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Chromerust's Veromessor Pergandei Journal (Discontinued)

Started By Chromerust , Feb 9 2015 12:31 AM
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#1 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 9 2015 - 12:31 AM

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FEBRUARY 8, 2015 - VEROMESSOR PERGANDEI JOURNAL

Today I collected 13 Veromessor Pergandei near Palm Desert, CA with dspdrew and kellakk. As soon as I stepped out of the truck at around 10am I noticed a very familiar looking founding chamber. Drew jumped right in and pulled out the first one which I think he very much deserved. Props to my boy for leading the horse to water once again. They are now in test tubes and ready to begin new colonies if all goes well. (y)

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted February 9 2015 - 12:39 AM

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February 8th. :lol: How do you like that Canadians?


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#3 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 9 2015 - 12:45 AM

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Shame I wasn't there... ;) I will go next weekend.


#4 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 9 2015 - 12:47 AM

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February 8th. :lol:

Smart [censored] :lol:


#5 Offline dean_k - Posted February 9 2015 - 7:46 AM

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February 8th. :lol: How do you like that Canadians?

 

That's cruel, sir. :*(

 

A photo of outside of my house this morning.

 


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#6 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 9 2015 - 10:51 AM

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February 8th. :lol: How do you like that Canadians?

 
That's cruel, sir. :*(
 
A photo of outside of my house this morning.

That sucks, you mean there's no such thing as snow ants lol

#7 Offline dean_k - Posted February 9 2015 - 11:16 AM

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I wish. They are so hard to find ... since their color is the same as snow... :whistle:  Besides, wind has been brutal lately and I ain't going out there.

 

It's Lasius heaven over there probably since their mating flight covered the whole area in September. I wasn't into anting at that time, so I didn't explore the forest. I sure am going to do that this year.


#8 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 9 2015 - 12:31 PM

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When it warms up start flipping rocks and you just might find some Lasius colonies

#9 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 9 2015 - 1:26 PM

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I wish jimbodw07 could tell us if they flew around Palmdale yet also... 


#10 Offline Miles - Posted February 9 2015 - 1:41 PM

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February 8th. :lol: How do you like that Canadians?

It stings (American here, but not far from Canada…).


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#11 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted February 9 2015 - 1:44 PM

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February 8th. :lol: How do you like that Canadians?

It stings ...

 

Literally from the cold? I would not know because I have not seen snow often enough! :P


#12 Offline Mercutia - Posted February 9 2015 - 2:10 PM

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LOL, WHATEVER DREW. PSH. hate chu.


#13 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 9 2015 - 3:03 PM

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Don't hate yet, we haven't had a chance to show you the honeypot queens we collected yesterday :P


#14 Offline DesertAntz - Posted February 9 2015 - 5:18 PM

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I guess this means I should be actively looking for queens. I really want Veromessor and Solenopsis this season. 


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#15 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 10 2015 - 9:11 AM

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UPDATE

 

Seven queens have eggs this morning. One was found dead, leaving twelve left.


#16 Offline Jonathan21700 - Posted February 11 2015 - 12:14 PM

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Cool! Good luck! :)


#17 Offline Chromerust - Posted February 11 2015 - 8:13 PM

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Thanks Jonathan, I'll work on some closeup pics in the next update.

#18 Offline Chromerust - Posted April 22 2015 - 9:15 PM

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Six of the seven survivors got a new home yesterday. They all had several nanitics and brood. I kept one for myself, which I will be moving into a dirt formicarium (Drews design) tomorrow.

#19 Offline Chromerust - Posted June 6 2015 - 5:54 PM

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The queen died and left behind a nice pile of brood and a dozen workers. The end.

#20 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 6 2015 - 9:44 PM

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Well that sucks.


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