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how many ant colonies do you have?

Started By Swirlysnowflake , Nov 9 2020 4:00 PM

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#1 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 9 2020 - 4:00 PM

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hello

I'm just curious how many ant colonies everyone has

i have 3 :)


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#2 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 9 2020 - 5:36 PM

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I have three, hoping though four. I just caught some Brachymyrmex queens a few nights ago. Also, are they polygonous. Been wanting to ask but haven't gotten to it.


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 9 2020 - 5:53 PM

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Six at the moment.

I have three, hoping though four. I just caught some Brachymyrmex queens a few nights ago. Also, are they polygonous. Been wanting to ask but haven't gotten to it.

Yes, they are.
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#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 9 2020 - 6:31 PM

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Six at the moment.

I have three, hoping though four. I just caught some Brachymyrmex queens a few nights ago. Also, are they polygonous. Been wanting to ask but haven't gotten to it.

Yes, they are.

 

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#5 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 9 2020 - 7:00 PM

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14 ant colonies at the moment.


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#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 9 2020 - 7:04 PM

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12 at the moment. Not all different species.


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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). 

#7 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 9 2020 - 7:05 PM

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12 at the moment. Not all different species.

same with mine.


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#8 Offline B_rad0806 - Posted November 10 2020 - 7:53 AM

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I have 17 currently


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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted November 10 2020 - 8:12 AM

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I have somewhere between 50 and 60. I don't have a whole lot atm because I kinda neglected some of my other ants (Pheidole bicarinata, Solenopsis invicta, Colobopsis impressa, Colobopsis obliqua), but 2021 is going to be my best year to date, I guarantee it.


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#10 Offline AntaholicAnonymous - Posted November 10 2020 - 9:26 AM

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I have two right now. As soon as I'm able to make another big setup it'll be 3
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#11 Offline TechAnt - Posted November 10 2020 - 9:49 AM

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5 Currently, hopefully one of my honeypot queens will pull through and have nanitics.


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(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

#12 Offline MinigunL5 - Posted November 10 2020 - 9:53 AM

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3 with workers and a lot of founding queens.


#13 Offline TheIndianMafia - Posted November 10 2020 - 10:04 AM

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At the time I am writing this, I currently have 6 colonies, all doing well.


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#14 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 10 2020 - 11:41 AM

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None because no matter what I do they somehow die. I was under the impression that Tetramorium don’t die in a week without food.
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#15 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted November 10 2020 - 12:00 PM

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The most I've had at once so far was around 150-160, but through selling and whatnot I'm currently sitting at 65, of which around 50 or so are unique species.


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#16 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 10 2020 - 12:40 PM

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The most I've had at once so far was around 150-160, but through selling and whatnot I'm currently sitting at 65, of which around 50 or so are unique species.

how do you maintain so many colonies!? lol


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#17 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted November 10 2020 - 12:48 PM

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The most I've had at once so far was around 150-160, but through selling and whatnot I'm currently sitting at 65, of which around 50 or so are unique species.

how do you maintain so many colonies!? lol

 

It's not all that hard. Only around a dozen require daily feeding, and the rest I feed on a rotation, so I only need to actively care for around 20-25 colonies per day, and even then that only takes maybe half an hour at most.


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The most I've had at once so far was around 150-160, but through selling and whatnot I'm currently sitting at 65, of which around 50 or so are unique species.

how do you maintain so many colonies!? lol

 

It's not all that hard. Only around a dozen require daily feeding, and the rest I feed on a rotation, so I only need to actively care for around 20-25 colonies per day, and even then that only takes maybe half an hour at most.

 

Yeah that's what I do during the main anting season where i can have anywhere from 150-200 colonies at a time.


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#19 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 10 2020 - 1:39 PM

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The most I've had at once so far was around 150-160, but through selling and whatnot I'm currently sitting at 65, of which around 50 or so are unique species.

how do you maintain so many colonies!? lol

 

It's not all that hard. Only around a dozen require daily feeding, and the rest I feed on a rotation, so I only need to actively care for around 20-25 colonies per day, and even then that only takes maybe half an hour at most.

 

ooh just curious, which ants need feeding every day?


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#20 Offline ZTYguy - Posted November 10 2020 - 1:41 PM

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I bet they are either fast growing species or just large colonies.


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