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Evan's Pheidole sp. Journal

Started By Evanthomas89 , Sep 28 2017 4:31 PM
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#1 Offline Evanthomas89 - Posted September 28 2017 - 4:31 PM

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:yahoo:  I finally have a Pheidole with workers and one Pheidole with some larvae/pupae I'm expecting to have workers soon. I caught them sometime in August, I actually caught a few Pheidole but only these two are still alive. Here's a video of my Pheidole queen with her first three workers. Enjoy.  :)

 

 

Edit: This is my 100th Post! 

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#2 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted September 29 2017 - 11:15 AM

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Argh I am so jealous of any antkeeper qho keeps pheidole! Good luck!
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Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#3 Offline Evanthomas89 - Posted September 29 2017 - 12:15 PM

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Argh I am so jealous of any antkeeper qho keeps pheidole! Good luck!

 

I'll be sure to post updates, do you not have Pheidole near you? 


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#4 Offline Salmon - Posted September 29 2017 - 7:39 PM

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Argh I am so jealous of any antkeeper qho keeps pheidole! Good luck!

 

I'll be sure to post updates, do you not have Pheidole near you? 

 

Many people find Pheidole queens very elusive even if they know there are colonies in the area.


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#5 Offline Evanthomas89 - Posted September 30 2017 - 4:34 AM

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Argh I am so jealous of any antkeeper qho keeps pheidole! Good luck!

 

I'll be sure to post updates, do you not have Pheidole near you? 

 

Many people find Pheidole queens very elusive even if they know there are colonies in the area.

 

 

Oh wow I had no idea, to be honest Pheidole was probably the most common kind of queen for me to find. It must have something to do with my location and my schedule. Unfortunately though of about 10 queens only 2 have made it this far. The other one should have workers soon as well. 


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#6 Offline Evanthomas89 - Posted October 20 2017 - 9:07 AM

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New Video! 

 

 

Looks like I'll have some more workers soon! 


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#7 Offline MrPurpleB - Posted October 20 2017 - 9:19 AM

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That is an amazing colony you have there. I really like the shiny brown color of your ants. Good luck with your colony. 


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#8 Offline Evanthomas89 - Posted October 20 2017 - 11:50 AM

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That is an amazing colony you have there. I really like the shiny brown color of your ants. Good luck with your colony. 

 

Thank you! I really hope to watch this colony grow and can't wait to see some majors! 


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#9 Offline AntsCalifornia - Posted March 18 2018 - 7:59 PM

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Update?


#10 Offline NickAnter - Posted May 14 2019 - 5:50 PM

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

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