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Started By Kwitzats , May 9 2016 6:41 PM

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#1 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 9 2016 - 6:41 PM

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Looking for a ant related gift for an 11yo girl whom is into ant stuff. I was thinking something under 50 dollars. Maybe one of the those usb microscopes. Anyone have any ideas or have used a microscope to view and photograph ants? Any other suggestions?

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#2 Offline Subverted - Posted May 9 2016 - 8:10 PM

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I think the absolute best gift you could get a young person who is interested in insects would be a blacklight! You don't have to get anything too fancy...just a CFL blacklight bulb and a white sheet will draw in a pretty respectable amount of insects on a warm night.


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#3 Offline drtrmiller - Posted May 9 2016 - 9:07 PM

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Others might suggest a Panera gift card.  They can use the cup afterwards to make a Panera Cup Formicarium.  That, or a clear food storage container from Wal-Mart.


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#4 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 10 2016 - 3:40 AM

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Lol

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#5 Offline noebl1 - Posted May 10 2016 - 3:58 AM

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Not quite a microscope... but I may have indulged on a couple of these displays recently:

https://www.realbutt...orpions-spiders

 

Pretty humbling how much they dwarf the native camponotus queen...


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#6 Offline Loops117 - Posted May 10 2016 - 5:10 AM

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Others might suggest a Panera gift card.  They can use the cup afterwards to make a Panera Cup Formicarium.  That, or a clear food storage container from Wal-Mart.

Others have done this?


#7 Offline AntsTexas - Posted May 10 2016 - 6:06 AM

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get/find her a queen(s) , clear container so she can watch the queen (family dollar) , test tubes:

queen - free

container - $5 to $10

test tubes - $2 to $10 (found anywhere)

 

here is my setup:

 

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Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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#8 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 10 2016 - 11:01 AM

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I was thinking something like this

http://www.amazon.co...rd_i=2742273011
I have no experiencexperience with them and do not know if they work well.

IMHO of course.

#9 Offline Subverted - Posted May 10 2016 - 11:27 AM

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That would probably work...but it does require a computer to use it. If you get something like that make sure you grab them a hand lens or jewelers loupe for using outside/in the field!


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#10 Offline Kwitzats - Posted May 10 2016 - 12:37 PM

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A jeweler's loop is an excellent addition. I'm thinking a black light a cheap microscope and a jewelry loop. The formicariums I have covered.

IMHO of course.

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