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Wanted Lasius parasite

Started By frostymayfly , Mar 13 2022 2:36 PM

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#1 Offline frostymayfly - Posted March 13 2022 - 2:36 PM

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Does anyone have injectus,claviger or similar queens for sale? Also looking for a nice acorn ant colony.

#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 13 2022 - 3:09 PM

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Good luck getting any species of lasius parasite in california…

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#3 Offline frostymayfly - Posted March 13 2022 - 4:33 PM

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Thank you for the very informative and helpful post! This site has been a plethora of kind informative people.

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted March 13 2022 - 5:05 PM

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I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic, but in all honesty lasius parasites are quite rare in california. Interjectus and claviger specifically are completely absent in the state, so you would need permits in order to get those.

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#5 Offline NickAnter - Posted March 13 2022 - 8:20 PM

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It's not very difficult to find parasitic Lasius if you know where to look. Go on Inaturalist.org, and look at observations of Acanthomyops and Chthonolasius.

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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).