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[azzaaazzzz00]

My favorite species would be Carebara diversa, sadly their not native here but that can't stop them from being my favorite.

[Leptomyrmx]

My favorite species would be Carebara diversa, sadly their not native here but that can't stop them from being my favorite.

 

Closest thing we have to diversa in Aus is Carebara affinis, but they're only really found in Far North Queensland... where I'm going on holiday this spring 

 

But my favourite species... that's very tricky... maybe Melophorus bagoti? It's sort of my number 1 goal in life to keep them honestly...

They're thermophilic, have massive repletes, the way they run is just so comical, and they'd be so cool to have in a massive outworld, since they forage so far from the nest and always make their way home via the fastest possible route. If I can ever afford it I'd like a glass-bottom hallway with a M. bagoti outworld underneath.

[ANTS_KL]

Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri or Aquilomyrmex huangi. I know these are extinct but they are ants.

[Mettcollsuss]

Agreed, I generally pick the Haidomyrmecines as my "favorite ants". I also like Temnothorax misomoschus, just for the name.

[SYUTEO]

I would like to keep Harpegnathos venator or Mystrium camillae sometime in my life.

[Manitobant]

Polyergus are my favourite, although other slave makers are awesome as well.

Edited by Manitobant, April 19 2022 - 10:02 AM.

[madbiologist]

Camponotus americanus is my personal favorite!

 

[Chickalo]

Pseudolasius, do not make fun of my choice in ants.

 

Lasius with supermajors?  Yes please!

[ANTdrew]

Crematogaster are simply the best.

[azzaaazzzz00]

I think the the 3rd species of ant I have ever kept was Crematogaster cerasi, but I let them go eventually because there is no way I'm allowing a colony of Crematogasters get a hold of my sanity.

[ZTYguy]

I’m a simple person but I’d have to say that my favorite ant that I keep is of course my Acromyrmex but honestly my favorite ant in the world would have to go to literally any Atta. Acromyrmex are great and all but are kinda boring. It will be exciting in a few years once my colony has thousands of workers.

[Kaelwizard]

Harpegnathos, Crematogaster, Opisthopsis, and Temnothorax probably.

[ANTS_KL]

Pseudolasius, do not make fun of my choice in ants.

 

Lasius with supermajors?  Yes please!

They are stupidly hard to found. Although I may try to get a colony started again later this year.

[Leptomyrmx]

Harpegnathos, Crematogaster, Opisthopsis, and Temnothorax probably.

 

If you ever move to Oceania especially to keep Opisthopsis for some reason I just want to warn you that their egg to worker time is incredibly irrational.

Other than that they are pretty cool.

[Temperateants]

Unpopular opinion, but if you cast aside looks/rarity (in that case my favorite is crematogaster), my favorite genos is probably tetramorium. They eat everything, survive easily, and are super common to catch. I hear Tetramorium Tsushimae is even cooler than our New England variety, due to their redness and ability to have multiple queens.

[ANTS_KL]

Unpopular opinion, but if you cast aside looks/rarity (in that case my favorite is crematogaster), my favorite genos is probably tetramorium. They eat everything, survive easily, and are super common to catch. I hear Tetramorium Tsushimae is even cooler than our New England variety, due to their redness and ability to have multiple queens.

The semi-claustral ones like T. bicarinatum and T. lanuginosum are also pretty neat.

[Kaelwizard]

Unpopular opinion, but if you cast aside looks/rarity (in that case my favorite is crematogaster), my favorite genos is probably tetramorium. They eat everything, survive easily, and are super common to catch. I hear Tetramorium Tsushimae is even cooler than our New England variety, due to their redness and ability to have multiple queens.

I agree entirely. Similarly, as much as I hate Linepithema humile, I admire their success as a species.

[United-Ants]

my favorite ants are  atta texana neoponera villosa Pheidole dentata Pheidole pilifera Pheidole rhea  Linepithema humile, 

[Chickalo]

Unpopular opinion, but if you cast aside looks/rarity (in that case my favorite is crematogaster), my favorite genos is probably tetramorium. They eat everything, survive easily, and are super common to catch. I hear Tetramorium Tsushimae is even cooler than our New England variety, due to their redness and ability to have multiple queens.

Tsushimae is in New England?

[Mettcollsuss]

The semi-claustral ones like T. bicarinatum and T. lanuginosum are also pretty neat.

Yeah, I can definitely say that T. bicarinatum have been among my favorite ants I've kept. Grow very fast, good food reaction, polygynous and inbreeding, and easy to get to move.