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Several colonies for sale in central Florida


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#1 Offline Wedge - Posted April 30 2019 - 8:27 PM

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I'm downsizing my collection and looking to sell some of my colonies. I am a little North of Orlando and willing to drive a bit to hand off the colonies but would rather not ship. PM me if interested and let me know if you have any questions.

 

First up is an unknown species of cryptic ant that I've had identified on this forum as Tetramorium caldarium but I'm still not sure. I think it is also possible that it is some unidentified Stenamma sp. Either way they are very entertaining to watch as they will swarm fruit flies and take them down pretty aggressively as well as take honey  and sugar water. There are multiple queens, I think about 9- it's hard to get an accurate count.

 

$30

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Next up I offer a very large Pseudomyrmex pallidus colony. It is definitely 100+ workers and and the tubes they live in are stuffed with brood. The colony produces alates pretty regularly and last I counted there were over 25 queens.

 

$45

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Then I have a small Pseudomyrmex gracilis colony. It only has 6 members but a fair number of brood.

 

$20

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I have a Camponotus floridanus colony from last summer that has 50+ workers and one small "major". They are in an antscanada nest and outworld currently.

 

$100

$200 with nest and outworld

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I have an Odontomachus brunneus colony with two workers and several pupae. This queen stopped laying eggs over winter but has one now that you can see in the picture.

 

$45

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And last but certainly not least, my favorite, a Cyphomyrmex minutus colony that I've had for close to a year now. They are amazing and I give them hornworm droppings that they use to feed their fungus gardens. Hard to count but I think they have over 100 members.

 

$100

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Current Colonies:

Camponotus festinatus, Camponotus sansabaenus, Camponotus sayi, Camponotus texanus, Camponotus vicinus, Leptogenys elongata, Monomorium minimum, Pachycondyla harpax, Pheidole dentata, Pheidole floridana, 


#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted May 1 2019 - 12:08 AM

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Really fantastic collection you have there!  If I was in Florida, I'd buy them all from you. I don't expect you'll have any trouble finding buyers for them.


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#3 Offline Zeiss - Posted May 1 2019 - 12:43 AM

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I've got to agree with drtmiller, these look great.



#4 Offline Superant33 - Posted May 1 2019 - 2:08 AM

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Great collection! Odontomachus make me drool. Your prices are very fair.

#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 1 2019 - 2:48 AM

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Ohhhh. I. Want. Pseudomyrmex. Pallidus. Weeell, they are native to Tennessee..... So, if you're willing to ship.....:lol: :lol:

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#6 Offline EthanNgo678 - Posted May 1 2019 - 5:22 AM

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Ummm... Time to get a permit!


Plants r cool


#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 1 2019 - 5:54 AM

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Yes!

#8 Offline Wedge - Posted May 1 2019 - 2:24 PM

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Thanks everyone! I love all these but I've just got too many. I need to stop flipping over rocks  :D.

 

Ummm... Time to get a permit!

 

Wouldn't that be nice.


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Current Colonies:

Camponotus festinatus, Camponotus sansabaenus, Camponotus sayi, Camponotus texanus, Camponotus vicinus, Leptogenys elongata, Monomorium minimum, Pachycondyla harpax, Pheidole dentata, Pheidole floridana, 


#9 Offline QueenDee - Posted May 21 2019 - 12:06 PM

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How far south are you willing to drive? Does the Pseudomyrmex pallidus colony come with the enclosure or will I need to set up my own?

Completely new to ant-ing aside from a few kiddie ant farms but I think a colony would make a wonderful addition to our science curriculum.

#10 Offline Wedge - Posted May 31 2019 - 7:12 AM

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How far south are you willing to drive? Does the Pseudomyrmex pallidus colony come with the enclosure or will I need to set up my own?

Completely new to ant-ing aside from a few kiddie ant farms but I think a colony would make a wonderful addition to our science curriculum.

 

QueenDee, just sent you a PM  :).


Current Colonies:

Camponotus festinatus, Camponotus sansabaenus, Camponotus sayi, Camponotus texanus, Camponotus vicinus, Leptogenys elongata, Monomorium minimum, Pachycondyla harpax, Pheidole dentata, Pheidole floridana, 


#11 Offline Picklwarrior - Posted June 5 2019 - 11:20 AM

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If you have any of these left, I don't think there's a colony on here I'm not at least a little interested in. I could also come to you as I am in that area frequently
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#12 Offline amberp - Posted October 19 2019 - 4:00 PM

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Did you every get rid of the Camponotus floridanus colony? I am in the market for one right now and live an hour way from Orlando proper...



#13 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 19 2019 - 4:32 PM

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Did you every get rid of the Camponotus floridanus colony? I am in the market for one right now and live an hour way from Orlando proper...

Please represent your location on your profile. This is required by the forum rules (number 8). This is a simple fix, so please just do it, as it would be much appreciated. Thanks :)
*Same for the post above, sorry for not paying attention lol

Edited by Da_NewAntOnTheBlock, October 19 2019 - 4:33 PM.

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#14 Offline amberp - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:59 PM

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Did you every get rid of the Camponotus floridanus colony? I am in the market for one right now and live an hour way from Orlando proper...

Please represent your location on your profile. This is required by the forum rules (number 8). This is a simple fix, so please just do it, as it would be much appreciated. Thanks :)
*Same for the post above, sorry for not paying attention lol

Thought it was done. Should be fixed now, yes?

#15 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 21 2019 - 7:47 AM

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If you have any of these left, I don't think there's a colony on here I'm not at least a little interested in. I could also come to you as I am in that area frequently

 

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#16 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 21 2019 - 12:21 PM

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Did you every get rid of the Camponotus floridanus colony? I am in the market for one right now and live an hour way from Orlando proper...

Please represent your location on your profile. This is required by the forum rules (number 8). This is a simple fix, so please just do it, as it would be much appreciated. Thanks :)
*Same for the post above, sorry for not paying attention lol

Thought it was done. Should be fixed now, yes?
Yeah it's all good, thanks amberp:)

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#17 Offline SurfingTangents - Posted November 1 2019 - 1:10 PM

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Any of these colonies still available?

#18 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted November 1 2019 - 3:16 PM

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8. Members must accurately represent their location in their Member Profile to participate in offers to buy, sell, trade, or otherwise distribute living ants of any caste or life stage.

 


"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


#19 Offline jodyduda - Posted November 5 2019 - 1:42 PM

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Do you still have any of these for sale? We have recently moved to Lithia and are looking for ants.

 

Jody Duda



#20 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 5 2019 - 2:45 PM

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8. Members must accurately represent their location in their Member Profile to participate in offers to buy, sell, trade, or otherwise distribute living ants of any caste or life stage.

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