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Camponotus Subbarbatus

Started By KitsAntVa , Jul 13 2020 4:32 PM

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#1 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 13 2020 - 4:32 PM

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How would I find a satellite nest or nest of these in the woods? I’m looking so I can merge them with my colony.
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#2 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 13 2020 - 4:37 PM

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I also moved them to a Tar Heels Ants mini hearth so if I found a nest I could combine them easier.
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#3 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 13 2020 - 4:40 PM

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Nice! My nearcticus queen just had her first worker eclose today!


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 13 2020 - 4:58 PM

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A lot of people find these in hollow twigs in forested areas. I don’t know if it’s a good idea to merge colonies once they’re this far along, though.
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#5 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted July 13 2020 - 5:04 PM

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Oh I’ve seen and heard people doing it though.

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#6 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted July 14 2020 - 4:03 AM

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I find them in dried reeds near my house. I can look for some for you. There's normally 3 species I tend to find in them and that's Temnothorax cur., Tapinoma sessile, and Camponotus subbarbatus.


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2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 14 2020 - 4:11 AM

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I find them in dried reeds near my house. I can look for some for you. There's normally 3 species I tend to find in them and that's Temnothorax cur., Tapinoma sessile, and Camponotus subbarbatus.

Have you successfully combined colonies that already have several workers?
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#8 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted July 14 2020 - 4:30 AM

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I find them in dried reeds near my house. I can look for some for you. There's normally 3 species I tend to find in them and that's Temnothorax cur., Tapinoma sessile, and Camponotus subbarbatus.

Have you successfully combined colonies that already have several workers?

 

Yeah, it's not to difficult to do with subbarbatus. If you want to be extra safe you can put meshing between the 2 colonies in their respective test tubes, observe their behavior with each other. If they fight, put them in the fridge for a week and they'll accept each other. If they already show signs of joining, remove the barrier (just make sure you're 100% sure about their cooperation before joining though)


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1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#9 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 14 2020 - 4:35 AM

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I find them in dried reeds near my house. I can look for some for you. There's normally 3 species I tend to find in them and that's Temnothorax cur., Tapinoma sessile, and Camponotus subbarbatus.

Have you successfully combined colonies that already have several workers?

 

Yeah, it's not to difficult to do with subbarbatus. If you want to be extra safe you can put meshing between the 2 colonies in their respective test tubes, observe their behavior with each other. If they fight, put them in the fridge for a week and they'll accept each other. If they already show signs of joining, remove the barrier (just make sure you're 100% sure about their cooperation before joining though)

 

Cool!


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 14 2020 - 4:38 AM

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Is there anything you haven’t seen or done with ants?
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#11 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted July 14 2020 - 6:01 AM

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Is there anything you haven’t seen or done with ants?

Well, I have no experience with exotic ants. XD  Honestly, I invested a lot of time into a whole heap of organisms and I've studied them since I was very little. I make journals of things I find in nature. I observe what I can, sometimes I dig up colonies and draw a map of their nest structures. Then, when I get back home, I research all the info I can gather on the species and fill out the rest of the journals on them. I have over 300 different journals that I keep on a book shelf in my room. All filled with various species and with journals that are incomplete. I have more journals on Lizards and Ants than any other type of animal but that's because lizards were my first love and ants came afterwards (I was actually interested in termites first, then ants, but there's not a lot of species of termites in VA). Really, I feel I barely made a dent into the wildlife here and you know I'm going to have a lot of fun being in Mexico City!!


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Keeps:

1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

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