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by Samoril217
Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:56 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: What are these beautiful queens?
Replies: 5
Views: 3046

Re: What are these beautiful queens?

Just some update pics of two of the queens that have nanitics already. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZImpo4hwdhmG89WfGoNLVulf_2SX1UdS/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZTdwraQ328zz2iu2FOGHw4x_4v_rw2ex/view?usp=drivesdk Could you make them public? Sorry about that. These should b...
by Samoril217
Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:23 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: What are these beautiful queens?
Replies: 5
Views: 3046

Re: What are these beautiful queens?

SYUTEO wrote:
Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:15 am
Camponotus sp, possibly Camponotus festinatus.
Thank You
by Samoril217
Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:56 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: What are these beautiful queens?
Replies: 5
Views: 3046

What are these beautiful queens?

So...two years ago I caught my first queens and long story short they didn't survive my move into my house. With that being said last year I didn't even try to catch any. This year I have caught a couple different queens, but this set have not seen before around here. They were caught a couple of ni...
by Samoril217
Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:39 am
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona
Replies: 6
Views: 8294

Re: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona

Have any in the Phoenix area seen any nuptial flights this year?
by Samoril217
Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:40 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Advice and some pep talk please
Replies: 4
Views: 3837

Re: Advice and some pep talk please

Regular test tube setup with bottled water. I didnt check on them once after the first two weeks and then 3weeks after that. After the 5 weeks I had my first nantics and offered them a drop of honey the size of the toothpick tip
by Samoril217
Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:23 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Advice and some pep talk please
Replies: 4
Views: 3837

Advice and some pep talk please

i have had 0% success in the last 2 years of starting an ant colony. I live in Phoenix, AZ and I've have been focusing on the harvester ants that are abundant here. But this year I am trying any queen I can catch and within 2 weeks they are dead. I have a old fridge where I keep them in my room, not...
by Samoril217
Thu May 14, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona
Replies: 6
Views: 8294

Re: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona

They were by my apartment, but I have been seen more nuptial flights this week
by Samoril217
Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:07 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona
Replies: 6
Views: 8294

Re: Ant Nuptial Flights in Arizona

Just seen some Camponotus queens today. Only caught 1 as of now because I didn't have the proper storage of multiple queens. Racing home to get more snap caps. I live in Tempe