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[ANTdrew]

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

I second this. You’ll have better luck winning over your parents if you care for a few colonies opposed to a few dozen. You’ll also be able to provide better care for a few colonies. Learn to observe and appreciate ants in their natural habitat.

[Acutus]

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

 

 

 

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

I second this. You’ll have better luck winning over your parents if you care for a few colonies opposed to a few dozen. You’ll also be able to provide better care for a few colonies. Learn to observe and appreciate ants in their natural habitat.

 

 

This is by far the hardest part I have found so far about this hobby!! It's freakin' crazy! Everytime I say I have enough I find something else. there are just way too many choices!!

So far only thing I want other than I have is A. tenneseensis Queen to introduce to my A. Fulvas and I really wanna try the Fungus ants Trachymymex? I think?

[CatsnAnts]

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

I second this. You’ll have better luck winning over your parents if you care for a few colonies opposed to a few dozen. You’ll also be able to provide better care for a few colonies. Learn to observe and appreciate ants in their natural habitat.

This is by far the hardest part I have found so far about this hobby!! It's freakin' crazy! Everytime I say I have enough I find something else. there are just way too many choices!!
So far only thing I want other than I have is A. tenneseensis Queen to introduce to my A. Fulvas and I really wanna try the Fungus ants Trachymymex? I think?

I feel the same way! too many choices

[Leo]

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

Haha I have over 24 colonies    I'm going to release my harpegnathos

Edited by Leo, May 29 2019 - 5:46 PM.

[CatsnAnts]

You, uh, might want to slow down on catching new ants. It's very possible to get yoo many than you can take care of.

Haha I have over 24 colonies I'm going to release my harpegnathos

Omg 6 colonies would probably be where I would start breaking down not being able to handle it!

[TennesseeAnts]

I have over 50 queens and colonies.

[CatsnAnts]

I have over 50 queens and colonies.

GEEZ, how do you manage?

[CatsnAnts]

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[TennesseeAnts]

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Skillz. (Most of the queens are Camponotus chromaiodes, so they don't need food yet)

[Leo]

 

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Skillz. (Most of the queens are Camponotus chromaiodes, so they don't need food yet)

 

I suck at organization. I just spent 2.5 hours on fortnite and 1.5 on random [censored] and I have 3 exams tmr

[NickAnter]

I think that you guys are lucky that you can catch more than 10 species in your neighborhood! If you loved in the SC suburbs, none if you would have the "too many ants problem" All joking aside good job with these colonies!

[CatsnAnts]

I think that you guys are lucky that you can catch more than 10 species in your neighborhood! If you loved in the SC suburbs, none if you would have the "too many ants problem" All joking aside good job with these colonies!

Ya, I really do take it for granted that I live in a rural area with LOTS of ants. It would really suck to live somewhere like that, especially since I’m outside practically all of my free time exploring ant colonies and mounds. I’m really excited though lately because my parents are starting to actually act INTERESTED in what I’m doing, like I literally have been keeping a few more of my colonies inside, and they don’t care. And yesterday when I was helping to remodel our basement, it was perfect time to go and look for queen ants, so my dad said to go for it and didn’t mind that I left, I was pretty shocked to say the least. I think they are slowly beginning to realize how cool this hobby is, and how bad I want to get into it, I mean, it’s about time, I’ve only been trying to convince them for the past 4 years.

[CatsnAnts]

Alright, so I was looking through hickory nuts, and I found LOTS of tapinoma sessile, some aphenogaster, and ..... another Temnothorax curvispinosus colony! I think it’s a really large colony because when I picked it up, there were THREE workers foraging on the shell alone, and there’s a lot of room inside. I guess this makes up for the colony I lost yesterday, still mad about that . Now I know better and am not going to crack open the nut, but rather am going to find another way to coax them out. The ice cube method worked well for the small Camponotus caryae colony inside that other small wasp nest thing, but if I just let the nut dry out, would they move into the test tube? This worked very well for my aphenogaster colony.

[TennesseeAnts]

One of my Camponotus subbarbatus queens has multiple pupae and larvae already.

[CatsnAnts]

One of my Camponotus subbarbatus queens has multiple pupae and larvae already.

HOW THO, all three of mine are just starting to get larvae! (How many do you have, and what temp do you keep them at?)

[TennesseeAnts]

I have one queen with no workers and a large colony with >70 workers and majors, and tons of brood. I keep them at 82 degrees 24/7.

[CatsnAnts]

I have one queen with no workers and a large colony with >70 workers and majors, and tons of brood. I keep them at 82 degrees 24/7.

Man, I’m hoping mine can reach that stage of maturity. Mine are also kept at about 71 degrees, so that’s probably the reason they grow so slowly!

Also, these temnothorax ants are REALLY STUBBORN. They didn’t even come out of the acorn but maybe one worker when I placed an ice cube touching it.

[NickAnter]

 

I think that you guys are lucky that you can catch more than 10 species in your neighborhood! If you loved in the SC suburbs, none if you would have the "too many ants problem" All joking aside good job with these colonies!

Ya, I really do take it for granted that I live in a rural area with LOTS of ants. It would really suck to live somewhere like that, especially since I’m outside practically all of my free time exploring ant colonies and mounds. I’m really excited though lately because my parents are starting to actually act INTERESTED in what I’m doing, like I literally have been keeping a few more of my colonies inside, and they don’t care. And yesterday when I was helping to remodel our basement, it was perfect time to go and look for queen ants, so my dad said to go for it and didn’t mind that I left, I was pretty shocked to say the least. I think they are slowly beginning to realize how cool this hobby is, and how bad I want to get into it, I mean, it’s about time, I’ve only been trying to convince them for the past 4 years.

 

I guess that I am fairly fortunate that my parents let me keep most ants, with the exception of fire ants, and in our house, well, my room only.  Anyway, congrats on them getting more into the hobby!

[CatsnAnts]

I think that you guys are lucky that you can catch more than 10 species in your neighborhood! If you loved in the SC suburbs, none if you would have the "too many ants problem" All joking aside good job with these colonies!

Ya, I really do take it for granted that I live in a rural area with LOTS of ants. It would really suck to live somewhere like that, especially since I’m outside practically all of my free time exploring ant colonies and mounds. I’m really excited though lately because my parents are starting to actually act INTERESTED in what I’m doing, like I literally have been keeping a few more of my colonies inside, and they don’t care. And yesterday when I was helping to remodel our basement, it was perfect time to go and look for queen ants, so my dad said to go for it and didn’t mind that I left, I was pretty shocked to say the least. I think they are slowly beginning to realize how cool this hobby is, and how bad I want to get into it, I mean, it’s about time, I’ve only been trying to convince them for the past 4 years.

I guess that I am fairly fortunate that my parents let me keep most ants, with the exception of fire ants, and in our house, well, my room only. Anyway, congrats on them getting more into the hobby!

Thxs!

[Leo]

I think that you guys are lucky that you can catch more than 10 species in your neighborhood! If you loved in the SC suburbs, none if you would have the "too many ants problem" All joking aside good job with these colonies!

I live in the middle of a city. The only reason I have these ants is because my school is on a mountain