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Hello from the Florida Keys

Started By StrawHat , Jul 14 2015 12:22 PM

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#1 Offline StrawHat - Posted July 14 2015 - 12:22 PM

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Hello, just getting into the anting world, learning a lot fast and enjoying every minute of it! I saw this community and had to sign up, I hope to learn a lot and share experiences and ideas with the community. Thank you for this Forum for I was able to learn a lot on here before actually joining which I think is awesome. I look forward to meeting everyone and sharing in the fun of the hobby together. :D

 


#2 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 14 2015 - 12:24 PM

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#3 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted July 14 2015 - 12:59 PM

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Welcome! Florida has some pretty interesting ants!


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#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 14 2015 - 1:32 PM

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Welcome. :)


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#5 Offline StrawHat - Posted July 14 2015 - 5:04 PM

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Thanks all and yes Jonathan Florida some very interesting ants, I just recently found a Odontomachus sp. queen and am raising her atm. Very interesting experience thus far :yahoo:  


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#6 Offline LC3 - Posted July 14 2015 - 5:43 PM

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Welcome to the forum. :)

Odontomachus are really amazing ants!


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#7 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 14 2015 - 7:05 PM

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I like your picture! :)


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#8 Offline StrawHat - Posted July 15 2015 - 6:37 AM

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Thank you LC3 and yes they really are! I believe it is a Odontomachus relictus to be exact. :D 

Thanks Gaige, I like yours too, you know what sp. that is? 


#9 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 15 2015 - 9:40 AM

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It is a picture photographed by Alex Wild, the species is Dinoponera australis.


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#10 Offline LC3 - Posted July 15 2015 - 9:40 AM

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nvm


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#11 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 15 2015 - 9:41 AM

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Haha, we posted a comment at the same time! :D


#12 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted July 16 2015 - 12:03 AM

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Hello and welcome

 

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what kind of centipede is this?


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#13 Offline Crystals - Posted July 16 2015 - 6:42 AM

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#14 Offline StrawHat - Posted July 16 2015 - 7:06 AM

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Hello and thank you, happy to be here, and no I hadn't seen that link yet Crystals. Thank you for that, i'm sure it will definitely come in handy.


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