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by AGENTSCEPTILE
Fri May 31, 2019 2:55 pm
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Best nutritish foods to feed Atta texana
Replies: 3
Views: 1986

Re: Best nutritish foods to feed Atta texana

I hope i'm not teaching you how to suck eggs, but this might help... :lol:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/50478 :mrgreen:
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Fri May 31, 2019 2:18 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Caught in Indonesia
Replies: 4
Views: 2337

Re: Caught in Indonesia

... He got here before me :D
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Fri May 31, 2019 6:41 am
Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
Topic: Aphids important?
Replies: 3
Views: 2087

Re: Aphids important?

Thank you very much! :mrgreen: Yeah, I was really worried as aphids arent all that easy to find here :D
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Fri May 31, 2019 6:39 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Caught in Indonesia
Replies: 4
Views: 2337

Re: Caught in Indonesia

Sorry to be a pest, but can you maybe get a pic from a better angle without the flash?....
Sorry...... :?
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Thu May 30, 2019 8:34 pm
Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
Topic: Aphids important?
Replies: 3
Views: 2087

Aphids important?

Hi, so I caught my first Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queen on the 27th as it was the first warm day here in Maine---- Still finding males around! BUT- I know that C. Pennsylvanicus farm aphids, but I don't know exactly how I might incorporate them into a later setup, either outworld or natural vivariu...
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Thu May 30, 2019 6:16 am
Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
Topic: Original Formicariums
Replies: 2
Views: 5046

Re: Original Formicariums

If your talking about the gel than no it won’t work. They are not suitable for ant colonies to live in. The reason they don’t come with queens/suggest putting queens in there is two fold. 1 the queen will probably not start a colony in one of them and if she does they probably won’t survive. If you...
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Thu May 30, 2019 6:12 am
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: What species live in Idaho?
Replies: 2
Views: 1772

Re: What species live in Idaho?

I really think these would help you alot-
http://antmaps.org/
http://antwiki.org/wiki/Pheidole
http://antwiki.org/wiki/Crematogaster

These will give you alot of info, plus Antmaps.org has a whole list of most of the species in your area!

Happy Anting! :mrgreen:
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Wed May 29, 2019 11:56 am
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Camponotus flights yet??
Replies: 31
Views: 17013

Re: Camponotus flights yet??

Here in Maine, we had Camponotus Pennsylvanicus flights on may 27th!
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Wed May 29, 2019 11:54 am
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: NEW ENGLAND (ME-VT-NH-CT-MA-RI) Nuptial Flights
Replies: 15
Views: 8516

Re: NEW ENGLAND (ME-VT-NH-CT-MA-RI) Nuptial Flights

First Camponotus Pennsylvannicus flights on may 27th! :mrgreen:
by AGENTSCEPTILE
Sat May 25, 2019 6:39 am
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Very small ant queens, very small indeed! (IN MAINE) PLEASE HELP!
Replies: 8
Views: 5919

Re: Very small ant queens, very small indeed! (IN MAINE) PLEASE HELP!

Thank you VERY much! I have been trying to ID this for 2 years! As for laying eggs, however, I don't think she will be laying anytime soon as I have her all safe in a test tube for a few weeks now without eggs, I think this is possible due to the fact that the end of her gaster is kind of squished/p...