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[TennesseeAnts]

This is my Formica journal, currently featuring:

Formica subsericea x2
Formica dolosa x2
Formica pacifica x1

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, May 30 2019 - 4:44 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

This Formica subsericea colony kept foraging in my house, so instead of killing the colony, I caught 20 workers and the queen. Over the summer I will continually collect the entire colony.

[Kaelwizard]

Interesting

[Dotdispenser]

Do you happen to have any pictures?

[TennesseeAnts]

Hehe. Funny story. While running away from a massive Neivimyrmex colony I accidentally disturbed, I stumbled upon a cute little Formica subsericea mound, quite literally. The queen was exposed and I took her and most of the colony (40-50 workers) and they are living in a glass test-tube. And just now, a clear liquid came out of her abdomen, and the worker's drank it!? Any ideas of what this is?

And now my hands and arms are covered in stings...

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, April 25 2019 - 11:21 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

Do you happen to have any pictures?

Not yet, but soon.

[TennesseeAnts]

4-26-19

So colony #2 has about 75-100 workers now, and the queen laid around 15-20 new eggs! This queen, and colony #1's queen need names!

[TennesseeAnts]

4-26-19

 

Over 50 eggs...   And pics!

 

 

 

 

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, April 26 2019 - 11:06 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

4-27-19

I just used my Formica trap to get a Formica dolosa colony in my neighborhood. They are beautiful ants! They are a bit smaller than F. subsericea, and are orange and yellow! I got the queen and a dozen or so workers, and am heading out to get more workers. Pics coming soon!

[TennesseeAnts]

4-27-19
Formica dolosa #1

First eggs in captivity!

[TennesseeAnts]

4-29-19
Formica subsericea #2

They have over 150 eggs now.

Formica dolosa #1

They have 50 eggs now.

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, April 29 2019 - 9:27 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

@FeedTheAnts, Formica dolosa colony is named Abdolemons.

[TennesseeAnts]

4-29-19
Formica pacifica #1

My friend in Washington is sending me updates.

[FeedTheAnts]

@FeedTheAnts, Formica dolosa colony is named Abdolemons.

lol. I don't mind, take it!

[TennesseeAnts]

4-30-19
Formica pacifica #1

They have over 3000 workers and the queen just laid a ton of eggs. Their alates will be hatching soon. One naked pupa is super orange right now. Apparently they have 50 alate larvae and pupae total.

[TennesseeAnts]

5-1-19
Formica pacifica #1

One of their alates is eclosing. They ate a huge beetle grub too.

[TennesseeAnts]

5-2-19
Formica pacifica x1

They got their first alate at 8:00! He just now got back to me. He sent me pics and it is a female alate!

[TennesseeAnts]

5-5-19
Formica pacifica #1

They got their second female alate tested and the queen laid a ton of new eggs.

Formica subsericea #2

They took some fruit flies, and the queen has laid over 400 eggs.

Abdolemons #1

They love crickets, and have around 40 workers and 100 eggs.

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, May 5 2019 - 8:28 AM.

[TennesseeAnts]

5-6-19

Formica pacifica #1

I told my friend to feed them 5 crickets and a dish of honey. They are swarming the crickets like usual, but aren't very interested in the honey. And the third female alate eclosed yesterday.

Formica subsericea #2

They got a cricket and some honey today.

[Acutus]

4-27-19

I just used my Formica trap 

 

Whoa!!!!!!! Ok so what's a Formica Trap? You can Trap ant colonies?