Alright cool! I still can't believe how the formica subsericea died... 
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Posted March 13 2020 - 8:07 AM
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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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Posted March 13 2020 - 10:05 AM
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Yeah, I was even trying to do what was best for them.......
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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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted March 14 2020 - 7:55 AM
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Yeah, I was even trying to do what was best for them.......
I am sure you were.
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Posted March 14 2020 - 8:57 AM
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it happens, don't hate yourself over it
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Posted March 14 2020 - 10:12 AM
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I don't think he will. As you said, it happens to everyone.
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Posted March 15 2020 - 10:11 AM
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I’d still like to know how a worm would be poisonous, though.
"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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted March 15 2020 - 10:19 AM
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an act of pure will
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Posted March 15 2020 - 10:43 AM
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an act of pure will
Either the worm willed against the ants, or the ants willed against themselves..........
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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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Sorry about the Formica queen. I hope you can find a new one this summer. Mine is doing pretty well, thankfully.
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Posted March 16 2020 - 4:28 AM
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I don't even know what to say about mine lol. She just kinda there and terrified to be there
at least most of the time
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Posted March 16 2020 - 4:30 AM
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I'm hoping that in the TT she'll lay rather quickly
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I’d still like to know how a worm would be poisonous, though.
Earth worms tend to be fairly pesticide resistant, and can carry the toxic chemicals on their bodies for a long time. The worm you fed your ants must have been exposed to some poisons at one point. It's a good rule of thumb (mostly if you live in an urban/suburban area) to never feed any pet wild caught food. With wild termites, though, they are so susceptible to pesticides that you can guarantee any wild termite is safe. Same with forest roaches.
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Posted March 16 2020 - 10:07 AM
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I got the worms at PetSmart.
"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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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I got the worms at PetSmart.
Oh, then I have no clue as to why she died.
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Thanks. Although I have found multiple queens every year for the past 2-3 years, so I’m pretty confident about this year as well.Sorry about the Formica queen. I hope you can find a new one this summer. Mine is doing pretty well, thankfully.
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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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Posted March 16 2020 - 10:11 AM
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Yeah, that’s what I thought too. This summer I might get a few wild workers to test it on, to see if they’re all toxic.I got the worms at PetSmart.
Oh, then I have no clue as to why she died.
"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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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I do not believe the death of the NOCT IMPERIUM was mere bad luck. I believe there is a fungal pathogen going around my room. Over the past several weeks, queen after queen has shown up dead. Some of the Lasius queens grew a strange yellow fungus after death:
This ended up taking Crassica a couple weeks ago, and both my Pogonomyrmex last week. 
Now I have nothing.........
"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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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yikes
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Posted March 29 2020 - 11:07 AM
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I believe it was either transmitted in the air or through my hands when I fed the Pogonomyrmex and opened up the Lasius tubes for better pics (they’re good and just sit there, never had any escapes).
"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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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I had something similar happen as well. The infected tubes have never been opened since the infection. It was clearly common in the Eastern Sierras. I am so sorry for your losses, and I hope thet any remaining ants survive, and that this doesn't happen again. If I were you, I wouldn't open the infected tubes, just throw them out.
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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).
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