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Camponotus flew for me a few days ago, if you couldn't tell

Started By Yosigi , Jun 21 2019 7:18 AM

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#1 Offline Yosigi - Posted June 21 2019 - 7:18 AM

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Just the one Nearcticus, I was kinda hoping to find more. Seems it was mostly Novaeboracensis for me. The queens that have eggs were caught roughly two weeks ago, but overall I'm ecstatic to find so many queens my first season anting!

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My current colonies:

1x 4 queen Myrmica colony, roughly 30 workers

1x 3 queen Myrmica colony, roughly 20 workers

2x Tetramorium Immigrans colony, one with probably 500 workers and the second has around 200

1x Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis colony from THA, about 40 workers

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#2 Offline gaurangpanchal - Posted June 21 2019 - 7:32 AM

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Where was this?

#3 Offline Yosigi - Posted June 21 2019 - 10:40 AM

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Out in a rural area of Saranac NY.

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My current colonies:

1x 4 queen Myrmica colony, roughly 30 workers

1x 3 queen Myrmica colony, roughly 20 workers

2x Tetramorium Immigrans colony, one with probably 500 workers and the second has around 200

1x Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis colony from THA, about 40 workers

My 1^st firebrick formicarium: http://www.formicult...ck-formicarium/

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 21 2019 - 10:58 AM

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Holy moley!

"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 TennesseeAnts - Posted June 21 2019 - 6:18 PM

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In April I caught 65 Camponotus chromaiodes, nearcticus, subbarbatus, pennslyvanicus, americanus and caryae queens in one night.

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#6 Offline rediwill - Posted June 22 2019 - 4:44 PM

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What method did you use to catch the queens? Did you have a light out at night and attract them or was it dusk or early morning and they were flying around and you waited for them to mate then caught them? I have seen videos of guy walking thru the woods pulling bark off old trees looking for them but if they fly at night is it worth putting up a white sheet and light and seeing if they fly to you?

#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 22 2019 - 4:52 PM

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I just caught them from the air as they were flying. All but 5 were fertilized.

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#8 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted June 22 2019 - 6:10 PM

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All the little princesses flew into his pocket wanting to be his girl. He took the 65 home with him and hundreds are now in his home trying to get as close to their overlord as possible.