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A great way to spend the night

Started By Jonny8040 , Jun 16 2022 5:18 PM

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#1 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 16 2022 - 5:18 PM

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Will update progress tonighte91c66dd0307f11f5174c1fc7ef37952.jpg


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#2 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 16 2022 - 5:59 PM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 16 2022 - 6:07 PM

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You should probably hang the sheet.


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#4 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 16 2022 - 6:09 PM

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You should probably hang the sheet.


I’m new to black lighting so any help is appreciated! Thank you! Why hanging vs flat?
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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted June 16 2022 - 8:27 PM

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Because you can shine the light on it, so it reflects the light over a greater area. Imagine a lake versus someone spraying a garden hose into the air.


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). 

#6 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted June 17 2022 - 5:00 AM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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I personally don't feed mine June beetles, because 1. They smell horrible when you cut into them, and 2 most my ants don't even eat them.

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My ants love June beetles!
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#8 Offline JoeByron - Posted June 18 2022 - 12:19 PM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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I wouldn't feed my ants any bugs I catch from black lighting. Granted I live near downtown so even my city spreads pesticides. But by catching bugs and feeding you always risk bringing pesticides into your colonies and killing them. At least that's what I've learned lately. 


#9 Offline FloridaAnts - Posted June 18 2022 - 12:44 PM

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You may find some tiger beetles. I have never tried feeding them to ants, but they don’t have much meat on them. Tiger beetles in Virginia u believe are emerging now.

#10 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted June 18 2022 - 1:09 PM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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I wouldn't feed my ants any bugs I catch from black lighting. Granted I live near downtown so even my city spreads pesticides. But by catching bugs and feeding you always risk bringing pesticides into your colonies and killing them. At least that's what I've learned lately.
to fix this problem just boil or freeze the insects. that will kill any harmful things on the bug
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#11 Offline That_one_ant_guy - Posted June 18 2022 - 1:13 PM

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#12 Offline JoeByron - Posted June 18 2022 - 2:43 PM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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I wouldn't feed my ants any bugs I catch from black lighting. Granted I live near downtown so even my city spreads pesticides. But by catching bugs and feeding you always risk bringing pesticides into your colonies and killing them. At least that's what I've learned lately.
to fix this problem just boil or freeze the insects. that will kill any harmful things on the bug

 

 

I'm not so sure it would do anything if the bug has already ingested poison. I think it would get rid of anything ON the bug. But not IN


#13 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted June 18 2022 - 3:25 PM

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Also, are there any insects or bugs that I find when black lighting that I should NOT feed my ants that will hurt them? Or is anything free game?


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I often attract some  c h u n k y  m o t h s  when I'm blacklighting and my ants seem to like those and they aren't dead so they're fine. Although, I am blacklighting in a suburban area so if you live in the city there might be more pesticides.


My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

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#14 Offline Jonny8040 - Posted June 18 2022 - 7:13 PM

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Thanks guys for all the input! I didn’t get anything that night and I forgot to update the progress. But I hope to blacklight some this week. Supposed to be very hot and have showers periodically!
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