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Hya from the Shetland Islands

Started By ricardoflup , Feb 27 2021 2:53 AM

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#1 Offline ricardoflup - Posted February 27 2021 - 2:53 AM

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Hi. I'm Rysz from Shetland. I've just started antkeeping last Summer. It's a great complement to my DIY hobby. I have a dozen different very small colonies.
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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 27 2021 - 3:30 AM

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Welcome, friend! I hope you learn a lot on the forum! Consider making some journals for your colonies.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline ricardoflup - Posted February 27 2021 - 5:47 AM

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I've been learning quite a bit already! some passionate discussions on feeding from a couple years back that I found quite interesting. I'll explore that diary feature, although I don't have any particularly exotic species. My Messor Laboriosus from Israel may be interesting as they don't hibernate...

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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 27 2021 - 5:56 AM

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Go for it! You definitely don’t need exotic species to make a great journal. My favorite journals are of people keeping ordinary ants in extraordinary ways. And believe it or not, Lasius niger is pretty exotic for most of us on this side of the big drink.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#5 Offline ricardoflup - Posted February 27 2021 - 6:19 AM

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True, you're right there, what's exotic depends on where you live. Australian ants aren't that exotic if you live in Australia.
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#6 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted March 7 2021 - 8:43 AM

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Sorry for the late response, but "Shetland Islands" is kind of exotic to me (long-time fan of Shetland Sheepdogs, enjoyed the "Shetland" series, hahaha). Very cool.  :lol:  What ants are native to the Shetlands?


Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#7 Offline antsandmore - Posted March 7 2021 - 12:01 PM

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welcome to the forum! have fun, and you'll surely learn a lot. this is from my time here.


Ants I am keeping:

 none for now, planning on being more active this year

#8 Offline ricardoflup - Posted March 7 2021 - 12:20 PM

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Sorry for the late response, but "Shetland Islands" is kind of exotic to me (long-time fan of Shetland Sheepdogs, enjoyed the "Shetland" series, hahaha). Very cool. :lol: What ants are native to the Shetlands?


#9 Offline ricardoflup - Posted March 7 2021 - 12:26 PM

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Hi. It's an amazing landscape and ecosystem. The tv series doesn't make it justice, most of it is not recorded here. I think we have Myrmica ruginodis here. I'm not sure they would be suitable to keep or not, now that I'm more 'ant aware' maybe I'll come across a homeless queen! Because of the prolonged cold weather and veeeeeery long nights for several months, followed by some months of simmer dim, it probably is not very ant friendly.
ps.: to be honest, when we got to dog shows to see them work, I'm always rooting for the sheep :)

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#10 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted March 7 2021 - 12:43 PM

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Wow, what a fascinating species! (Wiki article: https://en.wikipedia...rmica_ruginodis )

I would have no idea about care requirements. They sound like a short-lived species. But still, really interesting.

 

Haha re: sheep. But still, sounds so cool.


Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

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