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Started By Vendayn , Jun 17 2020 10:05 AM

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#1 Offline Vendayn - Posted June 17 2020 - 10:05 AM

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 17 2020 - 10:11 AM

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Good luck with the colony. This seems like a really cool species to keep.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#3 Offline Vendayn - Posted June 17 2020 - 10:38 AM

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#4 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 17 2020 - 11:03 AM

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They are. Really easy (at least for me), and also get rather huge colonies. But despite their colony size they can get, they are easy to maintain compared to Solenopsis.They are decent climbers though, not the best but a lot better than Pogonomyrmex tends to be.
 
My favorite part of Veromessor andrei though is their huge trails. They look like army ants, but instead of raiding colonies they are raiding mostly for seeds (and random insects that are dumb enough to go in middle of their trails lol).


Yup, don’t mess with the Veros when they be gathering their seeds.
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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#5 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 17 2020 - 3:48 PM

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Wow, I never knew they were polygynous! Can you take some pictures?

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#6 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted June 17 2020 - 3:51 PM

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Can you take some pictures?

Well, it’s an established fact, so you could probably find some pics elsewhere too.

"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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Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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#8 Offline Vendayn - Posted June 21 2020 - 3:22 PM

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#9 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted June 21 2020 - 6:15 PM

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Pognomyrmex subnitidus are in some cases polygynous.


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