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Ants Exodus's Ant Journals! Updated (4/16/2021) 15 QUEEN PRENOLEPIS COLONY!

Started By AntsExodus , Jan 28 2020 4:19 PM

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#41 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 10 2020 - 2:32 AM

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#42 Offline ForestDragon - Posted March 10 2020 - 12:32 PM

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megacephala should not be released... when an invasive is release to stop another invasive it creates more problems... have you heard about the rabit population in australia? they introduced foxes to hunt the rabbits and they are now 2 horrible species in their ecosystem


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#43 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 10 2020 - 12:50 PM

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And to the people who think Brachyponera chinensis helps push back Argentines.......

when an invasive is release to stop another invasive it creates more problems... have you heard about the rabit population in australia? they introduced foxes to hunt the rabbits and they are now 2 horrible species in their ecosystem


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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

#44 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 16 2020 - 6:16 PM

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Today was a sad day... My Lasius Neoniger colony was doing so well, and then I forgot to hydrate their nest one day and alllll of the workers died. Very sad this happend. Now she is living in a test tube setup with some small larvae.  :(

 

I just posted a new video today! Its about my Camponotus colony! My name on YouTube is Ants Exodus if you want to check it out!


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#45 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 16 2020 - 6:39 PM

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Oh no!! I'm soo sorry! I subscribed to your channel!


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#46 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 17 2020 - 5:25 AM

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thanks!
 


#47 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 17 2020 - 5:39 AM

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Yeah!


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#48 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 20 2020 - 5:53 PM

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A mistake happened to me that you should never try. You are lucky that I did it so you don't do it. So I have a Camponotus Chromaiodes colony. They have 6 workers and a lot of brood. So today I went outside and saw a Camponotus Chromaiodes colony. I saw a major walking on the  sidewalk and I picked her up and put her in the refrigerator. After around 3 minutes I put her into my colony and at first they where nice to each other. Then, not five minutes later I come back and I see the major has killed 2 workers! I was so sad and I released the major into the wild. Never do this to your colonies! Never mix ant colonies even of the same ant species.


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#49 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:12 AM

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In my experience, some ants are more accepting to others of the same species than others. I’ve successfully merged Lasius, Formica, Solenopsis molesta, and Ponera, yet Camponotus aren’t so accepting, as with Tetramorium.
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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

#50 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 22 2020 - 7:54 AM

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cool!


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#51 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 22 2020 - 8:35 AM

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Camponotus in the subgenus Myrmentoma are often polygynous, and are fairly accepting of foreign workers.


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#52 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 22 2020 - 8:44 AM

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Although chromiodes isn’t in Myrmetoma, right?
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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

#53 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 22 2020 - 8:54 AM

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Although chromiodes isn’t in Myrmetoma, right?

No, Camponotus chromaiodes is in the Camponotus subgenus.

 

Fun fact: The genus of Colobopsis used to be classified as a subgenus of Camponotus.


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#54 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 22 2020 - 9:06 AM

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A mistake happened to me that you should never try. You are lucky that I did it so you don't do it. So I have a Camponotus Chromaiodes colony. They have 6 workers and a lot of brood. So today I went outside and saw a Camponotus Chromaiodes colony. I saw a major walking on the  sidewalk and I picked her up and put her in the refrigerator. After around 3 minutes I put her into my colony and at first they where nice to each other. Then, not five minutes later I come back and I see the major has killed 2 workers! I was so sad and I released the major into the wild. Never do this to your colonies! Never mix ant colonies even of the same ant species.

Never say never. This can be extremely successful with some ants and sometimes the only plausible way to successfully raise them. Monogyne camponotus just aren't meant to be mixed.


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#55 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 25 2020 - 7:24 AM

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I'm so sad! I have pollen allergies and I am not allowed to go outside and I saw a huge swarm of some Pseudomyrmex gracilis and I think Odontomachus Haedematous! I couldn't catch any cause I had pollen allergies and I was not allowed to got outside! I'm so angry! Hopefully the pollen wears down soon cause I want to go outside! Hopefully everyone stays safe!


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I'm so sad! I have pollen allergies and I am not allowed to go outside and I saw a huge swarm of some Pseudomyrmex gracilis and I think Odontomachus Haedematous! I couldn't catch any cause I had pollen allergies and I was not allowed to got outside! I'm so angry! Hopefully the pollen wears down soon cause I want to go outside! Hopefully everyone stays safe!

I think I would just ignore the allergies and get me some large Pseudomyrmex and Odontomachus!


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#57 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 25 2020 - 7:39 AM

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I'm so sad! I have pollen allergies and I am not allowed to go outside and I saw a huge swarm of some Pseudomyrmex gracilis and I think Odontomachus Haedematous! I couldn't catch any cause I had pollen allergies and I was not allowed to got outside! I'm so angry! Hopefully the pollen wears down soon cause I want to go outside! Hopefully everyone stays safe!

I think I would just ignore the allergies and get me some large Pseudomyrmex and Odontomachus!
Me too...
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#58 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 25 2020 - 8:52 AM

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Pollen allergies? Pfft... just get those ants.


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#59 Offline ForestDragon - Posted March 25 2020 - 1:00 PM

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pollen aint never stopped me... but my eyes will itch SO BADLY


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#60 Offline AntsExodus - Posted March 25 2020 - 6:04 PM

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I wish but I have asian parents... Very strict


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