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SoDak (Society of Dakotan Ant Keepers) Official Ant Keeping Thread

Started By RushmoreAnts , Feb 14 2020 2:44 PM
ant keeping south dakota camponotus formica lasius solenopsis molesta aphaenogaster tetramorium pogonomyrmex occidentalis myrmica ponera brachymyrmex

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#61 Offline FSTP - Posted April 1 2020 - 12:13 PM

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I was so confsued the first time I read the title I was like "wtf is dakotan" reading it in my head as "Dack-O-Tan"...


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#62 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 1 2020 - 1:20 PM

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ITS 73!!! I SAW MALES!

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#63 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 1 2020 - 3:34 PM

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I think I collected about 16 or so queens. Feels great to finally find some queens after 3 years of looking lol.
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#64 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 1 2020 - 4:21 PM

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16? I didn’t even find 1, lol.

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#65 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted April 2 2020 - 6:46 AM

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Nothing found on this frontier, either...


Edited by Ants_Dakota, April 2 2020 - 6:46 AM.

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#66 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 2 2020 - 4:18 PM

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I believe they only have one flight, right?

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#67 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 2 2020 - 5:06 PM

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As far as I know, yes.

#68 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 2 2020 - 5:17 PM

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That’s what I thought.

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#69 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 3 2020 - 2:07 PM

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Prenolepis chose a good day to fly. Today it’s 27, and feels like 15 with wind chill. We got snow last night.
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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#70 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 4 2020 - 3:53 PM

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Completely off topic, but there was just a turkey in our yard............
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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#71 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 5 2020 - 10:47 AM

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I wonder if they’ll fly again on Tuesday........ it’s supposed to be 70.

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#72 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 7 2020 - 1:39 PM

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Found another Prenolepis queen today! Also saw lots of active Formica colonies, along with a couple Lasius workers. 


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#73 Offline Ants4fun - Posted April 7 2020 - 1:59 PM

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Found another Prenolepis queen today! Also saw lots of active Formica colonies, along with a couple Lasius workers.



Awesome! I thought they might fly again, but only thought they flew once. I got more than enough queens, so I was fine staying in.
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#74 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 12 2020 - 11:02 AM

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This Easter, we got a couple inches of snow.
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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#75 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 18 2020 - 2:45 PM

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After another cold spell, it's finally warming up! A few colonies have also woken up as well. 

 

Here's one of (if not the) largest Lasius neoniger colony on my property. 

 

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Aren't they SO CUUUUUUUUTE?!!!

 

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A few weeks ago I captured a couple dozen workers to use as hosts in case I found a parasitic queen. Here's their nest entrance:

 

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Another active colony was a Formica cf. montana colony. However, I really do recommend watching the video of their superhighway here: Formica montana - Album on Imgur

 

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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#76 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 18 2020 - 2:48 PM

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And they're not dead due to a fungus (oh wait, on another note, I have L. Neoniger in my backyard as well...why is my backyard so abundant with life? If I plant native I think I'll have ANTdrew's backyard variety beat...)


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#77 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 18 2020 - 4:03 PM

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Edited by AntsDakota, April 18 2020 - 4:04 PM.

"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#78 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 22 2020 - 1:39 PM

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It got to 80 today, and I looked for parasitic Lasius. Didn't find any, but saw LOTS more Formica and Lasius, however.


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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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#79 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted April 22 2020 - 2:36 PM

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Nice! How many?


Edited by Thunder_Birds, April 22 2020 - 2:37 PM.

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#80 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 22 2020 - 2:39 PM

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Too many to count.


"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

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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