Search found 120 matches
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
- Topic: Tackle box formicariums?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2917
Tackle box formicariums?
I saw this idea from idahoantgirl and there is a video on youtube about making a formicarium out of a bead organizer/tackle box. I want to do this for my ants since it is very cheap and easy to make. I bought some tackle boxes and I plan on replacing the plastic lid with glass to make it escape proo...
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:32 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Worker ID
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1906
Re: Worker ID
Bump. These do look like P. dentata like Batspiderfish said, but could I get even more opinions possibly?
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Trachymymex sp. Journal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7891
Re: Trachymymex sp. Journal
Wow! You are so lucky! I've been wanting to catch a Trachymyrmex queen all summer. They have nests all around my house and I've witnessed them having nuptial flights, but I still have not seen or caught a fertile queen.
- Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: queen ID!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7305
Re: queen ID!
Not sure of the species, but she looks semi claustral.
- Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:05 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Worker ID
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1906
Worker ID
Today at 6:00 pm I was walking around looking for queens, when I found a pile of dead leaves, acorns, and other natural debris. I looked closer and there were a bunch of ants walking in this pile of stuff and around it. They looked like Solenopsis invicta at first due to the very similar coloring, b...
- Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:08 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Crematogaster journal
- Replies: 25
- Views: 13482
Nantics!
August 8, 2016 A few days ago I noticed my Crematogaster queen's pupae were getting darker, so I knew there would be nantics very soon. Now there is one! It is gray in color but it may get darker as its exoskeleton hardens. It must have just eclosed-- there are more on the way. Here is the wonderfu...
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:33 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: My Pheidole morens queen, super small!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1883
My Pheidole morens queen, super small!
This isn't a journal, but just a post showing one of my queens that doesn't have a journal. I have a few small ant species, Brachymyrmex patagonicus , Pheidole moerens , and another unknown Pheidole species. My unknown Pheidole queens (I have two) are about 5 mm and my Brachymyrmex patagonicus queen...
- Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:32 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: First Brachymyrmex colony
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20442
Re: First Brachymyrmex colony
It would be great if this ended up being a colony with two different species. Hopefully that happens! Remember to update us once there are workers, and hopefully again if/when there are multiple species. Yes, I love updating my journals! I always check all my 14 queens and hope there is something I...
- Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:49 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: First Brachymyrmex colony
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20442
Cocoons!
So in the past week or two, there have been a ton of eggs and just a couple larvae visible. Now, there are TONS of larvae with a couple pupae! And this is my only species that actually makes cocoons around its pupae. When I was shining my phone flashlight while observing the larvae, pupae, and queen...
- Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:46 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Pseudomyrmex gracilis journal
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7618
Re: Pseudomyrmex gracilis journal
I had to switch to another setup because she just wasn't doing anything in her old one. The new setup is now a piece of tubing (about 3 feet long) with a wet cotton ball inside. I saw this Pseudomyrmex setup in someone's youtube video. I fed her a piece of steak a few days ago and she loved it, and ...