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- Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:42 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: ARK-LA-TN-MS-AL-GA-SC-NC nuptial flights
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18541
Re: ARK-LA-TN-MS-AL-GA-SC-NC nuptial flights
A number carpenter ant queens can be orange. But I think the more common orange Camponotus queens in Georgia are the C. castaneus! I have a colony of these and like them quite a bit. Edit: Here in Georgia, we also have a large number of Formica genus queens that can be orange, as well. Those girls c...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:05 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Got Ants and Questions (beginner)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4418
Re: Got Ants and Questions (beginner)
The insects shouldn't be dried. They need to be juicy (a little gross, I know)! And it is easier on the ants if the honey is mixed with water. I would say take a bottle cap and put one drop of water and one drop of honey in it (roughly 1:1 ratio) and stir it with a toothpick. Then get one drop of th...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:43 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Got Ants and Questions (beginner)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4418
Re: Got Ants and Questions (beginner)
Super exciting and addictive! I am only a month in and I still have sleepless nights because my brain won’t shut down due to ant-thoughts. The hardest part for newbies like me and you is (from what I gather on here and in formiculture.com) patience!! Do you know if your queen has been fed? It may be...
- Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:36 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: My Ant Journal #1
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2610
Re: My Ant Journal #1
Awesome! Are they flying now?! Good luck!
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 9:31 pm
- Forum: New AntsCanada Ant Products & Product Suggestions
- Topic: When are the Ant Towers coming out?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 23328
Re: When are the Ant Towers coming out?
I am by no means an experienced keeper, just a general bug nerd. However, I caught a carpenter ant queen and her two nanitics coming out of diapause this weekend (found them in a rotting log). Camponotus novaeboracensis, I am pretty positive (black heads, red alitrunks, and black gasters). From what...
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:39 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: First Brachymyrmex colony
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20630
Re: First Brachymyrmex colony
Where did you go, man?! I need your knowledge/experience! How are the Brachymyrmex doing now?
- Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:14 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Brachymyrmex
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1636
Brachymyrmex
I have a small wild-caught colony of Brachymyrmex. They are not our native B. delpilis, but some other, totally black species (patagonicus?). When I caught them I managed to get the queen, around 30-40 workers, and probably 100 or more eggs/larvae...all in a cork-top four ounce muth jar. I connected...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:51 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Ant barrier for Lasius Niger?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1977
Re: Ant barrier for Lasius Niger?
How long does the fluon application last and is there a reason for going with the “ByFormica” brand as opposed to some generic fluon product?
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:15 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Interesting find!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2414
Re: Interesting find!
In my reading I read some mentioning that these needle ants were found and identified in southeastern United States sometime in the ‘30s...are they STILL considered invasive? Shouldn’t they now be considered “naturalized”? Another question, does anyone have any experience keeping these? I only grabb...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:11 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Interesting find!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2414
Re: Interesting find!
I don’t know remember what neuronal pathway finally led me to stumble across into a specific ID, but when comparing the dorsal mesasomal pictures to what I saw in the microscope, then doing a mandibular tooth count, and that uniquely-shoe-toe petiolar node...I was in love...I mean there was no mista...