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

Started By Devi , Sep 29 2020 9:55 AM

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#21 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 5:13 AM

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Yup! i plan on getting around 35-40 workers and moving them in a fortress.


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#22 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 6:19 AM

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Yup! i plan on getting around 35-40 workers and moving them in a fortress.

not going to lie, but THA formicariums seem a little expensive for pogonomyrmex, as they grow out of them so fast. that is just what i am thinking, though.


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#23 Offline Devi - Posted October 2 2020 - 6:21 AM

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We have to hibernate pogonomyrmex here in CO because it gets really cold and snowy.  :(


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#24 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 2 2020 - 6:23 AM

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We have to hibernate pogonomyrmex here in CO because it gets really cold and snowy.  :(

it does get really snowy up here too, but if you ordered it from THA or somewhere similar, it is not snowy there. so then it does not need to be hibernated. but, if it is native caught, and it snows a lot, it does need to be hibernated. That was a tongue twister.


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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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#25 Offline Devi - Posted October 2 2020 - 6:25 AM

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We have to hibernate pogonomyrmex here in CO because it gets really cold and snowy.  :(

it does get really snowy up here too, but if you ordered it from THA or somewhere similar, it is not snowy there. so then it does not need to be hibernated. but, if it is native caught, and it snows a lot, it does need to be hibernated. That was a tongue twister.

 

Ahh, I see what you mean now.  I found my pogonomyrmex queens near me, but if you did order them from THA or somewhere else tropical, then you wouln't have to hibernate.  I didn't think of that...


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#26 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 6:59 AM

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I got mine from THA so i'm not hibernating them so i might as well start up my journal again.


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#27 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 2 2020 - 7:51 AM

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We have to hibernate pogonomyrmex here in CO because it gets really cold and snowy.  :(

Yeah, they proliferate in SD as well. And you're right, our cold-hardy variety would definitely need hibernation.

 

 

We have to hibernate pogonomyrmex here in CO because it gets really cold and snowy.  :(

it does get really snowy up here too, but if you ordered it from THA or somewhere similar, it is not snowy there. so then it does not need to be hibernated. but, if it is native caught, and it snows a lot, it does need to be hibernated. That was a tongue twister.

 

Yes, and in THA's description of their capture, he described the temperature being over 100 degrees. I doubt either of our states (or at least not in Denver) gets that warm on a regular basis in summer.


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#28 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted October 2 2020 - 8:11 AM

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In Virginia the hotest its ever been is around 112 and that's in the middle of summer, the normal for us in summer is around 90 or 95.


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