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Posted June 30 2021 - 9:34 PM
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I found this gal running along the wall of a planter where I had just moved a pile of damp sphagnum moss. I am pretty sure she is Cyphomyrmex wheeleri but I would certainly be open to hearing other suggestions.
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Posted June 30 2021 - 9:36 PM
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That is for sure a Cyphomyrmex wheeleri queen, very nice find! Good luck with her.
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Posted June 30 2021 - 9:36 PM
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I think it is. Keep her! Would love if you started a journal! I think they are just the CUTEST!! I want them so bad dang.I found this gal running along the wall of a planter where I had just moved a pile of damp sphagnum moss. I am pretty sure she is Cyphomyrmex wheeleri but I would certainly be open to hearing other suggestions.
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Posted June 30 2021 - 10:00 PM
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Posted June 30 2021 - 10:24 PM
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Nice find. I have been stalking some cypho nests I found in my yard. Hope to find queens of my own soon!
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Posted July 1 2021 - 8:10 AM
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Posted July 1 2021 - 8:14 AM
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Awesome! Be sure to get a source of caterpillar frass and other decaying matter.
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).
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Posted July 1 2021 - 9:12 AM
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How do you care for these? These are definitely on my target list for when I move there.
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Posted July 26 2021 - 6:29 PM
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How do you care for these? These are definitely on my target list for when I move there.
C. Wheeleri is everywhere in california i found some in el dorado.
What i am keeping Brachymyrmex patagonicus 1 worker x5 tetramorium immigrans 10 workers x2 lasius crypticus 5 workers Pheidole californica 6 queens150~ workers 10-30 majors, Formica argentea 10~ W
What I've kept crematogaster sp pheidole californica camponotus vicinus high elev, dumetorum,laevigatus, prenolepis imparis, pogonomyrmex californicus and subnitidus and californicus, veromessor andrei, camponotus sayi, hypoponera opacior ,Liometopum occidentale solnopsis molesta group, solenopsis xyloni.
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Posted July 26 2021 - 11:43 PM
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If I am not mistaken, C. wheeleri can subsist on plant matter; it is the other species with a yeast-based fungus which feeds on caterpillar frass and animal waste. I hear rose petals can do the trick, though you'd have the best luck harvesting whatever native plant species you see workers nabbing.
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Posted July 27 2021 - 10:48 AM
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Thanks for the info!If I am not mistaken, C. wheeleri can subsist on plant matter; it is the other species with a yeast-based fungus which feeds on caterpillar frass and animal waste. I hear rose petals can do the trick, though you'd have the best luck harvesting whatever native plant species you see workers nabbing.
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