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Started By M_Ants , Jul 1 2020 8:46 AM

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#21 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 9 2020 - 4:04 PM

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Need to update this. Been gone a while. Will update soon.


Edited by M_Ants, August 9 2020 - 4:05 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#22 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 10 2020 - 10:00 AM

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Update. V. andrei queens are doing well. The productive one has 2 workers. The others have various stages of brood. Pogonomyrmex are dead. Not surprised about that. V. pergandei are growing super fast. Pics later. 


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#23 Offline M_Ants - Posted August 10 2020 - 11:37 AM

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#24 Offline M_Ants - Posted September 26 2020 - 9:28 AM

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V. pergandei are growing strong. Might make them a CatsnAnts style nest soon. What size, depth, tunnel shape, etc. would you recommend? V. andrei are doing awesome. Sold 1 colony still have 2 for sale.

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#25 Offline M_Ants - Posted November 16 2020 - 3:53 PM

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V. pergandei continue to grow. I think I might sell them. OhNoNotAgain's journal scares me. I can't afford a THA XXXXXLLLL Pioneer. I saw a wild colony in the desert. SCARY BIG.  :o  Sold most of my V. andrei.  My personal colony lost a few workers but gained a few as well. 


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#26 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 16 2020 - 4:46 PM

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V. pergandei continue to grow. I think I might sell them. OhNoNotAgain's journal scares me. I can't afford a THA XXXXXLLLL Pioneer. I saw a wild colony in the desert. SCARY BIG.  :o  Sold most of my V. andrei.  My personal colony lost a few workers but gained a few as well. 

how large do they get?

see now you have me worried, i have v. pergandei as well as tetramorium ;-;


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#27 Offline M_Ants - Posted November 16 2020 - 4:48 PM

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Read OhNoNotAgain's journal for starters. 


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#28 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 16 2020 - 4:51 PM

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Read OhNoNotAgain's journal for starters. 

i can't find it for some reason...

 

[nvm, found it  :lol:]


Edited by Swirlysnowflake, November 16 2020 - 4:54 PM.

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#29 Offline M_Ants - Posted December 24 2020 - 6:39 PM

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO! One of the Vero queens was on the trash pile. Her front legs were missing. She appears to be barely alive but is basically dead. I don't know why she died. However I'm guessing she's the queen I always noticed upside down in the test tube. Strangely she's been acting like that for months and just now died. Rip.


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#30 Offline TechAnt - Posted December 24 2020 - 8:18 PM

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RIP


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

#31 Offline M_Ants - Posted March 11 2021 - 9:41 PM

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About time I update this. I made a CatsnAnts style grout nest a long time ago and moved the pergandei in. They are doing pretty good it. Andrei are slowly growing still. 

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#32 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted March 12 2021 - 6:30 AM

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Thanks for updating, I really like these species.


#33 Offline M_Ants - Posted June 26 2021 - 5:43 PM

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Pergandei are doing alright although I'm stupid and didn't water enough leading to a queen dying. Andrei won't grow. They are basically a bonsai colony. Went anting a week or two ago and caught some P. calis that now have eggs and one has a larvae. 


Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#34 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 27 2021 - 2:24 AM

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Caught 4 ver. andrei last night. Saw some colonies as well. Put queens in test tubes with sand and seeds.

what is there a velvet ant in there?


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

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#35 Offline M_Ants - Posted January 20 2023 - 5:18 PM

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Since people are talking about formiculture "dying", here's an update to help combat that. My pergandei are doing great and are at the size I want them to be. If I fed more they would be out of control so I keep them at this size so they're manageable. They've recently gotten really large workers as well. 

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I have some rugosus I caught and some montanus I bought as well. 

Edited by M_Ants, January 20 2023 - 5:20 PM.

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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#36 Offline M_Ants - Posted October 25 2023 - 6:40 AM

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V. pergandei are still alive and well.  I also have some P. cf cali, various Pheidole, and V. andrei castaneus as well as the regular black ones.


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Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

https://www.youtube....FG7utFVBA/about

#37 Offline 100lols - Posted October 26 2023 - 2:07 PM

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Nice what kind of setups are you using?? :zoomeyes:
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