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Hello from California

Started By Antfollower , Oct 11 2016 5:56 PM

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#1 Offline Antfollower - Posted October 11 2016 - 5:56 PM

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Hello, I'm from Southern California.  Ill be starting ant journals soon for those interested.  Got quite the collection of Tarheel and Ants Canada products to play with, this is about 3/4 of it.  I'm lucky enough to be close to Nurbs and dspdrew, and have acquired some of their colonies. Been running temperature controller tests, heater tests, various food tests ect.  Hope to contribute what/when I can.

 

 

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#2 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted October 12 2016 - 4:53 AM

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#3 Offline Goldsystem - Posted October 17 2016 - 11:37 AM

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Wow that's a impressive set up! :) what ants are you keeping in it(if any)

#4 Offline Antfollower - Posted October 26 2016 - 7:17 PM

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Pogonomyrmex californicus 

(2 colonies) camponotus vicinus 

 myrmecocystus navajo

camponotus modoc 

 pogonomyrmex rugosus 

 solenopsis xyloni 

 

Thanks

Looking for more!


#5 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted October 26 2016 - 7:21 PM

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Welcome to the forums, and what an amazing colonies you have there. So many colonies, I envy you. Hopefully, you find this website helpful.


#6 Offline Leo - Posted October 26 2016 - 11:45 PM

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wow so many formicariums...


#7 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted October 27 2016 - 9:41 PM

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What part of socal do you live in?


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#8 Offline fortysixandtwo - Posted October 27 2016 - 11:38 PM

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Very nice set up. Welcome from the other half of California


#9 Offline Iddizy - Posted October 29 2016 - 5:08 PM

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Which one is the P. Californicus formicarium?

#10 Offline Solenoqueen - Posted October 29 2016 - 8:06 PM

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Welcome to Formiculture, man!


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#11 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 29 2016 - 10:33 PM

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I like the cabinet.


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#12 Offline Antfollower - Posted November 22 2016 - 9:56 PM

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MrPurpleB, on 27 Oct 2016 - 03:21 AM, said:

Welcome to the forums, and what an amazing colonies you have there. So many colonies, I envy you. Hopefully, you find this website helpful.

Thank you! This forum has been a tremendous source of information for me.  Id love to have more colonies!  

 

Leo, on 27 Oct 2016 - 07:45 AM, said:

wow so many formicariums...

A lot of these formicaria required extensive lead times.  Having no control over when they would arrive, and wanting to be able to bring on a lot of colonies.  I felt it was the best decision since ant keeping is a long term deal.  For me I have no plans on stopping for years to come.  I was also really hoping to catch a bunch off of a flight this year, but only managed to get one that landed on my truck  :facepalm: there's always next year.

 

 

fortysixandtwo, on 28 Oct 2016 - 07:38 AM, said:

Very nice set up. Welcome from the other half of California

Thank you!

 

Iddizy, on 30 Oct 2016 - 01:08 AM, said:

Which one is the P. Californicus formicarium?

 Pogonomyrmex rugosus 

myrmecocystus navajo
Pogonomyrmex californicus 
 
are not in this picture.  I keep them all in a warmer temp aquarium.

 

Solenoqueen, on 30 Oct 2016 - 04:06 AM, said:

Welcome to Formiculture, man!

Thank you!


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#13 Offline Antfollower - Posted November 22 2016 - 9:58 PM

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dspdrew, on 30 Oct 2016 - 06:33 AM, said:

I like the cabinet.

Thanks! I dedicated a closet to the ant cause, and the rest of that room.  Thanks for everything Drew


#14 Offline T.C. - Posted November 22 2016 - 10:06 PM

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Hi, in the picture, on that second shelf, the two formicariums on the left, where did you get those?


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#15 Offline Saftron - Posted November 23 2016 - 8:40 AM

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@T.C. I believe it's AntCanada's Omni Nest Small (Non-vertical)


#16 Offline Antfollower - Posted November 23 2016 - 2:35 PM

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T.C., on 23 Nov 2016 - 06:06 AM, said:

Hi, in the picture, on that second shelf, the two formicariums on the left, where did you get those?

AntKeeperxxx is correct! A/C omni nest small.


#17 Offline Kevin - Posted November 23 2016 - 3:24 PM

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That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.


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#18 Offline Mdrogun - Posted November 23 2016 - 10:17 PM

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Kevin, on 23 Nov 2016 - 11:24 PM, said:

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

I would speculate he might have spent a thousand dollars or more on all of that stuff.


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

#19 Offline T.C. - Posted November 23 2016 - 10:32 PM

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Cool, thanks Antfollower and Antkeeperxxx.


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#20 Offline Antfollower - Posted November 24 2016 - 10:09 PM

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Kevin, on 23 Nov 2016 - 11:24 PM, said:

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

 

Mdrogun, on 24 Nov 2016 - 06:17 AM, said:

 

Kevin, on 23 Nov 2016 - 11:24 PM, said:

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

I would speculate he might have spent a thousand dollars or more on all of that stuff.

 

I like to think of it as supporting innovators of an important niche community.

 

 

T.C., on 24 Nov 2016 - 06:32 AM, said:

Cool, thanks Antfollower and Antkeeperxxx.

 

 

No problem!


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