Jump to content

  • Gallery
  • Members
  • Member Map
  • Chat
  •  
  •  

Welcome to Formiculture.com!

This is a website for anyone interested in Myrmecology and all aspects of finding, keeping, and studying ants. The site and forum are free to use. Register now to gain access to all of our features. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation points to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. If you already have an account, login here - otherwise create an account for free today!

Photo

Hello from the city of Hayward, California, United States of America, Planet Earth

Started By bmb1bee , Jan 27 2022 7:15 PM

  • Please log in to reply
11 replies to this topic

#1 Offline bmb1bee - Posted January 27 2022 - 7:15 PM

bmb1bee

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 978 posts
  • LocationHayward, CA

All right, I totally forgot to create one of these despite being a member for a couple weeks now. You guys can call me 'bm' for short, like most of my buddies on Roblox do.

I like ants (SURPRISE!!!), but the most common species here happens to be Linepithema humile, plus a few others scattered here and there. Suffering in high school is my number one hobby, and whenever I don't do that I usually enjoy procrastinating. That includes researching ant species, reading, playing various video games (haven't played Genshin since Thanksgiving, so I'm definitely not a weeb or anything), watching sci-fi anime, and being a total nerd.

Didn't really get into antkeeping until last summer in 2021, but I have been a fan of AntsCanada since elementary. I haven't caught any good queens during nuptials flights with the exception of a Tetramorium immigrans queen that was soon slaughtered by the local L. humile. I've seen a couple Hypoponera opacior queens, but wasn't very interested in ants at the time, so I made the horrible choice of letting them go. Now I kinda want them back. I also caught a Brachymyrmex patagonicus queen in Los Angeles once, but it escaped into the hotel room because I didn't bring any test tubes. Since then I've tried raising L. humile with little success.

Thank you for taking the time to read my tragic life story  :lol:


  • Antkeeper01, antsandmore, AntBoi3030 and 4 others like this

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, his eyes can't hit what the eyes can't see."
- Muhammad Ali

Check out my shop and parasitic Lasius journal! Discord user is bmb1bee if you'd like to chat.

Also check out my YouTube channel: @bmb1bee

#2 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted January 27 2022 - 7:56 PM

cocdeshijie

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 545 posts
  • LocationCalifornia/Ohio

Welcome


  • Antkeeper01 likes this

誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

cocdeshijie’s Formicarium Guides: https://cocdeshijie....cfe2df393b517f7

Ants API: https://ants-api.qwq.xyz/

#3 Offline Zeiss - Posted January 27 2022 - 9:43 PM

Zeiss

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 1,230 posts
  • LocationFountain Valley

Welcome to the forum!


  • Antkeeper01 likes this

#4 Offline PaigeX - Posted January 28 2022 - 3:27 AM

PaigeX

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 333 posts
  • LocationGympie, QLD, Australia

Welcome!


  • Antkeeper01 likes this

Favourite Genus: Polyrhachis 

 
Journal: Main

Instagram: australian_polyrhachis

 

May God Bless you.

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 29 2022 - 9:09 PM

Kaelwizard

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 2,852 posts
  • LocationPoway, California
Welcome!
  • Antkeeper01 likes this

#6 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 1 2022 - 7:50 AM

antsriondel

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 928 posts
  • LocationRiondel British Columbia Canada.

welcome!!!!!


  • Antkeeper01 likes this

#7 Offline bmb1bee - Posted February 2 2022 - 3:40 PM

bmb1bee

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 978 posts
  • LocationHayward, CA

I might try to start some journals, but maybe after I catch a couple more species and get a better cam to take better photos with  :lol:


  • Antkeeper01, antsriondel and ColAnt735 like this

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, his eyes can't hit what the eyes can't see."
- Muhammad Ali

Check out my shop and parasitic Lasius journal! Discord user is bmb1bee if you'd like to chat.

Also check out my YouTube channel: @bmb1bee

#8 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 4 2022 - 6:30 PM

antsriondel

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 928 posts
  • LocationRiondel British Columbia Canada.

I might try to start some journals, but maybe after I catch a couple more species and get a better cam to take better photos with  :lol:

same. I want some more SPECIES.


#9 Offline bmb1bee - Posted February 4 2022 - 8:44 PM

bmb1bee

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 978 posts
  • LocationHayward, CA

 

I might try to start some journals, but maybe after I catch a couple more species and get a better cam to take better photos with  :lol:

same. I want some more SPECIES.

 

My current targets are Prenolepis imparis queens and Camponotus founding nests, hopefully I can catch some this February...


  • antsriondel and ColAnt735 like this

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, his eyes can't hit what the eyes can't see."
- Muhammad Ali

Check out my shop and parasitic Lasius journal! Discord user is bmb1bee if you'd like to chat.

Also check out my YouTube channel: @bmb1bee

#10 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 5 2022 - 6:21 PM

antsriondel

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 928 posts
  • LocationRiondel British Columbia Canada.

 

 

I might try to start some journals, but maybe after I catch a couple more species and get a better cam to take better photos with  :lol:

same. I want some more SPECIES.

 

My current targets are Prenolepis imparis queens and Camponotus founding nests, hopefully I can catch some this February...

 

you are lucky. I have three feet of snow still on the ground at my house with no signs of spring at all.


Edited by antsriondel, February 5 2022 - 6:21 PM.

#11 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 6 2022 - 9:59 AM

ANTdrew

    Advanced Member

  • Moderators
  • PipPipPip
  • 9,948 posts
  • LocationAlexandria, VA
Look on the bright side: with that kind of cold, you won’t have RIFA or Argentines.
  • PaigeX likes this
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#12 Offline bmb1bee - Posted February 6 2022 - 11:03 AM

bmb1bee

    Advanced Member

  • Members
  • PipPipPip
  • 978 posts
  • LocationHayward, CA

Look on the bright side: with that kind of cold, you won’t have RIFA or Argentines.

Yeah, you have a better opportunity to catch native species than around here, where it's 90% Argentine ants...


  • antsriondel and ColAnt735 like this

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, his eyes can't hit what the eyes can't see."
- Muhammad Ali

Check out my shop and parasitic Lasius journal! Discord user is bmb1bee if you'd like to chat.

Also check out my YouTube channel: @bmb1bee

Back to Member Introductions · Next Unread Topic →


1 user(s) are reading this topic

0 members, 1 guests, 0 anonymous users