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[Annexis]

Damn guys, take it easy on the guy! I'm a member of the AC forum its its just as helpful as this one lol. this one is better, but the AC forum works, and is fine. Also I know one of the Moderators of that one...

[Nathant2131]

noebl1, on 20 Dec 2016 - 1:48 PM, said:

Nathant2131, on 20 Dec 2016 - 06:39 AM, said:

Wow I had no idea Temnothorax was hot here. Do you find the queens in the forest? That is one of my more wanted genus. I have probably never seen Temnothorax in my life nor Formica for that matter which I find weird. Just a lot of Lasius for me.

Yup, I live in the middle of the woods, surrounded by a bunch of conservation land (property is littered with oak trees as well, so guessing this also helps for Temnothorax). Majority of the ants I saw this summer were Temnothorax, Camponotus (several varieties including the Myrmentoma types, but mostly Pennsylvanicus of plague proportions back in May), Lasius late summer (caught about a dozen in one night), and handful of Ponera , Myrmica and Myrmecina started flying same time as the Lasius. I re-aggravated a back injury back in March, and spent a *lot* of time outside walking/hiking all Spring/Summer/Fall to help it, and also went out almost every night after kid's went to bed so spent 100s of hours alate hunting this season. Pheidole and P. Imparis both on my list, but never saw either

The Temnothorax flew at night and were attracted to our driveway lights. If I had a white shirt and held a flash light, I'd be covered in them for about a few days starting on Jun 29th. I saw them for about 2 weeks flying, with highest numbers on warm-humid evenings (looking at log entries it was 66F, 81% humidity for the best night). I have a single Temnothorax queen and worker... Their test tube dried out and they were super-resistant to move to another one adjoining them. By the time I realized they were refusing to move and not finding the other test tube with water, I lost 4 out of the 5 workers. I taped another test tube direct, they still haven't moved, but stopped the die off. I checked on them yesterday in the wine fridge and still alive. They were pretty easy feeders, similar to the Tetramorium in terms of food.

Awesome. This will be my ant next Summer. Thanks for the info!

[TEDxSpringfield2017]

Hello!  I am part of a group organizing TEDxSpringfield 2017.  The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences.  This will be our 6th year putting on this event, and our theme is year is "The Amazing World", and ants came to mind as a possible theme.  They truly exist in their own small world, and what they are able to accomplish is definitely amazing.

 

I wanted to reach out to this community and see if there was anyone local in the Massachusetts (and surrounding) area, who is an expert in and/or passionate about Myrmecology and might wish to speak at our event.  Please let me know if there is something you might be interested in.

 

https://www.ted.com/...es/tedx-program

 

 

Thanks!

[FeedTheAnts]

Aphaenogaster are very easy to find  by peeling back the bark of dead logs in warm, humid weather. I could probably collect three or four colonies with queens in a day if I wanted.

I live in Tennessee, but that is the most true thing I have ever read!

Edited by TennesseeAnts, June 29 2017 - 7:16 AM.