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Ants4fun's Ants

Started By Ants4fun , Jun 7 2017 10:56 AM

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#1 Offline Ants4fun - Posted June 7 2017 - 10:56 AM

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Shortly after winning Antscanada what is ant love contest, I decided I needed a break from ant keeping. I was super busy, and couldn't devote the time. I had roughly 100 queens and 10 colonies. Some of my journals are recorded in this section.

Now, returning to ant keeping I have some Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Formica sp., and Aphaenogaster sp. already.

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Edited by Ants4fun, June 7 2017 - 10:56 AM.

#2 Offline Spamdy - Posted June 8 2017 - 2:37 AM

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??? Anything else? Pictures, descriptions, better ending?

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All my colonies are dead.

Except:

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Pheidole obscurithorax

Pheidole morens

#3 Offline Ants4fun - Posted June 8 2017 - 5:53 AM

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Haha this is just the introduction to the thread. I am going to put updates periodically.

#4 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted June 8 2017 - 10:56 AM

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Yes, yes it is....

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#5 Offline Spamdy - Posted June 8 2017 - 3:25 PM

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Lol ok then.

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All my colonies are dead.

Except:

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Pheidole obscurithorax

Pheidole morens

#6 Offline Ants4fun - Posted June 8 2017 - 5:42 PM

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Here is an unidentified colony of aphaenogaster. These were rescued from a log that was going to be burned. There are about 200 ants, but you wouldn't be able to tell with how snugly they fit in a test tube.

For some reason most of the blood they were found with were alates. I assume they must have nuptial flights early in the year. This species is a smaller than most I find in this genus in my area. So far, they are relatively

What reccomendations for a formicarium would you guys make for them? Last time I kept this genus in an inception chamber from THA.