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The ant keeping community in one word

Started By KadinB , Sep 12 2023 4:44 PM

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#1 Offline KadinB - Posted September 12 2023 - 4:44 PM

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Describe the ant community with just one word.


#2 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted September 12 2023 - 4:45 PM

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#3 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted September 12 2023 - 4:48 PM

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yes


誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

cocdeshijie’s Formicarium Guides: https://cocdeshijie....cfe2df393b517f7

Ants API: https://ants-api.qwq.xyz/

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 12 2023 - 5:19 PM

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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.

#5 Offline Locness - Posted September 12 2023 - 5:24 PM

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#6 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 12 2023 - 5:46 PM

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Crazy


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"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee, his eyes can't hit what the eyes can't see."
- Muhammad Ali

Check out my shop and parasitic Lasius journal! Discord user is bmb1bee if you'd like to chat.

Also check out my YouTube channel: @bmb1bee

#7 Offline FinWins - Posted September 12 2023 - 5:49 PM

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weird or nuts or crazy


I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#8 Online Ernteameise - Posted September 12 2023 - 11:10 PM

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Welcoming.


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#9 Offline Virginian_ants - Posted September 13 2023 - 4:12 AM

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#10 Offline antsriondel - Posted September 13 2023 - 6:42 AM

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Interesting.


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#11 Offline AntsTopia - Posted September 13 2023 - 11:53 AM

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Keeper of:
Camponotus castaneus | 20-25 workers
Tetramorium Immigrans | 1,000+ workers (yes I gave them a brood boost don’t be salty!)
Aphaenogaster Rudis | 16 workers
Pheidole bicarinata | 50-60 workers

Ants are just better.

#12 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 13 2023 - 1:46 PM

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(Forgive me, I’m autistic myself and couldn’t resist since there seems to be a lot of us in the hobby, probably due to how we hyperfixate on things we enjoy)
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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#13 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted September 13 2023 - 2:22 PM

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Instant Death (two words and depending on the species you keep)

 

 

 

But a more positive word would be exciting (lets hope no new antkeepers read the above. if you are new that was completly a joke and please do not just yeet your ants in the trash after that).

 

Edit: I put instant death because a colony of teramorium escaped through a crack in the outworld. If my mom saw that, I would probably have to say goodby to antkeeping life


Edited by azzaaazzzz00, September 13 2023 - 2:27 PM.

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Been keeping ants since January of 2021

Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#14 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted September 13 2023 - 5:16 PM

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Fascinating!

🖖🏾


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#15 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted September 13 2023 - 5:40 PM

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

Feel free to read my journals, like this one.

 

Wishlist:

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

 

 

#16 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted September 13 2023 - 7:09 PM

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#17 Online Ernteameise - Posted September 13 2023 - 11:13 PM

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Autistic

(Forgive me, I’m autistic myself and couldn’t resist since there seems to be a lot of us in the hobby, probably due to how we hyperfixate on things we enjoy)

Not autistic, but similar issue with the hyperfixation-

ADHD here.


#18 Offline Daniel - Posted September 13 2023 - 11:56 PM

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Autistic

(Forgive me, I’m autistic myself and couldn’t resist since there seems to be a lot of us in the hobby, probably due to how we hyperfixate on things we enjoy)


My first thought too.

#19 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted September 14 2023 - 1:34 AM

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Autistic

(Forgive me, I’m autistic myself and couldn’t resist since there seems to be a lot of us in the hobby, probably due to how we hyperfixate on things we enjoy)

Not autistic, but similar issue with the hyperfixation-

ADHD here.

 

ADHD is under the spectrum iirc, haha. I have hyperfixations too, but I've never been diagnosed with autism related disorders.

I would describe the ant-keeping community using the word odd. Not saying it's bad, but most normal people would find keeping ants in captivity as an odd and somewhat concerning behavior haha. 


Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): ★ Camponotus irritans inferior, ★ Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, ★ Nylanderia sp., ★ Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), ★ Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#20 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 14 2023 - 4:26 AM

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ADHD and autism are different disorders but quite similar in symptoms. Most autistics have both.

Edited by Manitobant, September 14 2023 - 4:26 AM.

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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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