03 PM

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Cool!

Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#22 Offline AntsExodus - Posted January 30 2020 - 7:33 PM

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A lot of you guys have so much cool ants! I'm jealous


#23 Offline ForestDragon - Posted January 31 2020 - 3:56 PM

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my largest colony was a tapinoma sessile colony with 9 queens and like 500 workers but they crashed and colappsed, stopped accepting food, refused to drink water, and just died


#24 Offline JenC - Posted February 7 2020 - 3:54 PM

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Ca02 with thirty ish workers. I mainly keep slow growing species.

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#25 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 15 2020 - 11:36 AM

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My largest(but by no means big) colony is a Myrmica Americana colony with 5 queens and about 100-150 workers. I originally dug them out of my backyard with maybe 50 workers, and they have expanded.


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#26 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted February 15 2020 - 11:39 AM

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Mine is a two year old Camponotus colony at 20 workers and their size (if not more) in brood.


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#27 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 15 2020 - 7:40 PM

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Mine is a less-than-a-year-old fused (with workers from other colonies of his who's queens died) Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony (previously in the possession of Ants4Fun) with around 15 workers.


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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

#28 Offline SuperFrank - Posted February 16 2020 - 11:01 AM

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Odontomachus brunneus with a few hundred, I used to have a few C floridanus and a few various Pheidole colonies all of with several hundred members

#29 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:22 AM

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My largest(but by no means big) colony is a Myrmica Americana colony with 5 queens and about 100-150 workers. I originally dug them out of my backyard with maybe 50 workers, and they have expanded.

They died because of hibernation(never leave your colonies outside in the frigid SD weather)And now my next reigning colony is a 17 ant tetramorium which will soon be sold to ants4fun, which leaves my next in command, an 9 ant colony formica.


Edited by Ants_Dakota, February 20 2020 - 10:28 AM.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#30 Offline Acutus - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:24 AM

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C. chromiaodes 2 colonies ~ 600ish each.


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#31 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 20 2020 - 10:27 AM

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C. chromiaodes 2 colonies ~ 600ish each.

Ahhhh...i so wish i did! :)


Edited by Ants_Dakota, April 6 2020 - 4:19 PM.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

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#32 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 20 2020 - 6:36 PM

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Just give it a couple years.....


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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

#33 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted February 22 2020 - 12:48 PM

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My largest (and only) ant colony is Camponotus Modoc. With around 17 workers.


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#34 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 22 2020 - 12:57 PM

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On second thought, it’s probably pennsylvanicus, as the species are identical, and pennsylvanicus is more common.

"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

#35 Offline MrKotter - Posted April 6 2020 - 1:35 PM

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Camponotus floridanus colony with around 1,500 workers in a 20 gallon tank setup. Queen founded in late July 2019.


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#36 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 6 2020 - 1:50 PM

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This is the fastest growing Camponotus I’m aware of.
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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

#37 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted April 6 2020 - 1:59 PM

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My P. imparis colony has a huge, enormous, gigantic, massive, numerous population of...

 

one queen.


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#38 Offline MrKotter - Posted April 6 2020 - 2:20 PM

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This is the fastest growing Camponotus I’m aware of.

No doubt - started with 9 queens.  Lost one, but the rest kept growing.  Sold 4 colonies and have 4 left, all with well over 1,000 workers each.  Had to start raising Discoids to keep them fed (which is almost as cool as the ants).


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#39 Offline anttics - Posted April 11 2020 - 3:59 PM

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I have 1 camponotus Fragilis 5000 workers. And a novomessor cokerelli with 2000 workers. My veromessor colony has around 800 workers, but queen is dead.
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#40 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted April 11 2020 - 4:42 PM

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volume wise, Camponotus pennsylvanicus with over 500 workers, but actual numbers is probably my 2 queen Solenopsis xyloni with ~1200 workers. Another honorable mention is my Aphaenogaster tennesseensis with just over 1000 workers.


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