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3 Queens of Solenopsis Molesta (ThiefAnt) Queens for sale.

Started By AntJohnny , Oct 19 2020 6:31 AM

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#1 Offline AntJohnny - Posted October 19 2020 - 6:31 AM

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This is a very small species and can be difficult to keep. Would not recommend to begginer ant keepers.They are very fast growing. So far the brood haven't past the pupa stage but they are for sure workers and not males. The queens were caught this year and am going to begin hibernation after the first nanitics arrive. Message me for any questions.

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#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 19 2020 - 7:31 AM

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You should probably place a price on them, or say how you want a price to be placed. And if you would be willing to ship them (if so, you should probably include a DOA policy)


Edited by TechAnt, October 19 2020 - 2:27 PM.

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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

#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted October 19 2020 - 1:15 PM

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Kind of looks like temnothorax.


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Veromessor pergandei

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#4 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted October 19 2020 - 3:34 PM

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well, i agree with you. there are color variations, but that seems a bit extreme...


the shape is definitely wrong


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#5 Offline Antkid12 - Posted October 19 2020 - 3:36 PM

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Temnothorax.


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#6 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 19 2020 - 4:36 PM

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Temnothorax curvispinosus, most likely. A relatively slow growing species, with very small colonies of up to 150-200 workers. A great beginner species, with medium food requirements. Feed them every couple days with a small drop of honey and some fruit flies and/or small crickets.


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#7 Online ANTdrew - Posted October 19 2020 - 5:29 PM

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Plot twist!
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#8 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 19 2020 - 7:31 PM

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Plot twist!

*Movie gasp*


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#9 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 20 2020 - 8:39 AM

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It does look like a Temnothorax queen though.


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#10 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2020 - 10:55 AM

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It does look like a Temnothorax queen though.

That's because it is.  :yes:


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#11 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted October 20 2020 - 12:12 PM

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Now kinda unrelated, seeing that the queen is actually temnothorax, but is solenopsis molesta really hard to keep? why?


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#12 Offline jeffpbalderston - Posted October 20 2020 - 12:56 PM

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Those are "Temnothorax" acorn ants. 😉

Edited by jeffpbalderston, October 20 2020 - 1:01 PM.

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#13 Offline TechAnt - Posted October 20 2020 - 1:09 PM

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Now kinda unrelated, seeing that the queen is actually temnothorax, but is solenopsis molesta really hard to keep? why?

In my opinion, they are not that hard to keep..


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(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

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I doubt they are.
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#15 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 21 2020 - 8:25 AM

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My friend who I am trying to get on this forum says that S. molesta is super easy. Although he is one of the people who claims that M. mexicanus is super easy to care for.


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#16 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted October 21 2020 - 8:57 AM

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My friend who I am trying to get on this forum says that S. molesta is super easy. Although he is one of the people who claims that M. mexicanus is super easy to care for.

No, they are Temnothorax.


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My friend who I am trying to get on this forum says that S. molesta is super easy. Although he is one of the people who claims that M. mexicanus is super easy to care for.

No, they are Temnothorax.

 

We know that lol, we are talking about S. molesta and how hard they are to care for, as the OP said they are really hard to care for.


Edited by TechAnt, October 21 2020 - 9:03 AM.

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

#18 Offline ZTYguy - Posted October 21 2020 - 10:49 AM

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My friend who I am trying to get on this forum says that S. molesta is super easy. Although he is one of the people who claims that M. mexicanus is super easy to care for.

No, they are Temnothorax.

 

Yeah, what techant said. lol


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#19 Offline Spazmops - Posted October 21 2020 - 1:24 PM

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My friend who I am trying to get on this forum says that S. molesta is super easy. Although he is one of the people who claims that M. mexicanus is super easy to care for.

Mine have been super easy to care for, except for the time an AC product failed and I had to vacuum up the workers and cull them... at least I got most of the queens back.


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#20 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 21 2020 - 1:33 PM

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Now kinda unrelated, seeing that the queen is actually temnothorax, but is solenopsis molesta really hard to keep? why?

The only reason I can think of for them being hard is their small size and ability to escape. If you're unprepared then they could escape. Other then that I don't really see a reason. Oh and they can also grow fairly quickly depending on how many queens they have.


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