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Started By Lantro , Mar 15 2023 12:28 AM

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#1 Offline Lantro - Posted March 15 2023 - 12:28 AM

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Hi, I´m new to the world of ant keeping. I spent most of the winter lurking here in the forum, sucking up information.
I just ordered my first colonie tetramorium caespitum, which should arrive in the next few days.

I already have a few other invert pets (manly isopods and beetles) and I am really exited to get this journey started.

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 15 2023 - 2:00 AM

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Welcome to the forum! Tetramorium are a fun species to start with. I’m just getting into isopods myself.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#3 Offline antsinvirgina - Posted March 15 2023 - 7:54 AM

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Welcome to the forum

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#4 Offline Katakros8 - Posted March 15 2023 - 10:09 AM

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Welcome! As an isopod, beetle, snail keeper I have to ask what isos and beetles do you keep?

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#5 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted March 15 2023 - 10:38 AM

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Welcome to this awesome hobby and forum!

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Interested buying in ants? Feel free to check out my shop!

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

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Atta sp (wish they were in CA), Crematogaster cerasi, Most Pheidole species

#6 Offline antsriondel - Posted March 15 2023 - 11:44 AM

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Welcome! I hope that you can find this forum informative, and our members helpful.

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#7 Offline Lantro - Posted March 15 2023 - 11:52 AM

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Thanks everyone for the welcome,

Welcome! As an isopod, beetle, snail keeper I have to ask what isos and beetles do you keep?

Isopods I currently keep:
Armadillidum granulatum
Cubaris panda king
Porcellio laevis Milkback

Armadillidum maculatum

Porcellio hoffmannsegi

Beetles:

Pachnoda marginata perigrina
Mecynorhina torquata ugandensis

#8 Offline Katakros8 - Posted March 15 2023 - 12:11 PM

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Thanks everyone for the welcome,

Welcome! As an isopod, beetle, snail keeper I have to ask what isos and beetles do you keep?
Isopods I currently keep:
Armadillidum granulatum
Cubaris panda king
Porcellio laevis Milkback
Armadillidum maculatum
Porcellio hoffmannsegi

Beetles:
Pachnoda marginata perigrina
Mecynorhina torquata ugandensis

Nice I keep Porcellio hoffmannsegi,laevis, and scaber. The only beetle I keep is Asbolus verrucosus, blue feigning death beetle.

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#9 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 15 2023 - 1:10 PM

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I keep Armadillidium klugii and Armadillidium maculatum.

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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#10 Offline antperson24 - Posted March 15 2023 - 2:19 PM

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Hi, I´m new to the world of ant keeping. I spent most of the winter lurking here in the forum, sucking up information.
I just ordered my first colonie tetramorium caespitum, which should arrive in the next few days.

I already have a few other invert pets (manly isopods and beetles) and I am really exited to get this journey started.

Hi there! If you have any questions about caring for T. caespitum, I should able to help. As I have a 500+ worker colony of Tetramorium immigrans in a terrarium (a very similar species to T. caespitum).