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Well, it's about that time again...

Started By Devi , Sep 29 2020 9:55 AM

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#1 Offline Devi - Posted September 29 2020 - 9:55 AM

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We all know that feeling when it's starting to get colder, and we know that diapause will have to happen soon.  It's about that time this year.  :(  I thought I'd make a thread on things we were planning on doing during winter to still stay connected to FC and anting in general.  

 

Although I'm sad I won't be able to find any more queens, I have lots of plans this winter!  I am currently trying to start making formicariums to use and possibly sell.  I'm working on a couple prototypes right now, and I will post pictures once I complete them.  I am really excited to start working on them, and will update soon.   

 

What about you guys?  What are you guys doing this winter?  (can be ant-related, or just travel plans etc)


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#2 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 9:58 AM

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WORK ON ANTSDAKOTA!!! winter will give me so much time to work! i am so excited. also work on my formicariums and i am thinking of expanding my horizon for different kinds of formicariums during winter. 


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#3 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 29 2020 - 10:01 AM

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sadly it is that time but i plan on trying to dig up a picture of my first queen. it looked like a festinatus queen it had a brownish head and yellow body, i haven't seen any in my yard so i guess i'm doing that this year, you know you can always find some winter ants or prenolepis because they come out in winter. bad thing is your honey will freeze.


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#4 Offline Devi - Posted September 29 2020 - 10:15 AM

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WORK ON ANTSDAKOTA!!! winter will give me so much time to work! i am so excited. also work on my formicariums and i am thinking of expanding my horizon for different kinds of formicariums during winter. 

YES!  I am so excited to have extra time to help expand too!


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#5 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 10:15 AM

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WORK ON ANTSDAKOTA!!! winter will give me so much time to work! i am so excited. also work on my formicariums and i am thinking of expanding my horizon for different kinds of formicariums during winter. 

YES!  I am so excited to have extra time to help expand too!

 

You have been such a big help! Thank you!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#6 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted September 29 2020 - 10:17 AM

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I guess for Christmas I’m going to get some THA stuff to get for my colony’s growth next year so I don’t have to worry about it. I feel bad about getting the stuff though you’ll figure it out on my last update of my Pogonomyrmex colony :( Around my third year of ant keeping maybe even fourth.

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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 29 2020 - 10:26 AM

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This winter I'm going to go to greenhouses in hopes of locating more exotics, and I'm also gonna be taking care of the exotics i already have from greenhouses. In January however i will be waking all my natives up and there will be some BIG parasite journals if everything goes well.
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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#8 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted September 29 2020 - 11:05 AM

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I'm just about to use up the last of my feeder insects so diapause couldn't come at a better time! When I look at the number of colonies folks are listing, I'm amazed. I'm worn out just tending the four I have! I've got no big plans for winter other than hoping all my colonies survive diapause and figuring out how to encourage my C. americanus and C. novaeboracensis to "live long and prosper!"


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#9 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 29 2020 - 11:06 AM

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I'm just about to use up the last of my feeder insects so diapause couldn't come at a better time! When I look at the number of colonies folks are listing, I'm amazed. I'm worn out just tending the four I have! I've got no big plans for winter other than hoping all my colonies survive diapause and figuring out how to encourage my C. americanus and C. novaeboracensis to "live long and prosper!"

i love my c novaeboracensis. they are so cool. hopefully yours will live long and prosper!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#10 Offline Vendayn - Posted September 30 2020 - 4:02 PM

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It got to over 100 here today


#11 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted September 30 2020 - 4:04 PM

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It got to over 100 here today

it is hitting ~70 here right now, but we are about to go way down.


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

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#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 30 2020 - 5:42 PM

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I’m going to keep my Pheidole and Nylanderia going through the winter this year. Other than that, I’ll just focus on house plants, propagating native plants, and feeding birds in my yard. I ordered two ant books to read as well, a new one by EO Wilson, and an old one from 1957. I really hope we have a cold and snowy winter this year.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#13 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted October 1 2020 - 4:25 PM

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EO Wilson has a new book! What is it???


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#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 1 2020 - 6:47 PM

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EO Wilson has a new book! What is it???

Yes! I ordered Tales from the Antworld by EO Wilson and Ways of the Ant by John Crompton.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#15 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:00 AM

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I plan to yet again double (at least) the size of my Pogonomyrmex colony over the winter (well, I suppose it won't be me exactly, but.......).


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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:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#16 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:08 AM

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So i can keep my Pogonomyrmex going through winter?


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#17 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:09 AM

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So i can keep my Pogonomyrmex going through winter?

if you want to.


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#18 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:09 AM

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So i can keep my Pogonomyrmex going through winter?

I don't see a problem with it. Although they can be hibernated if you want, though I doubt it's as necessary as with local species.


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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:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#19 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:10 AM

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Welp time to wake me Pogonomyrmex up and put them on some heat for the winter!


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#20 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:12 AM

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and watch them grow!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Nationwide Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

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My Micro Ants Journal

My Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Journal

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