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[gs5248]

Yeah what was Vendayn Talking about?

[Fatatoille]

There's no need reviving a long dead post, its completely unnecessary for those to contribute to a group discussion that already been had over half a year ago, especially if it only relating to your own needs of selling a colony. If you need to get into contact with swirlysnowflake, simply send the user a private message about seeing if they are interested in buying your ants.

Edited by Fatatoille, February 9 2021 - 3:42 PM.

[Swirlysnowflake]

This is more than half a year later. But are you still interested. I am looking to sell a colony of Argentine ants, that have 2 queens, and 25ish workers.

Yes, please PM me if you still want to sell.

[Enderz]

Mr. Swirlysnowflake, if you want a L. humile queen/colony just go to your nearest Argentine hole and pour some water into the hole. They will all pour out and if you have skill you can grab queens, workers, and brood in various states of development, ALL FOR FREE! This is assuming you live in a city or an area that is already infested with Argentine ants - if you don't, then you shouldn't be buying them or keeping them anyway.  

[Swirlysnowflake]

Mr. Swirlysnowflake, if you want a L. humile queen/colony just go to your nearest Argentine hole and pour some water into the hole. They will all pour out and if you have skill you can grab queens, workers, and brood in various states of development, ALL FOR FREE! This is assuming you live in a city or an area that is already infested with Argentine ants - if you don't, then you shouldn't be buying them or keeping them anyway.  

I’ve tried this, as well as digging up colonies but I only get thousands and thousand of workers rushing out. Absolutely no brood or queens. 

[Zeiss]

I’ve tried this, as well as digging up colonies but I only get thousands and thousand of workers rushing out. Absolutely no brood or queens. 

It takes some patience depending on their nest structure.  Queens are the most important part of a colony; so if it's a well-developed nest, it will take a while for queens to make it out if they even can after filling their nest with water.  If you ever find them trailing big time, you can just sit and wait to see queens walk past you.

[Enderz]

 

Mr. Swirlysnowflake, if you want a L. humile queen/colony just go to your nearest Argentine hole and pour some water into the hole. They will all pour out and if you have skill you can grab queens, workers, and brood in various states of development, ALL FOR FREE! This is assuming you live in a city or an area that is already infested with Argentine ants - if you don't, then you shouldn't be buying them or keeping them anyway.  

I’ve tried this, as well as digging up colonies but I only get thousands and thousand of workers rushing out. Absolutely no brood or queens. 

 

I'm actually surprised by this. Are you sure that it was an Argentine ant colony? It really only took a minute for queens to appear, along with brood. Perhaps a good tip would be trying this with a colony housed in a crack in cement, something like a sidewalk, asphalt, or a wall. 

[Swirlysnowflake]

 

 

Mr. Swirlysnowflake, if you want a L. humile queen/colony just go to your nearest Argentine hole and pour some water into the hole. They will all pour out and if you have skill you can grab queens, workers, and brood in various states of development, ALL FOR FREE! This is assuming you live in a city or an area that is already infested with Argentine ants - if you don't, then you shouldn't be buying them or keeping them anyway.  

I’ve tried this, as well as digging up colonies but I only get thousands and thousand of workers rushing out. Absolutely no brood or queens. 

 

I'm actually surprised by this. Are you sure that it was an Argentine ant colony? It really only took a minute for queens to appear, along with brood. Perhaps a good tip would be trying this with a colony housed in a crack in cement, something like a sidewalk, asphalt, or a wall. 

 

100% certain they were Linepethima humile. The ants were nested right near the roots of an old plant, so maybe the plant roots shielded the colony? I have no idea.

[Enderz]

 

 

 

Mr. Swirlysnowflake, if you want a L. humile queen/colony just go to your nearest Argentine hole and pour some water into the hole. They will all pour out and if you have skill you can grab queens, workers, and brood in various states of development, ALL FOR FREE! This is assuming you live in a city or an area that is already infested with Argentine ants - if you don't, then you shouldn't be buying them or keeping them anyway.  

I’ve tried this, as well as digging up colonies but I only get thousands and thousand of workers rushing out. Absolutely no brood or queens. 

 

I'm actually surprised by this. Are you sure that it was an Argentine ant colony? It really only took a minute for queens to appear, along with brood. Perhaps a good tip would be trying this with a colony housed in a crack in cement, something like a sidewalk, asphalt, or a wall. 

 

100% certain they were Linepethima humile. The ants were nested right near the roots of an old plant, so maybe the plant roots shielded the colony? I have no idea.

 

Yeah, probably something to do with them living in soil as opposed to a sidewalk. The water might've just not done that much damage or something. They also might've had another exit that would not have been afforded to them had they been nesting in concrete or rock. 

[That_one_ant_guy]

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Edited by That_one_ant_guy, March 7 2021 - 12:53 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Do you except payments through PayPal? Because if so I might sell my 8 queen L. Humile colony

Dang, man. Why!? Use PM’s instead of resurrecting toxic threads.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Sorry, hopefully I just didn't revive this post