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Best way too find hypoponera colonies

Started By Guest_StrickyAnts_* , Nov 8 2020 1:26 PM

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#1 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 8 2020 - 1:26 PM

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what's the best way too find hypoponera colonies? just look in the leaf litter?

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#2 Offline M_Ants - Posted November 8 2020 - 1:28 PM

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Look under pots, rocks and anything that will have nice moist dirt underneath.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp.

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#3 Offline ponerinecat - Posted November 8 2020 - 4:35 PM

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Rocks and bark that have been rained on are the best bet for me. They also like to nest in rotten wood, I've found colonies in old planks and tree roots. And of course, excavation.

#4 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 8 2020 - 5:49 PM

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Rocks and bark that have been rained on are the best bet for me. They also like to nest in rotten wood, I've found colonies in old planks and tree roots. And of course, excavation.

Alr thanks. After all this rain and the first warm day am gonna go out and look for starting colonies.

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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 8 2020 - 10:08 PM

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I find workers foraging at dusk, in shaded areas, with rather damp soil. Once you find a worker, the nest is not far. Sometimes, they do not have an obvious chamber, and other times they do. As was previously mentioned, looking under objects such as stones or wood is the easiest method.

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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).

#6 Offline Guest_StrickyAnts_* - Posted November 9 2020 - 1:48 PM

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I find workers foraging at dusk, in shaded areas, with rather damp soil. Once you find a worker, the nest is not far. Sometimes, they do not have an obvious chamber, and other times they do. As was previously mentioned, looking under objects such as stones or wood is the easiest method.

oh alright, thanks