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how many ant colonies do you have?

Started By Swirlysnowflake , Nov 9 2020 4:00 PM

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#21 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted November 10 2020 - 2:11 PM

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I have about 80 colonies :D

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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#22 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted November 10 2020 - 2:12 PM

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I have around 87 colonies, plus or minus 2


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#23 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 10 2020 - 2:12 PM

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1× novomessor cockerilli 
2× Pogonomyrmex Rugosus 
4× Camponotus Vicinus 
100+ brachymyrmex queens
1× M. Mexicanus
1× Solenopis Xyloni 
3× cremoatogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex Subnit 
1× foreluis
100+ termite pairs 
1× pheidole
1× Solenopis Molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

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#24 Offline steelplant - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:02 PM

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24 colonies and 2x3 founding queens. Most are Lasius niger and I'll be rehoming nearly all of those after hibernation. Be left with maybe 10 colonies altogether.
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#25 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:07 PM

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1× novomessor cockerilli 
2× Pogonomyrmex Rugosus 
4× Camponotus Vicinus 
100+ brachymyrmex queens
1× M. Mexicanus
1× Solenopis Xyloni 
3× cremoatogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex Subnit 
1× foreluis
100+ termite pairs 
1× pheidole
1× Solenopis Molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

 

woahhh how'd u get all those brachys?

and would u be willing to sell some ~termites~


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#26 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:19 PM

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1× Novomessor cockerelli
2× Pogonomyrmex rugosus 
4× Camponotus vicinus 
100+ Brachymyrmex queens
1× M. mexicanus
1× Solenopis xyloni 
3× crematogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex subnitidus 
1× forelius
100+ termite pairs 
1× Pheidole
1× Solenopis molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

 

 

Fixed that for you


Edited by SleepyAsianAnter, November 10 2020 - 3:27 PM.

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#27 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:23 PM

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1× novomessor cockerilli 
2× Pogonomyrmex Rugosus 
4× Camponotus Vicinus 
100+ brachymyrmex queens
1× M. Mexicanus
1× Solenopis Xyloni 
3× cremoatogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex Subnit 
1× foreluis
100+ termite pairs 
1× pheidole
1× Solenopis Molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

 

 

Not a single one of these are spelled or formatted right

 

The pogonomyrmex and hypoponera are fine right lol


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#28 Offline AleeGuy - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:26 PM

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2 with workers(one of them I got from a trade), and few more that are without workers yet.

#29 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 10 2020 - 3:32 PM

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1× novomessor cockerilli 
2× Pogonomyrmex Rugosus 
4× Camponotus Vicinus 
100+ brachymyrmex queens
1× M. Mexicanus
1× Solenopis Xyloni 
3× cremoatogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex Subnit 
1× foreluis
100+ termite pairs 
1× pheidole
1× Solenopis Molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

 

woahhh how'd u get all those brachys?

and would u be willing to sell some ~termites~

 

Brachys fly 24/7 here, so I grabbed a bunch. Yeah sure. I need some of my termites gone. 


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#30 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 11 2020 - 4:20 AM

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1× Novomessor cockerelli
2× Pogonomyrmex rugosus 
4× Camponotus vicinus 
100+ Brachymyrmex queens
1× M. mexicanus
1× Solenopis xyloni 
3× crematogaster
1× Pogonomyrmex subnitidus 
1× forelius
100+ termite pairs 
1× Pheidole
1× Solenopis molesta 
1× Hypoponera 
1x Pogonomyrmex colony
and alot more but i forgot them 
 

 

 

Fixed that for you

 

You forgot Forelius and Crematogaster!


Edited by Kaelwizard, November 11 2020 - 4:21 AM.

#31 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 11 2020 - 7:40 AM

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This is getting slightly ridiculous.


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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). 

#32 Offline KitsAntVa - Posted November 11 2020 - 8:00 AM

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I’m a very sad boy because now I have zero colony’s well Pogonomyrmex still but they won’t be here long.. BUT I swear I’ll become a master at desert ants and novomessor will be my start!
We don’t talk about that

#33 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted November 11 2020 - 8:28 AM

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1X Aphaenogaster tennesseensis

1X Camponotus novaeboracensis

1X Camponotus vicinus

1X Formica cf. podzolica

1X Lasius brevicornis

1X Myrmica cf. americana

1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

1X Solenopsis molesta

1X Tetramorium tsushimae

 

9 in total


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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

#34 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted November 11 2020 - 9:06 AM

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This is getting slightly ridiculous.

Is it though?


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#35 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 12 2020 - 8:06 AM

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This is getting slightly ridiculous.

Is it though?

 

IT SERIOUSLY IS!!!


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#36 Offline TechAnt - Posted November 12 2020 - 9:03 AM

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Also I think we all have forgotten about the Antkeeping census I guess.

But this is more recent I suppose.


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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
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