34 replies to this topic

[antsandmore]

ok, so if somebody finds workers, they collect 6-10 workers(if they're lucky) and sends them to people who study them. Then, if I were to find them, I would walk away from their nest in pain lol. and in that case, i would be super motivated to get a ppq permit, or dig them up and keep them. And i know people are going to hate me for doing that, and maybe that would be illegal and i shouldn't do it even if i find them... man, i really am a bad listener

[Swirlysnowflake]

ok, so if somebody finds workers, they collect 6-10 workers(if they're lucky) and sends them to people who study them. Then, if I were to find them, I would walk away from their nest in pain lol. and in that case, i would be super motivated to get a ppq permit, or dig them up and keep them. And i know people are going to hate me for doing that, and maybe that would be illegal and i shouldn't do it even if i find them... man, i really am a bad listener

Noo don’t dig them up! Get a permit! If you dig it up you may be eliminating the chance of Odontomachus being established in CA. If you leave this theoretical colony there, they might continue to spread farther into CA. 

[ponerinecat]

 

ok, so if somebody finds workers, they collect 6-10 workers(if they're lucky) and sends them to people who study them. Then, if I were to find them, I would walk away from their nest in pain lol. and in that case, i would be super motivated to get a ppq permit, or dig them up and keep them. And i know people are going to hate me for doing that, and maybe that would be illegal and i shouldn't do it even if i find them... man, i really am a bad listener

Noo don’t dig them up! Get a permit! If you dig it up you may be eliminating the chance of Odontomachus being established in CA. If you leave this theoretical colony there, they might continue to spread farther into CA. 

 

Sorry to dash hopes, but that's hardly going to happen. If conditions were good for Odontomachus to spread further in here, they would have done so long ago. Unless they get introduced to an area where they arent hemmed in by natural borders, the most Odontomachus we'll get is whatever tiny population may or may not be on our border.

[Swirlysnowflake]

 

 

ok, so if somebody finds workers, they collect 6-10 workers(if they're lucky) and sends them to people who study them. Then, if I were to find them, I would walk away from their nest in pain lol. and in that case, i would be super motivated to get a ppq permit, or dig them up and keep them. And i know people are going to hate me for doing that, and maybe that would be illegal and i shouldn't do it even if i find them... man, i really am a bad listener

Noo don’t dig them up! Get a permit! If you dig it up you may be eliminating the chance of Odontomachus being established in CA. If you leave this theoretical colony there, they might continue to spread farther into CA. 

 

Sorry to dash hopes, but that's hardly going to happen. If conditions were good for Odontomachus to spread further in here, they would have done so long ago. Unless they get introduced to an area where they arent hemmed in by natural borders, the most Odontomachus we'll get is whatever tiny population may or may not be on our border.

 

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[antsandmore]

wait. so dig them up or don't dig them up? looool sorry

[Zeiss]

No, you don't dig them up.

[antsandmore]

you know what, i'll just get a permit

what are the biggest Species in the US?

[Aaron567]

you know what, i'll just get a permit

what are the biggest Species in the US?

 

Either O. desertorum or O. haematodus or both, they're pretty darn close. 

[Vendayn]

Besides the area potentially being destroyed for habitation by them by construction...

 

There is also that the climate has been changing quite quickly. If they were already barely able to thrive (and sounds like they barely were, while rare to encounter, seems like they were still pretty limited in expansion), then that would have a big effect on them still being around as well. 

Edited by Vendayn, January 9 2021 - 12:56 PM.

[antsandmore]

i thought about this, but forgot to post. What if I encounter a nuptial flight?(i know that's a very low chance but still) should I collect as many queens as I can and send them to myrmecologists or antwiki(idk) if they die? or would that also be a nono? thanks everyone for helping me with this topic and not being frustrated!

[ReignofRage]

i thought about this, but forgot to post. What if I encounter a nuptial flight?(i know that's a very low chance but still) should I collect as many queens as I can and send them to myrmecologists or antwiki(idk) if they die? or would that also be a nono? thanks everyone for helping me with this topic and not being frustrated!

Collecting a single queen for a specimen would be okay, but if they are here, like what people have been saying, they are struggling. Taking as many reproductives out of a population is not the right thing to do.

[Kaelwizard]

 

i thought about this, but forgot to post. What if I encounter a nuptial flight?(i know that's a very low chance but still) should I collect as many queens as I can and send them to myrmecologists or antwiki(idk) if they die? or would that also be a nono? thanks everyone for helping me with this topic and not being frustrated!

Collecting a single queen for a specimen would be okay, but if they are here, like what people have been saying, they are struggling. Taking as many reproductives out of a population is not the right thing to do.

 

Not the worst necropost I have seen.

[Lillyrose]

Sorry! Wrong thread

Edited by Lillyrose, May 10 2021 - 8:44 AM.

[Manitobant]

Apparently ants are like cats... they go to who ever does not like them.
My husband found this lovely girl hiding between the bags of mulch. She was alone.
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okay, but how does this relate to odontomachus in california? That’s clearly camponotus.

[Lillyrose]

Apparently ants are like cats... they go to who ever does not like them.
My husband found this lovely girl hiding between the bags of mulch. She was alone.
20210510_123121.jpg20210510_115528.jpg

okay, but how does this relate to odontomachus in california? That’s clearly camponotus.

You're right .. I 100% thought I was in the Virginia queen one .. I'm so sorry