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bmb1bee's Cali Ant Shop - Fresh Queens! (Updated 3/25/25)

Started By bmb1bee , Apr 21 2022 11:55 AM
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#141 Offline bmb1bee - Posted November 12 2024 - 10:40 PM

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Subterranean termite pairs available! They make for great feeders and are also interesting to keep as colonies if you don't want to feed them to your ants. Their development is initially rather slow, but will pick up the pace after winter. They are listed for cheap and I have plenty of them in stock at the moment.

 

I believe these can be shipped across state lines, as Reticulitermes hesperus as well as Reticulitermes flavipes have been deregulated throughout the United States. However, please correct me if I am wrong! 

 

Main post here: https://www.formicul...updated-111224/


Edited by bmb1bee, November 12 2024 - 10:48 PM.

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#142 Offline bmb1bee - Posted November 20 2024 - 10:37 PM

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Myrmecocystus navajo colony with nearly a hundred workers added! They will come with a Mini Hearth, unless you don't want one and would like to work something out with me regarding that.

 

Wow, sold out relatively quickly.

 

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https://www.formicul...12024/?p=210051


Edited by bmb1bee, November 20 2024 - 10:43 PM.

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#143 Offline bmb1bee - Posted November 20 2024 - 10:52 PM

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Novomessor cockerelli also added, in place of the Myrmecocystus navajo.

 

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https://www.formicul...12024/?p=210051


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#144 Offline ant1234 - Posted March 10 2025 - 4:44 PM

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do you sell Yellow Meadow ants


#145 Offline bmb1bee - Posted March 10 2025 - 5:36 PM

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do you sell Yellow Meadow ants

Unfortunately not. If you're referring to Lasius flavus, they don't occur anywhere in the US, much less my state of California. We do have similar species in the state, but I doubt I'll any up for sale anytime soon. In the Bay they live in rather difficult places to access.


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#146 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted March 10 2025 - 6:37 PM

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do you sell Yellow Meadow ants

You know that there is plenty of lasius species in North America, Care wise, the only big difference between the L. flavus group and the L. niger group is the fact that one one them lives under the ground and the other lives above the ground, so at one point choosing lasius is like choosing the colour of your backpack, so don’t be super fixated on getting that one species. If you read some multi species journals on this forum you’ll notice that people settle for ants that are closely related to the species that they are looking for.

 

Just saying, if you choose a parasitic species of lasius, that is a whole different topic.

 

Also if I am not mistaken, the lasius sp you are looking for don’t fly until mid June, so I don’t expect you to find any in shops right now…


Edited by OwlThatLikesAnts, March 10 2025 - 6:41 PM.

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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 20+ workers + a decently sized brood pile (35-40)

1x Crematogaster cerasi 3 workers with brood (been going all winter)

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

#147 Online jeffpbalderston - Posted March 11 2025 - 11:05 AM

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Lasius brevicornis fly around September and in my area high elevations only around the Tahoe basin area and north of that in California.
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#148 Offline Matthew424 - Posted March 12 2025 - 6:02 PM

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Any myrmecocystus for sale I’m in Los Angeles

#149 Offline bmb1bee - Posted March 12 2025 - 8:13 PM

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Any myrmecocystus for sale I’m in Los Angeles

No, not currently.


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#150 Offline bmb1bee - Posted Yesterday, 6:49 AM

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Camponotus hyatti queens added! See link below for pricing:

 

https://www.formicul...32525/?p=210051


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