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Dspdrew's Ant Colony Sale - California (Updated 8-4-2024)

Started By dspdrew , Aug 13 2014 6:42 AM

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#581 Offline 100lols - Posted June 11 2023 - 8:20 PM

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Hey Andrew,

The Camponotus us-ca02 queen is doing great. Thanks for the professional and high quality service!

Dax

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#582 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted June 12 2023 - 3:59 AM

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Oh how I wish to live in ant paradise

#583 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 12 2023 - 11:59 AM

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Oh how I wish to live in ant paradise

It’s all relative; you don’t need to drive two hours to find anything other than Argentines.
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#584 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 8 2023 - 7:22 PM

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New colonies available



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Size: Medium
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
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#585 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 23 2023 - 6:37 PM

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Are you sure the Myrmecocystus mimicus (dark colored workers, queen w/ yellow gaster) aren't kennedyi? I got the same queens.

Edited by AntsCali098, August 23 2023 - 6:37 PM.

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#586 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 23 2023 - 7:52 PM

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I'm pretty sure I keyed them out at some point. How do you know you have the same queens as those?


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#587 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 24 2023 - 7:32 AM

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They look pretty much identical to the photo on the top.

Edited by AntsCali098, August 24 2023 - 7:34 AM.

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#588 Offline ReignofRage - Posted August 24 2023 - 6:15 PM

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They are not M. kennedyi. It's a mix of M. kathjuli and a couple of undescribed species that seem to form either their own clade or some new complex within the kennedyi-romainei clade. Actual M. kennedyi has not been collected by hobbyists in California to my knowledge.


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#589 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 25 2023 - 8:05 AM

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Those aren't even the ones that ReignofRage is referring to either. Those I have listed as Myrmecocystus sp.2. Many of these species queens look almost exactly the same.


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#590 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 25 2023 - 9:04 AM

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So the mimicus yellow variety is correct?

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#591 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 25 2023 - 5:10 PM

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So the mimicus yellow variety is correct?

 

Might not be. Many of these are really hard to ID to a specific species name. There's just so much that is still unknown and unorganized.


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#592 Offline bmb1bee - Posted August 25 2023 - 5:21 PM

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I believe Reign mentioned somewhere that Myrmecocystus in particular were rather difficult to key out and identify due to the amount of undescribed species.


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#593 Offline FinWins - Posted August 25 2023 - 9:12 PM

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Are you going to have any Acromyrmex for sale this year?


I keep: C. modoc, C. sansabeanus  :D, C. maritimus, Formica argentea, M. mexicanus  :D, Odontomachus brunneus :D, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, 

 

#594 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 26 2023 - 12:25 AM

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Are you going to have any Acromyrmex for sale this year?

 

I have single queens without fungus available now. As for having colonies later, I am not sure.


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#595 Offline ongnapat9 - Posted August 30 2023 - 8:38 AM

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#596 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 7 2023 - 7:42 AM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.


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#597 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 7 2023 - 6:09 PM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.

 

I probably won't. What I thought was C. anthrax was actually these (https://www.formicul....com/topic/115-). I haven't been able to ID them yet.


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#598 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 7 2023 - 7:08 PM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.

 

I probably won't. What I thought was C. anthrax was actually these (https://www.formicul....com/topic/115-). I haven't been able to ID them yet.

 

I just checked your journal on those, and I'm pretty sure they might be C. johnsoni. I have one that looks identical to the queen from the first post (hairy face, same overall shape and size) that Reign ID'ed as johnsoni. Shame you won't be able to collect any anthrax this year though. I wonder if I can get a couple up here in the Bay...

 

Edit: you can check out my pic of the johnsoni queen in my Camponotus journal to compare.


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#599 Offline dspdrew - Posted May 20 2024 - 8:49 PM

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New colonies available



Crematogaster sp.2
Size: Small
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
available

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Myrmecocystus cf. semirufus
Size: Medium
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Advanced
available

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Pheidole barbata
Size: Tiny
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
available

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Veromessor pergandei
Size: Small-Medium
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
available

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#600 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 3 2024 - 6:53 PM

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Camponotus us-ca02
Size: Large
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
available

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Camponotus sp.2
Size: Medium-Large
Stinging: No
Hibernation required: No
Experience level: Beginner
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