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Alabama Anter's COMPLETE Ant Colony Journals

Started By Alabama Anter , Nov 6 2016 4:15 PM

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#1 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 6 2016 - 4:15 PM

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Hey y'all! I have not made a journal this year and I just thought, you know what, maybe I should make one and so this is a journal for ALL the species that I am keeping. (Pics will come soon...) (Also if anyone can help me get pics up without links with my iPhone that would be appreciated)


1. Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Worker state: 10-20 workers (No majors yet)
Brood: 4 eggs 3 larvae 5 pupae
This has been the second queen that I have ever caught!

2. Formica fusca
Worker state: 5 workers
Brood: 3 eggs 2 larvae
I will have to hibernate her soon!!!

3. Tetramorium sp e
Worker state: 20-25 workers
Brood: A TON of eggs
I'll have to hibernate after they have the workers.

4. Lasius Neoniger
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
After I hibernate her, she'll lay

5. Crematogaster lineolata
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
I caught her late this year so I think she will wait for hibernation then lay.

6. Solenopsis invicta
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
The only reason I don't have more invicta is that because I sold them all. Caught a new queen though.

Remember I will update and post new pics! Thx

YJK

#2 Offline NZAntKeeper - Posted November 6 2016 - 6:45 PM

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Nice colonys!

Also about posting without links. You can use a uploader site like imgur ( which is what I use). Go into the upload menu. Click the pictures you want uploaded. Then it will upload. When it's done you click the links and put .jpg at the end then select all, copy and paste into the thread. Sorry if it's not very clear.

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Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber

-Amblyopone Australis

#3 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 6 2016 - 7:27 PM

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Nice colonys!

Also about posting without links. You can use a uploader site like imgur ( which is what I use). Go into the upload menu. Click the pictures you want uploaded. Then it will upload. When it's done you click the links and put .jpg at the end then select all, copy and paste into the thread. Sorry if it's not very clear.

O ok! Thx a lot

YJK

#4 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted November 6 2016 - 8:01 PM

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keep updating this!


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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

 

Camponotus Noveboracensis

 

Tetramorium

#5 Offline Goldsystem - Posted November 6 2016 - 9:13 PM

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Very cool :)

#6 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 7 2016 - 5:26 AM

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keep updating this!

Ok! Thx! :)

Very cool :)

Thx!🙂

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#7 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted November 7 2016 - 6:51 PM

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Glad to see that she's finally laying again!!


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#8 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 8 2016 - 5:33 AM

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Glad to see that she's finally laying again!!

Thx!

YJK

#9 Offline Mdrogun - Posted November 8 2016 - 4:23 PM

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Hey y'all! I have not made a journal this year and I just thought, you know what, maybe I should make one and so this is a journal for ALL the species that I am keeping. (Pics will come soon...) (Also if anyone can help me get pics up without links with my iPhone that would be appreciated)


1. Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Worker state: 10-20 workers (No majors yet)
Brood: 4 eggs 3 larvae 5 pupae
This has been the second queen that I have ever caught!

2. Formica fusca
Worker state: 5 workers
Brood: 3 eggs 2 larvae
I will have to hibernate her soon!!!

3. Tetramorium sp e
Worker state: 20-25 workers
Brood: A TON of eggs
I'll have to hibernate after they have the workers.

4. Lasius Neoniger
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
After I hibernate her, she'll lay

5. Crematogaster lineolata
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
I caught her late this year so I think she will wait for hibernation then lay.

6. Solenopsis invicta
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
The only reason I don't have more invicta is that because I sold them all. Caught a new queen though.

Remember I will update and post new pics! Thx

Tetramorium hibernate with small larvae. If you wait to hibernate them until the eggs turn into workers you'll be waiting all winter  :) . Remember, hibernation is really important for northern ants.


