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Posted July 16 2020 - 10:56 AM
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Apparently I found some Temnothorax queens. They swarmed my flashlight and I grabbed some. This was at Mission Trails. I thought these were Pheidole so I put them on a heating cable. Should I take them off? Do they need an acorn? Are these parasitic? I don't know much about how to care for them.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted July 16 2020 - 12:18 PM
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Bump. Also should I feed them?
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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Posted July 16 2020 - 12:32 PM
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Pretty sure they are claustral, so you don't have to.
Edited by Antkid12, July 16 2020 - 12:33 PM.
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! 
Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen
Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii
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Posted July 16 2020 - 12:34 PM
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Cool. Thanks.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted July 16 2020 - 1:23 PM
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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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Posted July 16 2020 - 1:24 PM
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Colonies stay fairly small right?
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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Posted July 16 2020 - 1:26 PM
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A few hundred. A nice size imao.Colonies stay fairly small right?
"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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Posted July 16 2020 - 1:33 PM
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Cool. So excited I found these.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted July 17 2020 - 12:54 PM
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Most wild Temnothorax colonies are monogyne, but in captivity and in the wild sometimes they are polygynous.Nonparasitic, and aren’t picky about nests. Highly polygynous and fully claustral.
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Posted July 17 2020 - 12:55 PM
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Well I combined all of mine....
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted July 17 2020 - 12:58 PM
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I love Temnothorax! You will have a ton of fun keeping them. In my experience, they tend to not eat that much and are rather slow growing, and of course – stay in relatively low numbers. However, they are a fun and relaxing genus to keep and never grow out of hand like some species (cough COUGH Tetramorium immigrans, Crematogaster spp., Tapinoma spp., etc,). 
Edited by AntsMaryland, July 17 2020 - 12:59 PM.
Aphaenogaster cf. rudis
Tetramorium immigrans
Tapinoma sessile
Formica subsericea
Pheidole sp.
Camponotus nearcticus
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Posted July 17 2020 - 1:00 PM
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Mine really enjoyed termites and honey.
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).
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Posted July 17 2020 - 1:04 PM
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I need to find some termites.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
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Posted July 18 2020 - 6:16 AM
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That’s fine.Well I combined all of mine....
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Posted July 18 2020 - 7:20 AM
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CatsnAnts combines his all the time with no problems.
"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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Posted July 20 2020 - 1:25 PM
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Are mine arboreal?
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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Posted July 20 2020 - 2:37 PM
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Not sure since we don't know the species.
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!
Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen
Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii
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Posted July 20 2020 - 2:41 PM
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I think it's the same as dspdrew's journal.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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Posted July 20 2020 - 3:17 PM
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I think it's the same as dspdrew's journal.
They do look similar.
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!
Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen
Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii
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Posted July 22 2020 - 11:54 AM
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I gave some that I'm pretty sure didn't mate a test tube with a hollow twig. They all moved in and now have eggs??
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Crematogaster sp.
Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus
Various Pheidole
C. yogi
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