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Would you Rather? (Antkeeping edition)

Started By TechAnt , Sep 17 2020 1:05 PM
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Poll: Would you rather? (25 member(s) have cast votes)

Have a successful Leafcutter colony, or a successful Honeypot colony? (AKA get a mature colony of them)

  1. Honeypot Colony (12 votes [48.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 48.00%

  2. Leafcutter Colony (13 votes [52.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 52.00%

Which of these invasive species would you want gone the most?

  1. Argentine Ants (14 votes [56.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 56.00%

  2. Fire Ants (11 votes [44.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 44.00%

Not have to deal with your ants' waste, or not have to hydrate your ants.

  1. No Waste (19 votes [76.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 76.00%

  2. No Hydrating (6 votes [24.00%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 24.00%

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#1 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:05 PM

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Just a fun idea I thought would be cool. What do you think of a Would you Rather for antkeeping?

These are some basic questions that I thought off the top of my head.


Edited by TechAnt, September 17 2020 - 1:06 PM.

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

#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:13 PM

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what if you don't have leaf cutters where you live?


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#3 Offline Devi - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:33 PM

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what if you don't have leaf cutters where you live?

I think it's a rhetorical question.  Like if you could just pick one.  Not many people on here live in Central/South America.  :)


#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:35 PM

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I picked leaf cutters because there's still a chance that I could have a successful honey-pot colony because we have those here.


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#5 Offline Devi - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:36 PM

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I picked leaf cutters because there's still a chance that I could have a successful honey-pot colony because we have those here.

I also picked leaf cutters because of that same reason.  I also think that leaf cutters are just generally cooler, I love their behavior.  :)


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#6 Offline NickAnter - Posted September 17 2020 - 1:47 PM

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Well, proper leaf-cutters would become extremely hard to manage at a mature colony size, so that's why I picked honeypots. Of course, I would rather have weaver ants of some sort over the both of them though.


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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 ANTdrew - Posted September 17 2020 - 2:15 PM

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Well, proper leaf-cutters would become extremely hard to manage at a mature colony size, so that's why I picked honeypots. Of course, I would rather have weaver ants of some sort over the both of them though.

I had the same thought.
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