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Antkeeper01's Temnothorax cf rugatulus journal(featuring two psuedoscorpions that I still need to re-house)

Started By Antkeeper01 , Mar 25 2022 5:52 PM

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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 25 2022 - 5:52 PM

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So I went to NCAR in Boulder, CO yesterday and found a colony of Temnothorax cf rugatulus which I had been looking for for for a year now. They have about 6 queens(used to be 7 but I had to euthanize one after ColAnt735 brought to my attention that she had a nematode, rip) and a lot of workers like 200. And lots of brood.

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Edited by Antkeeper01, March 26 2022 - 6:20 AM.

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 26 2022 - 6:21 AM

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I found 3 psuedoscorpions at NCAR when I was looking for ants but I left one alone.get_attachment_url?url_type=FIFE_URL&con


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 26 2022 - 11:34 AM

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Temnothorax are on my to-get list for this year.


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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

#4 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 26 2022 - 4:01 PM

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heres a pic of them eating a mealworm get_attachment_url?url_type=FIFE_URL&con


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#5 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 30 2022 - 10:08 AM

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Ok I severely underestimated the ammount of queens it is greater than or equal to 13 queens


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#6 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted May 13 2022 - 3:29 PM

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I moved them into a THA discus and they lived in the tube for a few weeks and started to die off, at somepoint they decided to move into the nest and now they are thriving with tons of eggs, larvae and some pupae.get_attachment_url?url_type=FIFE_URL&con


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#7 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted June 2 2022 - 11:00 AM

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They are doing so well they have produced alatesunknown.png?width=440&height=586


1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#8 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted June 2 2022 - 11:28 AM

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Temnothorax are on my to-get list for this year.

Same


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Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

 

 

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