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[Hothkinstroy]

Currently Keeping:
 
Lasius brevicornis x1 - The rest I gave to someone in my school
Temnothorax curvispinosus x1 - Founding Queen (In Diapause)
Crematogaster cerasi x1 - Founding Queen (Just took out of diapause)
Lasius claviger x1 - Dead? Or in deep hibernation
Pheidole bicarinata x1 - Just moved into a Wakooshi Saturn Nest
Tetramorium immigrans x1 - Test tube flooded, trying to make a recovery
Camponotus decipiens x1 - Not much, just growing right now, 40 something workers  
 
Species I want to keep:
 
Pheidole pilifera/megacephala/morissii/anything
Tapinoma sessile
Any Atta/Acromyrmex
Myrmecocystus mexicanus/placodops

 

 

If you want to learn more some of these colonies

[BDantsalberta]

Update?

[ColAnt735]

I guess I’ll do an updated one.

Solenopsis molesta
Lasius brevicornis
Lasius neoniger
Tetramorium immigrans
Messor minor
Temnothorax cf curvispinosus
Myrmica sp.
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x2
Camponotus novaeboracensis
Formica incerta
Formica neogagates
Crematogaster cerasi

Ants I’d like to catch this year:
Aphaenogaster sp.
Camponotus myrementoma group
Monomorium minimum

[antperson24]

Here they are:

1. Aphaenogaster rudis (my favorite species).
2. Brachymyrmex sp.
3. Camponotus novaeboracensis
4. Lasius neoniger
5. Temnothorax curvispinosus
6. Tetramorium immigrans

I had a lot more last summer but some died. 

Edited by antperson24, March 5 2023 - 2:44 PM.

[Tanks]

I currently keep:

 

  1. Camponotus modoc

   

  2. Pogonomyrmex rugosus

 

  3.Camponotus hyatti

 

  4. Camponotus yogi

[Virginian_ants]

Right now I keep.

1. Aphaenogaster Rudis

2. Camponautus Castaneus

3. Monomorium Minimum

4. Pheidole Tysoni

5. Tetramorium Caespitum

6. Tapinoma Sessile

[Ernteameise]

In my youth:

I attempted to keep Myrmica rubra (European Fire Ant) for a short while, but did know nothing about them and that they need a higher amount of moisture. I was not successful

Then I got a special permit for the wood ant Formica polyctena and hept them for nearly 3 years and took them to the state school science competition and they won me a telescope!

 

Now:

1. Messor barbarus (Harvester Ant) - 2 colonies (one of the colonies is established, the other one is a "rescue" founding colony)

2. Temnothorax nylanderi (Acorn ants)

3. Lasius niger (a small colony has established on my balcony and I took charge of them instead of killing them)

 

EDIT:

4. Since this week, I now also have a starter colony of Camponotus piceus

Edited by Ernteameise, June 24 2023 - 8:26 AM.

[rptraut]

Thanks to the help with identification from members of this forum, I now feel confident to list the ant colonies I currently keep:

 

Brachymyrmex depilis x 4

Camponotus pennsylvanicus x 5

Lasius americanus x 3

Lasius brevicornis x 2

Lasius neoniger x 1

Lasius niger x 1

Myrmica americana x 5

Tapinoma sessile x 5

Temnothorax longispinosus x 1

Temnothorax curvispinosus x 4

Tetramorium immigrans x 2, XL x 1

 

 

Some of the small colonies on shelves in my workshop.

RPT

[AntPerson76]

Ants I'm keeping (Since I came back from TN)

- Pheidole Dentata x2
- Nylanderia Flavipes x2
- Tetramorium immigrans
- Pheidole Tysoni

Ants I've kept

- Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
- Crematogaster Lineolata
- Lasius Americanus
- Pheidole Tysoni
- Temnothorax Curvispinosus
- Tetramorium Immigrans
- Camponotus Nearticus
- Formica Argentea
- Formica Difficulis

Edited by AntPerson76, July 11 2023 - 6:20 AM.

[LowQualityAnts]

[quote name="LowQualityAnts" post="221536" timestamp="1670974988"]Current:
Current:
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus nearcticus

Currently founding:
Prenolepis imparis
Formica sp.

Past:
Solenopsis invicta

Past failed founding:
Camponotus castaneus
Brachymrmex patigonicus

[Ottercl]

Currently Keeping:
- Camponotus Castaneus
- Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
- Camponotus Chromaiodes

Kept in the Past:
- Camponouts Novaeboracensis
- Tetramorium Immigrans
- Formica Pallidefulva

[DinoH]

Current:

Aphaenogaster sp. or anything else.
Temnothorax curvispinosus
Tetramorium sp.

Founding:

Prenolepis imparis
Camponotus chromaiodes
Tetramorium immigrants
Aphaenogaster
Formica subsericea
Formica pallidefulva
Myrmica sp.

picea


Formica sp. (sent back to the wild due to being a slave raider)

2 not identified queens. (One DEAD)

Edited by DinoH, August 1 2023 - 4:44 AM.

