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#1 Online 1tsm3jack - Posted Yesterday, 12:20 PM

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Does anyone know of any Myrmecocystus species available to Virginia?


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#2 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Yesterday, 1:24 PM

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The closest you can find to myrmecocystus would be prenolepis imparis.


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I keep:

pogonomyrmex rugosus

myrmecocystus depilis

monomorium ergatogyna

And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea muscipula (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

 

Multiple ant colonies coming soon...


#3 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted Yesterday, 5:07 PM

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the farthest east you can find them is in texas from what i see.  they are basically a desert exclusive, though a few like Mediterranean climates and can be found in coastal california.

In your area i would focus more on camponotus- youve got a couple of nice ones there- subbarbatus and castaneus- both are great looking Camponotus.

  you also should have quite a nice diversity of formica and with formica you have polyergus, you have lasius and parasitic lasius too

 



#4 Online 1tsm3jack - Posted Yesterday, 5:45 PM

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the farthest east you can find them is in texas from what i see.  they are basically a desert exclusive, though a few like Mediterranean climates and can be found in coastal california.
In your area i would focus more on camponotus- youve got a couple of nice ones there- subbarbatus and castaneus- both are great looking Camponotus.
  you also should have quite a nice diversity of formica and with formica you have polyergus, you have lasius and parasitic lasius too


I have Castaneus and Subbarbatus, as well as a few Lasius species. I guess the next thing I would wanna look for is Pheidole or Crematogaster.
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