That is a good point to point out. But just finding an established Colony that is doing fine to me wouldn't be that beneficial. Plus it takes out the "moments" you have when raising a colony from just a single queen. The feelings and experience you get when starting with a single queen is unexplainable
No ants in my area
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Re: No ants in my area
Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni
Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2
Camponotus subbarbatus
Formica pallidefulva x2
Formica subsericea x4
Lasius sp
Tetramorium immigrans x2
Dorymyrmex bureni
Founding:
Formica pallidefulva
Unknown sp x2
Re: No ants in my area
Having literally just had my first nanitic from a founding queen I can confirm thisxTNxANTMANx wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:35 pmThat is a good point to point out. But just finding an established Colony that is doing fine to me wouldn't be that beneficial. Plus it takes out the "moments" you have when raising a colony from just a single queen. The feelings and experience you get when starting with a single queen is unexplainable
Re: No ants in my area
Still on my first queen myself. Her second clutch is about too hatch any day now! Her outworld is all set and I'm just waiting for the queue to let her expand :3jwatson16202 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:12 pmHaving literally just had my first nanitic from a founding queen I can confirm thisxTNxANTMANx wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:35 pmThat is a good point to point out. But just finding an established Colony that is doing fine to me wouldn't be that beneficial. Plus it takes out the "moments" you have when raising a colony from just a single queen. The feelings and experience you get when starting with a single queen is unexplainable
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Re: No ants in my area
Having kept 7 colonies in the past few years, I agree. There is nothing more exciting than watching your first workers drag the cricket into their nest to devour it.jwatson16202 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:12 pmHaving literally just had my first nanitic from a founding queen I can confirm thisxTNxANTMANx wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2017 2:35 pmThat is a good point to point out. But just finding an established Colony that is doing fine to me wouldn't be that beneficial. Plus it takes out the "moments" you have when raising a colony from just a single queen. The feelings and experience you get when starting with a single queen is unexplainable
Re: No ants in my area
cool XD I really hope to be able to catch some fertile queens, already found a bunch of alates without wings at a pogonomyrmex nest, does that mean they've mated?
Keeper of:
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
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Re: No ants in my area
No it doesn't mean for sure, but that could go for every single queen ever caught so you might as well try to catch them.
Keeper of:
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: No ants in my area
So I got a macro lense for my camera and its a, waay too zoomed XD ironic isnt it? but more importantly, B, it wont focus unless I'm touching the obect with the lense, literally. Any ideas?
Keeper of:
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
Re: No ants in my area
wat?
Keeper of:
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
x3 Tetramorium caespitum queens (small colonies);
x1 Pogonomyrmex barbatus (med colony)
x1 Formica fusca single queen; (small colony)
x2 Unknown sp.; (founding)
x1 Temnothorax rugatalus (med colony)
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