[DinoH]

Thanks to the help with identification from members of this forum, I now feel confident to list the ant colonies I currently keep:
 
Brachymyrmex depilis x 4
Camponotus pennsylvanicus x 5
Lasius americanus x 3
Lasius brevicornis x 2
Lasius neoniger x 1
Lasius niger x 1
Myrmica americana x 5
Tapinoma sessile x 5
Temnothorax longispinosus x 1
Temnothorax curvispinosus x 4
Tetramorium immigrans x 2, XL x 1
 
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Some of the small colonies on shelves in my workshop.
RPT

Wow, Why do you have so many of the same species?

[Virginian_ants]

I feel like I should do an update even though I posted here just a month ago, but a lot has changed.

Colonies

1. Aphaenogaster X6

2. Tapinoma Sessile

3. Tetramorium

4. Pheidole Tysoni

5. Vollenhovia Emeryi

6. Strumigenys (Caught today)

7. Monomorium Minimum

8. Camponotus Castaneus

In founding

1. Tetramorium X3

2. Camponotus Castaneus

3. Pheidole X2

4. Nylandaria

5. Duel queened Ponera Pennsylvanica

6. Hypoponera

7. Parasitic Lasius.

In the past

1. Lasius Brevicornis

2. Mymrica

3. Formica Fusca group

4. Formica Pallidefulva Group

5. Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

6. Lasius Niger Group

7. Lasius Interjectus

8. Formica Pacifica

9. Myrmecina

[DinoH]

I feel like I should do an update even though I posted here just a month ago, but a lot has changed.

Colonies

1. Aphaenogaster X6

2. Tapinoma Sessile

3. Tetramorium

4. Pheidole Tysoni

5. Vollenhovia Emeryi

6. Strumigenys (Caught today)

7. Monomorium Minimum

8. Camponotus Castaneus

In founding

1. Tetramorium X3

2. Camponotus Castaneus

3. Pheidole X2

4. Nylandaria

5. Duel queened Ponera Pennsylvanica

6. Hypoponera

7. Parasitic Lasius.

In the past

1. Lasius Brevicornis

2. Mymrica

3. Formica Fusca group

4. Formica Pallidefulva Group

5. Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

6. Lasius Niger Group

7. Lasius Interjectus

8. Formica Pacifica

9. Myrmecina

In the begining of the post it was said to just edit your last post saying the ants you keep. By the way that seems like a lot of change in a month you must have gotten lucky.

[Virginian_ants]

Okay. I didn't read the beginning because on mobile it's hard to go back through many pages. Thanks. Also in the last one I forgot to add founding queens.

Edited by Virginian_ants, July 10 2023 - 6:18 AM.

[AntsCali098]

My updated one

Keeping:
Aphaenogaster occidentalis
Bracymrymex patigonicus
Camponotus ca-02
Camponotus clarithorax
Camponotus essigi
Camponotus vicinus
Camponotus laevigatus
Forelius sp
Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Pogonomrymex californicus
Pogonomrymex rugosus
Solenopsis molesta
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Tetramorium immigrans

Kept:
Acromyrmex versicolor
Formica fusca group
Monomorium ergtognya
Myrmecocystus testaceus
Pheidole navigans
Pheidole sp

[ZATrippit]

x3 Iridomyrmex undescribed

x2 Ochetellus glaber

 

Hope to get Chelaner antarcticus in the future, I love watching them in my backyard.

As this is my first year in the game, I'm pretty much just waiting for later in the year for the 'better' species to fly. My aim is to keep every ant species in New Zealand; this may seem like a practically impossible task however there are only 37 known species in New Zealand (AntMaps is quite inaccurate).

Edited by ZATrippit, November 17 2023 - 5:51 PM.

[OiledOlives]

Current:

Aphaenogaster lamellidens
Aphaenogaster treatae
Aphaenogaster fulva

Aphaenogaster rudis

Aphaenogaster "carolinensis" (N19)
Aphaenogaster floridana

Aphaenogaster ashmeadi

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis
Brachymyrmex depilis

Solenopsis molesta

Lasius aphidicola

Lasius neoniger

Lasius americanus

Lasius pallitarsis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Camponotus castaneus

Camponotus chromaiodes

Pheidole morrisii

Pheidole bicarinata

Pheidole pilifera

Dorymyrmex bureni

Stigmatomma pallipes

Colobopsis obliqua

Colobopsis mississippiensis

Colobopsis impressa
Temnothorax curvispinosus

Temnothorax minutissimus

Temnothorax pergandei 

Formica pallidefulva

Formica subsericea

Formica incerta

Tetramorium immigrans

 

 