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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

#10 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 8 2016 - 4:51 PM

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Hey y'all! I have not made a journal this year and I just thought, you know what, maybe I should make one and so this is a journal for ALL the species that I am keeping. (Pics will come soon...) (Also if anyone can help me get pics up without links with my iPhone that would be appreciated)


1. Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Worker state: 10-20 workers (No majors yet)
Brood: 4 eggs 3 larvae 5 pupae
This has been the second queen that I have ever caught!

2. Formica fusca
Worker state: 5 workers
Brood: 3 eggs 2 larvae
I will have to hibernate her soon!!!

3. Tetramorium sp e
Worker state: 20-25 workers
Brood: A TON of eggs
I'll have to hibernate after they have the workers.

4. Lasius Neoniger
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
After I hibernate her, she'll lay

5. Crematogaster lineolata
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
I caught her late this year so I think she will wait for hibernation then lay.

6. Solenopsis invicta
Worker state: 0
Brood: 0
The only reason I don't have more invicta is that because I sold them all. Caught a new queen though.

Remember I will update and post new pics! Thx

Tetramorium hibernate with small larvae. If you wait to hibernate them until the eggs turn into workers you'll be waiting all winter :) . Remember, hibernation is really important for northern ants.
K

YJK

#11 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 22 2016 - 6:44 AM

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Ok guys! Sorry I haven't updated!!! Here u go :)

YJK

#12 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 22 2016 - 6:46 AM

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Doesn't look like it got uploaded... If it didn't I'm sorry but u can still see the photos in this link...
https://imgur.com/gallery/xePfz
Also if anyone can help me to do pictures on the forum with an IPhone that would be helpful.
Also if anyone is interested in why I didn't post my Camponotus pennsylvanicus and my Solenopsis invicta the answer is I sold them and traded them :)

Edited by Alabama Anter, November 22 2016 - 6:49 AM.

YJK

#13 Offline Goldsystem - Posted November 22 2016 - 10:50 AM

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I have a I phone I go to Imgur and upload my photos then I copy the links and paste then on formiculture I then add .jpg to the end of all the links

#14 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 22 2016 - 10:54 AM

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O... ok

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#15 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted November 22 2016 - 11:10 AM

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Will be getting new colonies!

Edited by Alabama Anter, November 22 2016 - 11:12 AM.

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#16 Offline Martialis - Posted December 7 2016 - 6:04 PM

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Will be getting new colonies!

How is your Myrmecocystus doing? How'd you get them in Alabama?


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#17 Offline Diesel - Posted December 7 2016 - 6:30 PM

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I'd say hurricane katrina

Ant Species kept

 

Temnothorax Longispinosus.-Journal(discontinued)-(formerly)

Camponotus Noveboracensis (formerly)

Camponotus Nearticus-formerly

Tetramorium sp.-formerly

​Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Queen & brood.-formerly

Tapinoma Sessile-Journal (3 queen colony)-formerly

​Tapinoma  Sessile #2 (2 queen colony)-formerly

Aphaenogaster Picea-Journal-active

Crematogaster sp.(Cerasi or Lineolata) Queen with 3 workers and brood-formerly

​Crematogaster sp. #2 (Cerasi or Lineolata) Queen with brood-formerly

Formica sp. polygenus-active 300+ workers-active

Formica Subsericea-active 25+ workers-active

Myrmica Rubra 400+ workers 3 queens-active

#18 Offline Martialis - Posted December 7 2016 - 6:50 PM

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I'd say hurricane katrina

Possibly 6824767fa974849c8b60dfeed3b5f0efa9077b35?


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#19 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted December 7 2016 - 7:03 PM

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XD I actually got them from a friend in California. He has them for now to see if they don't have any mites an such. I should be getting them before Christmas.


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#20 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted December 8 2016 - 10:59 AM

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XD I actually got them from a friend in California. He has them for now to see if they don't have any mites an such. I should be getting them before Christmas.

 

I've notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Alabama Department of Agriculture about your account details. Feel free to continue illegally trading ants, but the fine when you are caught will be upward of $5,000.

We have warned you over and over to stop this.


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If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.

 

Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.

 

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