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Hello from Texas!

Started By Mirandarachnid , Dec 17 2023 9:07 PM

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#1 Offline Mirandarachnid - Posted December 17 2023 - 9:07 PM

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Hi all!

I actually joined this forum in 2019, but I don’t think I ever introduced myself. I caught a couple queens, one was unsuccessful, the other actually got a few workers but then I got married and life got crazy and I honestly can’t remember what happened with them.

I have experience keeping a small variety of invertebrates, mostly tarantulas. Ants seem way more interesting than tarantulas.

Right around thanksgiving, my two year old found a queen ant in the kitchen and I remembered how badly I wanted to keep ants. I have that queen in diapause, but I will be receiving a young Pogonomyrmex occidentalis colony this week because I’m so ready to start getting back into my hobbies again.
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Never trust an isopod.

#2 Offline rptraut - Posted December 17 2023 - 9:53 PM

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Hello Mirandarachnid
Welcome back and good luck with your colonies!
RPT
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My father always said I had ants in my pants.

#3 Offline Mirandarachnid - Posted December 18 2023 - 6:32 AM

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Hello Mirandarachnid
Welcome back and good luck with your colonies!
RPT


Thank you!
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Never trust an isopod.

#4 Offline ZATrippit - Posted December 18 2023 - 6:26 PM

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Welcome back to the forum :)

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#5 Offline 100lols - Posted December 18 2023 - 10:18 PM

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Can't wait! Sounds exciting :) welcome back!
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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 19 2023 - 7:11 AM

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Welcome back to the fascinating world of ants!
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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.

#7 Offline JesseTheAntKid - Posted December 22 2023 - 8:31 AM

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Greetings also from Texas. Sometimes I forget about my ants too, lol. I recently found my xyloni? queen and panicked. Anyway, I hope you are successful in all your future endeavors!
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Currently keeping: Pheidole obscurithorax (FINALLY I CAN STUDY THEM AND HAVE THEIR COOL MAJORS  B)), Tetramorium bicarinatum, Solenopsis spp. (probably xyloni, the queens are tiny hehe)

Wanting: Atta texana, Camponotus planatus (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HOOK ME UP WITH ATTA)

Previously kept: Monomorium minimum, Pheidole dentata

 

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