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Hello from Cali

Started By klawfran3 , Aug 14 2015 1:08 PM

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#1 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 14 2015 - 1:08 PM

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Not too sure how to start this off other than saying that my name is Nick and I have always thought ants were amazing but never had the opportunity to get a permanently kept queen until a few days ago. I am definitely a beginner but I have kept ants in the past as I tend to travel to Missouri every summer and I catch/keep queens there until I leave (about 6-8 weeks). I basically raised them until the nanitic workers hatched and then had to let them go.

I just purchased a pogonomyrmex californicus queen from a member here on the boards and will be picking her up soon. Super excited but very nervous because I am afraid to mess up. Expect some dumb questions until I get on my feet here.

 

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 14 2015 - 1:16 PM

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Welcome. A lot of your questions might already be answered in some of these places. Make sure to check them out.

 

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http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/


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#3 Offline William. T - Posted August 14 2015 - 1:35 PM

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Hey there from Maryland. Don't put a plug on any questions because we are happy to answer them. Anting is a very addicting hobby, in a good way. From Cali? Well, this from is called Caliculture.  :D


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#4 Offline LC3 - Posted August 14 2015 - 2:04 PM

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H'llo and Welcome to the forums. :)


#5 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 14 2015 - 2:11 PM

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Thank you Dspdrew for those handy links! I did know most of the basic care for the ants, but I am just a little confused on the care for this specific species (P. Californicus). I just need to know if I need to hibernate them or not during the winter (So Cal is the same temp all year round basically) and if I need to provide them additional heating (The room they will be in stays around 75- 80 as that is also optimal temperature for the plethora of tarantulas, scorpions, and roaches I breed in the same room). Other than that I have access to all other needed things for their proper care.


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#6 Offline Zeiss - Posted August 14 2015 - 2:27 PM

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#7 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 14 2015 - 3:04 PM

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Welcome! :D


#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 14 2015 - 4:03 PM

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Thank you Dspdrew for those handy links! I did know most of the basic care for the ants, but I am just a little confused on the care for this specific species (P. Californicus). I just need to know if I need to hibernate them or not during the winter (So Cal is the same temp all year round basically) and if I need to provide them additional heating (The room they will be in stays around 75- 80 as that is also optimal temperature for the plethora of tarantulas, scorpions, and roaches I breed in the same room). Other than that I have access to all other needed things for their proper care.

 

Ah, yes. Once we get more care sheets posted, all that information will be really easy to get.


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#9 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 14 2015 - 6:23 PM

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Alright that's cool. If anyone wants to chime in for those two little questions it will be really appreciated. Thanks everyone! It'll help with a caresheet most likely as I can not find a definite answer to those two questions.


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#10 Offline Subverted - Posted August 14 2015 - 8:26 PM

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Welcome!

 

For your questions, I don't think that P. californicus need to be hibernated and 75-80F is a fine temperature for them. You could probably give them a bit of extra heat if you wanted to.


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#11 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 14 2015 - 9:18 PM

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Thanks Subverted!


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#12 Offline BugFinder - Posted August 14 2015 - 9:50 PM

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Welcome from San Jose, CA.


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#13 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 14 2015 - 11:26 PM

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Thank you Dspdrew for those handy links! I did know most of the basic care for the ants, but I am just a little confused on the care for this specific species (P. Californicus). I just need to know if I need to hibernate them or not during the winter (So Cal is the same temp all year round basically) and if I need to provide them additional heating (The room they will be in stays around 75- 80 as that is also optimal temperature for the plethora of tarantulas, scorpions, and roaches I breed in the same room). Other than that I have access to all other needed things for their proper care.

 

Ah, yes. Once we get more care sheets posted, all that information will be really easy to get.

 

I could do one on californicus if you want. I just want to experiment around with my colonies' preferences a bit.


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#14 Offline William. T - Posted August 15 2015 - 4:45 AM

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Hey, you keep T's? Nice red rump you got there. I 


Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 

#15 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 15 2015 - 5:24 AM

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Hey, you keep T's? Nice red rump you got there. I 

Ahah actually the one on my prof. pic is a chromatopelma cyaneopubescens. I don't have a red rump actually. I like to focus on OW ones more; they're way more spunk and fun!


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#16 Offline William. T - Posted August 15 2015 - 6:05 AM

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Hey, you keep T's? Nice red rump you got there. I 

Ahah actually the one on my prof. pic is a chromatopelma cyaneopubescens. I don't have a red rump actually. I like to focus on OW ones more; they're way more spunk and fun!

 

Arhhh.....I am really messing up these days. Thought the abdomen would be a bit bluer for a red rump. Old World T's bite really hard...... I prefer to get hairs on my arm once a while than get bitten by my baboon. Avics have a personality of their own, no?


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1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 

#17 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted August 15 2015 - 12:27 PM

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#18 Offline klawfran3 - Posted August 15 2015 - 3:15 PM

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Hey, you keep T's? Nice red rump you got there. I

Ahah actually the one on my prof. pic is a chromatopelma cyaneopubescens. I don't have a red rump actually. I like to focus on OW ones more; they're way more spunk and fun!
Arhhh.....I am really messing up these days. Thought the abdomen would be a bit bluer for a red rump. Old World T's bite really hard...... I prefer to get hairs on my arm once a while than get bitten by my baboon. Avics have a personality of their own, no?

They really do haha. I actually have a female avic avic sitting on a sac right now.

And as long as you're careful you won't get bit by an OW. Closest I ever got though was with a MM C. Marshalli. That wouldn't have been fun.

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#19 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted August 16 2015 - 11:59 PM

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Welcome, from the other side of the big lake ;)


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