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Hi from the UK

Started By Pogonomatt , Aug 12 2024 5:53 AM

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#1 Offline Pogonomatt - Posted August 12 2024 - 5:53 AM

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Hi,

I’m Matt, based in the UK, but I grew up in Southern California. I’ve been interested in ants since I was a kid, but stated keeping them (and lots of other insects) more successfully after my BSc Biology. I’m @antchamber on Instagram.

I currently have:

Camponotus cruentatus (2022)

Camponotus fedtschenkoi (2022)

Camponotus fedtschenkoi Dark morph (2023)

Camponotus foreli (2022)

Camponotus maculatus (2022)

Camponotus micans (2022)

Messor barbarus Bicolour (2014)

Messor barbarus Red Head (2018)

Messor capitatus (2010)

Messor wasmanni (2014)

Pogonomyrmex badius (2024)

Pogonomyrmex barbatus (2024)

Pogonomyrmex californicus bicolor (2024)

Pogonomyrmex rugosus (2024)

Looking forward to learning about other people’s experiences keeping ants!

Matt

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Camponotus cruentatus (2022), fedtschenkoi (2022), fedtschenkoi Dark morph (2023), foreli (2022), maculatus (2022), micans (2022)

Lasius flavus

Messor barbarus Bicolour (2014), barbarus Red Head (2018), capitatus (2010), wasmanni (2014)

Pogonomyrmex badius (2024), barbatus (2024), californicus bicolor (2024), californicus concolor (2024), rugosus (2024)

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 12 2024 - 6:15 AM

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Welcome! That's quite the collection; I look forward to reading about them!

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#3 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 12 2024 - 8:11 AM

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Welcome to the forum! I would love learning about your ants.

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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

#4 Offline Pogonomatt - Posted August 12 2024 - 1:26 PM

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Thanks for the welcome! My founding colonies this year are all Pogonomyrmex (so far) which I guess a lot of people on the forum are familiar with. Maybe I’ll put together some retrospective journals of the Messor and Camponotus species.

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Camponotus cruentatus (2022), fedtschenkoi (2022), fedtschenkoi Dark morph (2023), foreli (2022), maculatus (2022), micans (2022)

Lasius flavus

Messor barbarus Bicolour (2014), barbarus Red Head (2018), capitatus (2010), wasmanni (2014)

Pogonomyrmex badius (2024), barbatus (2024), californicus bicolor (2024), californicus concolor (2024), rugosus (2024)

#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 12 2024 - 4:47 PM

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Welcome to FC!

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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.

#6 Offline Stubyvast - Posted August 12 2024 - 4:53 PM

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Thanks for the welcome! My founding colonies this year are all Pogonomyrmex (so far) which I guess a lot of people on the forum are familiar with. Maybe I’ll put together some retrospective journals of the Messor and Camponotus species.

yah I'd be curious to see how these colonies have progressed...especially since you've had a bunch of them for quite a while. Always interesting stories!