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my Pogonomyrmex barbatus queen (updated: 7-15-2015)

Started By AntsTexas , Jul 11 2015 12:15 PM

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#1 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 11 2015 - 12:15 PM

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cool

 

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wing scar!!

 

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Edited by AntsTexas, July 15 2015 - 4:32 PM.

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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#2 Offline LC3 - Posted July 11 2015 - 3:54 PM

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Indeed this ant is amazing you only need two words to explain it. :D


#3 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 11 2015 - 4:08 PM

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just found # 2  :)


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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#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 12 2015 - 6:05 AM

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Those are some cool Pogos.


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#5 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 6:35 AM

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thank you! now i have 4 kinds of queens in my "ant room" (i.e. storage closet)

 

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Pogonomyrmex queen #2 digging her chamber

 


Edited by AntsTexas, July 12 2015 - 6:51 PM.

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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YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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#6 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 7:00 AM

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Nice! Congrats on finding the queen. 

 

Keep the queen hot (90-95F). I kept mine in garage for the past three weeks and there are already pupa. ;)

 

Edit: By the way, is that honey in the test tube?


Edited by yen_saw, July 12 2015 - 7:05 AM.

#7 Offline BugFinder - Posted July 12 2015 - 7:38 AM

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I wonder if my ants would do better if kept in a closet.  I keep them in my living room so I see them every day, worried I'll forget to take care of them if i don't see them every day.


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#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 12 2015 - 7:43 AM

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Just put a shade over their chambers. The out world should be in the light.


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#9 Offline BugFinder - Posted July 12 2015 - 8:44 AM

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I've been wondering about how to do that and thinking maybe I'll cut up a cardboard box into pieces the same size as the nest and just put it up against it.  Do you think that'll be sufficient?


“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

My Journals:

Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!

#10 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 12 2015 - 8:49 AM

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It sure would.


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#11 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 9:09 AM

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I just cover it with a piece of cloth.


#12 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 9:43 AM

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Nice! Congrats on finding the queen. 

 

Keep the queen hot (90-95F). I kept mine in garage for the past three weeks and there are already pupa. ;)

 

Edit: By the way, is that honey in the test tube?

 

 

ty, cool and ty, yep just put a little noticed the 2nd Pogonomyrmex queen found it and started drinking some when i put her in the test tube


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.)

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas

#13 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 9:45 AM

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drew: is that 2 much honey in the test tube?? ty


Ant Queens found:

 

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

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

 

----------------------------------------

Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

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

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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#14 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 9:58 AM

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Nice! Congrats on finding the queen. 

 

Keep the queen hot (90-95F). I kept mine in garage for the past three weeks and there are already pupa. ;)

 

Edit: By the way, is that honey in the test tube?

 

 

ty, cool and ty, yep just put a little noticed the 2nd Pogonomyrmex queen found it and started drinking some when i put her in the test tube

 

I would be very careful about leaving honey droplet in case any eggs or larvae may get stuck in the test tube. I leave nothing in the test tube and only place small pieces of seeds once larvae appear. Here is my queen with already 4 pupa where queen was collected 3 weeks ago.

 

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#15 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 12 2015 - 10:49 AM

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Wow, awesome queens, both of you! Yen_saw: SO JEALOUS! That queen's brood is coming along nicely!


#16 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 11:17 AM

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Nice! Congrats on finding the queen. 

 

Keep the queen hot (90-95F). I kept mine in garage for the past three weeks and there are already pupa. ;)

 

Edit: By the way, is that honey in the test tube?

 

 

ty, cool and ty, yep just put a little noticed the 2nd Pogonomyrmex queen found it and started drinking some when i put her in the test tube

 

I would be very careful about leaving honey droplet in case any eggs or larvae may get stuck in the test tube. I leave nothing in the test tube and only place small pieces of seeds once larvae appear. Here is my queen with already 4 pupa where queen was collected 3 weeks ago.

 

queen1_zpsnjgemhhi.jpg

 

 

 

 

ty, will clean the tube (carefully) later


Wow, awesome queens, both of you! Yen_saw: SO JEALOUS! That queen's brood is coming along nicely!

thanks


Ant Queens found:

 

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

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

 

----------------------------------------

Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

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

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cdockray1

 

Facebook page:  AntsTexas

#17 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 1:45 PM

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Wow, awesome queens, both of you! Yen_saw: SO JEALOUS! That queen's brood is coming along nicely!

Thanks Ants4fun. Looking forward for the first worker ant.


#18 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 3:06 PM

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back home after the big Pogonomyrmex hunt, came back with 10 queens!!!!   i was just standing in 1 spot watching the ground, saw like 4 to 6 running around together....  whew!!!  (ran out of stuff 2 put them in had to call 4 backup( mom, with more containers)!! B) , total queens caught this year (Pogonomyrmex's, invicta, misc)  maybe 20

 

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Edited by AntsTexas, July 12 2015 - 6:50 PM.

Ant Queens found:

 

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

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

 

----------------------------------------

Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

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

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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#19 Offline yen_saw - Posted July 12 2015 - 3:23 PM

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back home after the big Pogonomyrmex hunt, came back with 10 queens!!!!   i was just standing in 1 spot watching the ground, saw like 4 to 6 running around together....  whew!!!  (ran out of stuff 2 put them in had to call 4 backup( mom, with more containers)!! B) , total queens caught this year (Pogonomyrmex's, invicta, misc)  maybe 20

 

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Congrats! They might fly again on favorable weather but the quantity will likely be lesser.


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#20 Offline AntsTexas - Posted July 12 2015 - 3:27 PM

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yep, i'm pretty much done, i got my 2 main 1's i really wanted (invicta and Pogonomyrmex)


Ant Queens found:

 

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

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

 

----------------------------------------

Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

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

---------------------------------------

YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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