Past:
Aphaenogaster lamellidens

Aphaenogaster treatae
Aphaenogaster fulva

Aphaenogaster rudis

Aphaenogaster "carolinensis" (N19)
Aphaenogaster floridana

Aphaenogaster ashmeadi

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis

Solenopsis molesta

Lasius neoniger

Lasius americanus

Lasius pallitarsis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Camponotus castaneus

Camponotus chromaiodes

Pheidole morrisii

Pheidole bicarinata

Pheidole pilifera

Dorymyrmex bureni

Stigmatomma pallipes

Colobopsis obliqua

Colobopsis mississippiensis

Colobopsis impressa
Temnothorax curvispinosus

Temnothorax ambiguus

Temnothorax americanus

Temnothorax minutissimus

Tapinoma sessile

Temnothorax pergandei

Temnothorax longispinosus

Strumigenys rostrata

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

Nylanderia flavipes

Nylanderia vividula

Nylanderia faisonensis

Vollenhovia emeryi

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica subintegra

Formica aserva

Formica pallidefulva

Formica incerta

Formica subsericea

Monomorium minimum

Myrmica incompleta

Myrmica punctiventris

Lasius brevicornis

Lasius nearcticus

Prenolepis imparis

 

 

Species that I've found:

Aphaenogaster ashmeadi

Aphaenogaster carolinensis

Aphaenogaster floridana

Aphaenogaster fulva

Aphaenogaster lamellidens

Aphaenogaster mariae

Aphaenogaster N19

Aphaenogaster N22b

Aphaenogaster picea

Aphaenogaster rudis

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis

Aphaenogaster treatae

Brachymyrmex depilis
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Brachymyrmex obscurior

Camponotus americanus

Camponotus castaneus

Camponotus chromaiodes

Camponotus decipiens

Camponotus herculeanus
Camponotus modoc

Camponotus planatus

Camponotus floridanus

Camponotus nearcticus

Camponotus novaeboracensis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus snellingi

Camponotus subbarbatus

Camponotus laevissimus

Camponotus fedtschenkoi

Colobopsis impressa

Colobopsis mississippiensis

Colobopsis obliqua

Crematogaster ashmeadi

Crematogaster cerasi

Crematogaster lineolata

Crematogaster pilosa

Crematogaster vermiculata

Dolichoderus plagiatus

Dorymyrmex bureni

Forelius analis

Forelius pruinosus

Formica argentea

Formica aserva

Formica biophilica

Formica difficilis

Formica dolosa

Formica exsectoides

Formica incerta

Formica integra

Formica neogagates

Formica neorufibarbis

Formica pallidefulva

Formica subintegra

Formica subsericea
Formica pacifica

Formica obscuripes

Hypoponera opacior

Lasius americanus

Lasius aphidicola

Lasius brevicornis

Lasius claviger

Lasius interjectus

Lasius murphyi

Lasius nearcticus

Lasius neoniger

Lasius pallitarsis

Lasius speculiventris

Lasius niger

Lasius emarginatus

Monomorium minimum

Monomorium viridum

Myrmecina americana

Myrmica incompleta

Myrmica punctiventris
Myrmica rubra

Nylanderia faisonensis

Nylanderia vividula

Pheidole bicarinata

Pheidole dentata

Pheidole morrisii

Pheidole pilifera

Pheidole tysoni
Pheidole navigans

Pheidole dentigula

Ponera exotica

Ponera pennsylvanica

Prenolepis imparis

Proceratium silaceum

Pseudomyrmex pallidus

Pseudomyrmex ejectus
Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Solenopsis carolinensis

Solenopsis molesta

Stigmatomma pallipes

Strumigenys louisianae

Strumigenys ornata

Strumigenys rostrata

Tapinoma sessile

Temnothorax ambiguus

Temnothorax americanus

Temnothorax curvispinosus

Temnothorax longispinosus

Temnothorax minutissimus

Temnothorax pergandei

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Tetramorium immigrans

Vollenhovia emeryi

Nylanderia flavipes

Cyphomyrmex rimosus

Solenopsis invicta

Solenopsis invicta x richteri

Liometopum luctuosum

Leptothorax canadensis

Temnothorax sp.

Odontomachus haematodus

Monomorium pharaonis
Crematogaster sp.

Pheidole parva

Edited by OiledOlives, October 4 2023 - 10:09 AM.

[100lols]

Current species:

Brachymyrmex patagonicus x4
Camponotus ca02
Camponotus sansabeanus
Myrmecocystus mexicanus x4
Myrmecocystus cf. kennedyi group
Pheidole cf. yaqui
Pheidole cf. vistana
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus
Solenopsis xyloni x2
Solenopsis amblychila
Veromessor andrei

Past species:

Dorymyrmex bicolor
Myrmecocystus placodops
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus sp.
Pheidole xerophila
Solenopsis molesta

Edited by 100lols, October 22 2023 - 8:43 PM.