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Posted March 8 2020 - 4:37 PM
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There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike
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Posted March 8 2020 - 5:01 PM
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Hello Illinoisan, if you're reading this than follow the instructions to obtain an Lasius aphidicola queen! If not then just go to a different thread. 1.) Send me a PM saying you want to obtain Queen Tyche and I will read it. 2.) Verify that you have a host for her as she is a social parasite and will not last more than a week without host brood. 3). verify you live in Illinois, and close if not in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago (Schaumburg if you want to be exact on how far you live). 4.) GIVE ME TIME TO PROCESS YOUR PM. I PROMISE I WILL READ EVERY SINGLE ONE, SO DON'T WORRY. 5.) Remember I only have one and I need to give her to someone before the end of the season otherwise she will die. Thank you for your time
I've gathered that they can last more than a week without hosts. I have also never had an L. aphidicola queen take brood, they need workers in order to found (usually a lot).
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Posted March 9 2020 - 1:20 PM
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I don’t believe Lasius parasites even have the ability to care for brood.
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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 9 2020 - 3:12 PM
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Posted March 9 2020 - 3:59 PM
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Yeah, hopefully she’ll find a good home.
"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 9 2020 - 4:14 PM
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Posted March 10 2020 - 4:29 AM
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I have never kept parasitic anything, so i wish you good luck! 
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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Edited by Da_NewAntOnTheBlock, March 10 2020 - 2:47 PM.
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You may have that chance this year. You could find some Lasius parasites soon that flew last fall and are looking for host colonies.I have never kept parasitic anything, so i wish you good luck!
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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 10 2020 - 2:30 PM
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Sorry all but when my dad went to look for the amber queen he released Queen Tyche 
. He also didn't crack open the log the amber queen was in so I'll have to bike myself to get the hopefully alive amber queen, otherwise I'm going to have some major regrets...Anyways sorry about no exchange...
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Posted March 10 2020 - 2:57 PM
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Parents of ant keepers can be that way, unfortunately.Sorry all but when my dad went to look for the amber queen he released Queen Tyche
"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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yeah. Saturday will be the day I prove him wrong and he'll have to accept it lol. I love proving him wrong, and I will relish this moment because she'll live for years to come 
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Posted March 10 2020 - 3:54 PM
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What- he doubts her?
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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 10 2020 - 4:04 PM
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and my ability to know where she is. We'll both prove him wrong lol
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Never doubt an ant keeper. He’ll learn.
"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 10 2020 - 5:10 PM
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yes he will
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Posted March 10 2020 - 5:11 PM
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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:
Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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