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Hi, I'm new to ant keeping but so far I love it

Started By jo16 , Feb 13 2025 7:03 PM

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#1 Offline jo16 - Posted February 13 2025 - 7:03 PM

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I have a tetramorium immigran colony and I'm super exited to watch them grow! 

any way jest saying hello.  


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#2 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted February 13 2025 - 7:19 PM

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Welcome the FC, Tetramorium is a cool species to keep, they grow fast and swarm their food, how big are they right now? Anyways, I hope that you will find Formiculture a fun and helpful Forum!


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 20+ workers + wait, SMALL BROOD PILE? IN FEBRUARY?!? :thinking:

1x Crematogaster cerasi 2 workers with brood (still growing)

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

#3 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted February 14 2025 - 6:01 AM

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I have a tetramorium immigran colony and I'm super exited to watch them grow! 

any way jest saying hello.  

Welcome! RushmoreAnts has an exceptional journal I would recommend reading for both laughs and to better care for your colony; You can find it here: Adak's Tetra Trek: The Next Generation (Updated 1/1/'25)


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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 its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

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#4 Offline jo16 - Posted February 14 2025 - 5:21 PM

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They are really small smaller then I expected, I will try to get some exact measurements thou.

thanks


#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted February 14 2025 - 5:25 PM

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They are really small smaller then I expected, I will try to get some exact measurements thou.
thanks

We are all familiar with the size of Tetramorium.
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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 Ants_Dakota - Posted February 14 2025 - 7:09 PM

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They are really small smaller then I expected, I will try to get some exact measurements thou.
thanks

We are all familiar with the size of Tetramorium.

 

Unfortunately


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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 its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

My Lasius sp. Journal

My Micro Ants Journal

#7 Offline jo16 - Posted February 15 2025 - 2:09 PM

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today I noticed a few ants were bigger then the other ants! which makes cense because the next generation should be bigger right?    


#8 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted February 15 2025 - 2:20 PM

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today I noticed a few ants were bigger then the other ants! which makes cense because the next generation should be bigger right?    

Yes. The mature workers which come when the colony has several hundred workers are more than double the length of the nanitics.


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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

#9 Offline jo16 - Posted February 16 2025 - 11:17 AM

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I only have like fifty but but the new ants are significantly bigger?

and I don't think that my queen is mature yet.


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