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- Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this a male ant or some other insect?
- Replies: 5
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Re: Is this a male ant or some other insect?
Are you sure. It's body looks too similar to a ant
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:49 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Is this a male ant or some other insect?
- Replies: 5
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Is this a male ant or some other insect?
this ant(?) came in on some lettuce. just curious if it's a male ant or something else? https://scontent.fyxd1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37806151_1745570295490920_183101722913144832_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e0839f0876bb58c26a35903c6a4b5bc6&oe=5BD7F45D https://scontent.fyxd1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/3779616...
- Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:29 am
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Formica fully claustral queen died
- Replies: 3
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Re: Formica fully claustral queen died
Thanks for the reply.
Do queens die when they aren't fertile? Almost like giving up on life because they won't have workers to take care of them?
Do queens die when they aren't fertile? Almost like giving up on life because they won't have workers to take care of them?
- Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:43 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Wine cooler for hibernating
- Replies: 2
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Wine cooler for hibernating
So I've been trying to come up with a solution for hibernating my ants. This is my first attempt at keeping ants. I currently have 8 formica spp. Queens. So I was looking at using a second hand mini fridge but I figured if I was gonna buy something I would like to buy something where I can set the t...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:40 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Formica queens still not laying eggs
- Replies: 5
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Re: Formica queens still not laying eggs
I just had the queen that was identified as podzilica did in the last week
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:35 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Formica fully claustral queen died
- Replies: 3
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Formica fully claustral queen died
Caught 8 queens on August 6 and one of the 8 died sometime between last Saturday and today. It was caught without wings on(I know this doesn't indicate anything) caught in the central Alberta area keep at room or warmer. I had posted picture here and was identified as a formica (podzilica?) Queen. I...
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:12 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
- Replies: 5
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Re: Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
Any social parasites or semi-claistrals?
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:40 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
- Replies: 5
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Re: Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
So Queen 8 was caught on august 6 with most of the others but when we were grabbing some more picture of her tonight we noticed a couple of copper-ish bumps on her gaster near her thorax. Upon closer inspection the were little insects (possibly mites?) wondering what we can do to get rid of these or...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:35 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
- Replies: 5
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Queen Identification in Camrose Alberta Canada Caught on August 6th
Hey we caught some queens on august 6th we need identified, a couple have already been identified but wanted to get the rest identified. (some queen numbers missing because 3,4,5 have been identified) Queen 1 http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9390/OMuujb.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img922/9064/adlz2C.j...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Formica queens still not laying eggs
- Replies: 5
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Formica queens still not laying eggs
so i caught 8 queens a couple weeks ago and 2 this week, I've had a few of them identified here, one as formica aserva which is a social parasite she has a single host workers eclosed from pupae(the rest still haven't eclosed yet) that we took from another formica nest. She appears to be doing well ...