I'm not sure how fast they grow from egg to worker, but I read they will mate in the nest, so they grow exponentially.
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Skwiggledork's Tetramorium bicarinatum journal. Discontinued 7/31/2020
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Now that's my kind of 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
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Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Hi!
Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked.
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I wasn't planning on outing you. lol. It wasn't anything you could have predicted would happen and I'm really happy to have a colony I wasn't expecting. They look like they are going to be fun.
The petridish formicariums are great by the way.
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Man. Surprised to see there were so many queens. I ought to keep them on a leash...
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Hi!
Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked.
no worries bud. your customer got a nice littel bonus colony. I would have loved to have received that with my new formicarium lol
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Hi!
Very sorry to admit that I sent these accidentally. I have a huge Tetramorium bicarinatum colony from collection from local greenhouses which has gotten out a few times, and this was a little branch colony that escaped into the hydration port of a dish. I've been scouring my desk ever since and finding colonies in random places. Didn't know at the time of shipment and they hitchhiked.
do you have a web page for your products? I might make a purchase hoping to get a bonus ant colony 
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Haha, had a friend take care of all my tramp ant species to keep them out. Webpage is in my signature.
Also it's not good cause it's illegal
Relating to this thread: https://www.formicul...nt/#entry143725
Also it's not good cause it's illegal
Relating to this thread: https://www.formicul...nt/#entry143725
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Sure, during packing you didn't notice a bunch of ants crawling around. Did you just throw everything into a box and send it? What a weird excuse to "accidentally" ship ants. that's a new one, though not very sneaky. Next is someone starts sending random packages and goes "whoops ant colony inside, oh my how did that get there?".
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The colony is like 15 workers max, "crawling around" is probably the exact opposite of what they did.
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Even 100 workers would barely have been noticeable.
"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
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Few more workers and lots of brood.
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They don't lack their cousin's spunk. 
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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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I dislike trying to take pictures of ants in a test tube. lol. There are a good amount more ants and brood, it just doesn't look like it in the photo.
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Moved them into a mini AC hybrid nest. There is A LOT of brood. I foresee having to upgrade again in a short time.
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doesnt this species breed in nest?
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doesnt this species breed in nest?
I believe so. I hope so, but I don't know how large of a colony I want them to get to. lol. I do have a pretty large empty nest on standby for whatever colony I get up to that size first though.
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doesnt this species breed in nest?
I believe so. I hope so, but I don't know how large of a colony I want them to get to. lol. I do have a pretty large empty nest on standby for whatever colony I get up to that size first though.
You can limit their size by limiting their food supply and keeping them at room temperature.
"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
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Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea
Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra
Myrmica sp.
Lasius neoniger, brevicornis
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Oh god yours are growing fast. More than the ones I have haha. Might be the quantity of queens you have since I have a small amount with me at the moment. Anyway fyi there's a few alates in te brood pile
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