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[ZTYguy]

As it says in the title what is your favorite ant species/ genus of ants. I know there is probably a post just like this. I was just wondering.

 

-ZTY

Edited by ZTYguy, November 1 2020 - 11:46 AM.

[Manitobant]

This has been posted like a million times, but my favorite is probably polyergus.

[ZTYguy]

Yeah, I know this has been posted a million times. It's just that I'm so bored waiting for a new colony to be shipped to my house.

[Vendayn]

Hm...

 

In captivity, my favorite colony I had was Acromyrmex versicolor. Very challenging though, but a lot of fun. 

 

Overall, probably seed eating ants. While a lot of ants (like Solenopsis) eat seeds, I like the seed specialists. I love Pogonomyrmex, Pheidole and Veromessor as the three that I know of that focus on seeds. I also like Atta a lot, we don't have those here.

Edited by Vendayn, October 30 2020 - 10:33 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Crematogaster

[CheetoLord02]

My favorites of what I've kept so far is probably a tossup between Polyrhachis dives, Neivamyrmex opacithorax, and Atta mexicana. My 2 dream species are Polyrhachis ypsilon and Pheidole rhea.

[Kaelwizard]

This has been posted like a million times, but my favorite is probably polyergus.

Yes Polyergus look amazing!

My favorite is probably Opisthopsis and Azteca alfari for their nesting habits in some ant plant species.

[dspdrew]

What does that title mean?

[ANTdrew]

Grammer matters

[TennesseeAnts]

My favorites of what I've kept so far is probably a tossup between Polyrhachis dives, Neivamyrmex opacithorax, and Atta mexicana. My 2 dream species are Polyrhachis ypsilon and Pheidole rhea.

Whoah! You've kept Polyrhachis and Ph. rhea?! How?!

[TestSubjectOne]

 

My favorites of what I've kept so far is probably a tossup between Polyrhachis dives, Neivamyrmex opacithorax, and Atta mexicana. My 2 dream species are Polyrhachis ypsilon and Pheidole rhea.

Whoah! You've kept Polyrhachis and Ph. rhea?! How?!

 

 

[ZTYguy]

What does that title mean?

Sorry about it. I'm not quite sure how to change the title and I posted this after a long day of figuring out shipping of a colony to get to my house.

[ponerinecat]

 

My favorites of what I've kept so far is probably a tossup between Polyrhachis dives, Neivamyrmex opacithorax, and Atta mexicana. My 2 dream species are Polyrhachis ypsilon and Pheidole rhea.

Whoah! You've kept Polyrhachis and Ph. rhea?! How?!

 

Rhea are native to AZ. He never said he's kept them, just that he wants them. And P. dives would be from a sketchy source.

[OhNoNotAgain]

 

What does that title mean?

Sorry about it. I'm not quite sure how to change the title and I posted this after a long day of figuring out shipping of a colony to get to my house.

 

 

Edit the original post, then look for the button that says "Full Editor Mode" or something like that. Then you can change the title.

 

For keeping: Nothing is easier than seed-eating ants, though I still had a 50% mortality rate over a year for Veromessor queens and about the same for Pogonomyrmex. Maybe I just suck as an antkeeper.... But Veromessors get very very very populous as a warning.

 

For reading about: I dunno, so many are fascinating in their own ways. I love the video of the Gigantiops reading symbols as she runs, or the whole concept of Atta farming, or the way the weaver ants do their nest building, or how some ants carry their nestmates somewhere to teach them a pathway. So many cool things. Even watching Camponotus fragilis slaughtering fruit flies ... one ant was knocking them down from the walls, other ants were killing, others piled them up in the outworld, others brought them closer to the nest, others ferried them into the nest, others processed them in the nest, and after all that, garbage dump time. So interesting.

Edited by OhNoNotAgain, November 1 2020 - 11:44 AM.

[ZTYguy]

 

 

What does that title mean?

Sorry about it. I'm not quite sure how to change the title and I posted this after a long day of figuring out shipping of a colony to get to my house.

 

 

Edit the original post, then look for the button that says "Full Editor Mode" or something like that. Then you can change the title.

 

For keeping: Nothing is easier than seed-eating ants, though I still had a 50% mortality rate over a year for Veromessor queens and about the same for Pogonomyrmex. Maybe I just suck as an antkeeper.... But Veromessors get very very very populous as a warning.

 

For reading about: I dunno, so many are fascinating in their own ways. I love the video of the Gigantiops reading symbols as she runs, or the whole concept of Atta farming, or the way the weaver ants do their nest building, or how some ants carry their nestmates somewhere to teach them a pathway. So many cool things. Even watching Camponotus fragilis slaughtering fruit flies ... one ant was knocking them down from the walls, other ants were killing, others piled them up in the outworld, others brought them closer to the nest, others ferried them into the nest, others processed them in the nest, and after all that, garbage dump time. So interesting.

 

Thanks so much and I hope you have better luck with your Pogonomyrmex.

[Kaelwizard]

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Edited by Kaelwizard, November 2 2020 - 2:46 PM.