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[Gregory2455]

Post a list of species you want to catch in 2015!

Edited by Gregory2455, February 20 2019 - 10:24 PM.

[Alza]

Camponotus Vicinus, Myrmecocystus Mexicanus or navajo, Pogonomyrmex Subnitidus, Pogonomyrmex Rugosus, Solenopsis Xyloni, Limetopum Luctosum(orwhateveritscalled)

[Alza]

pheidole gilvescens, Messor pergandei, Neivamyrmex Nigrescens, Neivamyrmex Leonardi, Neivamyrmex californicus, Formica Moki, and maybe acromyrmex versicolor 

[Gregory2455]

California Ants:
Forelius pruinosus
Acromyrmex versicolor, with FUNGUS!!!
Cyphomyrmex sp.
Camponotus bakeri
Any Polyergus sp.
A couple more different Pheidole sp. (Hopefully including xerophilla and gilvescens.)
Prenolepsis imparis
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus yuma

Myrmecocystus mexicanus
More Myrmecocystus navajo
Other Myrmecocystus
Hypoponera sp.
Veromessor pergandei
Veromessor andrei
Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus
A couple dfferent Camponotus sp. (Prefferably at least Camponotus modoc and laevigatus.)
Camponotus vicinus
Camponotus semitestaceous
Camponotus ocreatus
Camponotus absquatulator
Formica moki
More Formica fusca
Formica integroides
Formica ravida
A few different Temnothorax sp.
Aphaenogaster sp.
Dorymyrmex bicolor
Lasius (Acanthomyops) spp.

Arizona Ants: You know, just in case I move to Arizona.
Atta mexicana
Odontomachus clarus
Pheidole tepicana
Cephalotes rohweri
Pheidile rhea
Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Yes, I know, this list is not for 2015 alone, this is my bucket list for species I just want to keep eventually.

Edited by Gregory2455, July 18 2015 - 1:28 AM.

[Tpro4]

Liometopum occidentale
Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus
Camponotus sp.
Polyergus sp.
Formica moki
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Prenolepsis imparis
Pseudomyrmex apache
Pheidole sp.
Dorymyrmex bicolor
Temnothorax sp.

I wanna try to catch everything

[Mercutia]

More Crematogasters!!!!

 

And maybe some Lasius flavus.

[Myrmicinae]

Any Cardiocondyla species, if I can manage to take some from a botanical garden without attracting too much attention. 

 

Other than that, I'm pretty much satisfied with what I have right now.  A Hypoponera colony would certainly be interesting, if I can find a part of the state that has them, and I wouldn't object to some more Pheidole.

Edited by Myrmicinae, September 11 2014 - 8:29 PM.

[Mads]

The only species I am really hoping to come across next season is Formica ulkei. That being said, I did find a Myrmica queen this evening, in spite of three inches of snow falling a day ago and -5 degrees (Celsius, I am in Canada) overnight, so I guess my 2014 season isn't quite over yet.

Mads

Edited by Mads, September 11 2014 - 8:23 PM.

[Alza]

wow

[dspdrew]

wow

 

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[Gregory2455]

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I think he was surprised by the fact Mads found a Myrmica queen with -5C, which I am too. Wow, I would think they would slow down and go into a hibernation mode or something. Then again, I know nothing of northern ants.

Edited by Gregory2455, September 11 2014 - 9:18 PM.

[dspdrew]

Any Cardiocondyla species, if I can manage to take some from a botanical garden without attracting too much attention. 

 

Other than that, I'm pretty much satisfied with what I have right now.  A Hypoponera colony would certainly be interesting, if I can find a part of the state that has them, and I wouldn't object to some more Pheidole.

 

Funny I actually found a Cardiocondyla queen near my porch, but accidentally killed it. I also have found quite a few Hypoponera queens, but they never did anything but die.

 

I think he was surprised by the fact Mads found a Myrmica queen with -5C, which I am too. Wow, I would think they would slow down and go into a hibernation mode or something. Then again, I know nothing of northern ants.

 

Oh duh. My bad.

[Gregory2455]

Funny I actually found a Cardiocondyla queen near my porch, but accidentally killed it. 

 

How did you kill it? 

[Alza]

decapitation

[dspdrew]

How did you kill it? 

 

I stuck it in alcohol thinking it was a worker of some sort before putting it on my microscope and finding out it was Cardiocondyla... and a queen....

[dspdrew]

Pheidole vistana, Prenolepis imparis, any Formica, Camponotus ocreatus, Camponotus quercicola, Myrmecocystus wheeleri and any other of the diurnal Myrmecocystus species living in the foothills around here, any Aphaenogaster, Cyphomyrmex, Polyergus, Pogonomyrmex montanus, and Pseudomyrmex.

 

Oh, and to build a really nice cabinet to hold all these ants.

[Myrmicinae]

Funny I actually found a Cardiocondyla queen near my porch, but accidentally killed it. I also have found quite a few Hypoponera queens, but they never did anything but die.

Noooo! If you find any more, I would suggest accidentally dropping them in a package headed for my house.

[Alza]

i like how you think

[Crystals]

The last 2 summers has seen me more or less find all the species that I really wanted to keep in my area.  I even found some that I thought I would never see (Alberta is huge, with many different kinds of habitats).  I will build journals for them all eventually.

 

I only have so much time for ants at certain times of the year so I am limited to less than 8 personal colonies; because like a puppy, ant colonies grow much bigger and require much more work.  Especially considering I have several Formica colonies that are known to hit over a thousand workers in 3 years or so - and they eat a lot of insects.

 

That being said, I would probably keep a yellow Lasius species if I found one - but I have never seen any yellow Lasius around my place.

[Tspivey16]

Pheidole & Aphenogaster!