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by BluMoon
Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:17 pm
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: BluMoon's Ant Keeping Journey
Replies: 8
Views: 8329

Re: BluMoon's Ant Keeping Journey

So just a small little thing, I have decided to free the second queen ant (species unidentified) and will be getting the Strobe Ant queen soon :D
by BluMoon
Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:14 pm
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: Ausants ants journal
Replies: 16
Views: 10066

Re: Ausants ants journal

Hi AusAnts,

Really cool to hear about your ant colonies :D

What kind of environment did you give your Strobe Ants?

Hopefully they are alive and doing well.

From BluMoon
by BluMoon
Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:45 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: BluMoon's Ant Keeping Journey
Replies: 8
Views: 8329

Re: BluMoon's Ant Keeping Journey

So . . . it has been a long time since any sort of update here (hehe...). I have decided to just do a quick little entry on what has happened during the past couple of months: 1. caught queen ant no.1 https://drive.google.com/open?id=10Jtj28wobuErJdRIriX8w0RCfQvJUcNA 2. learned that she may be tetra...
by BluMoon
Mon Apr 20, 2020 4:25 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Strobe Ant Care
Replies: 2
Views: 1351

Strobe Ant Care

Hi there,
I live in Australia and I am considering purchasing a strobe ant (opisthopsis) queen. Does anybody have any tips or information on how to look after these awesome ants (e.g. humidity)?
Thanks :)
by BluMoon
Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:00 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Black/red Queen, caught in Victoria
Replies: 2
Views: 1108

Re: Black/red Queen, caught in Victoria

Just to add a couple more details, I caught her on Tuesday, 14th of April. She has 2 visible parts to her waist, one which seems to angle down at 45 degrees. Her mandibles are large in width, but not too long. A small detail that I'm not sure will help or not, is that the end of her antenna are larg...
by BluMoon
Sat Apr 18, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Black/red Queen, caught in Victoria
Replies: 2
Views: 1108

Black/red Queen, caught in Victoria

Hi there, I have caught a second queen this year, and once again, I need help with identification. :) She is roughly 8mm long, and her gaster and thorax are black, while her head is more of a dark red. Her nuptial flight was in Victoria, early autumn, in the evening. Here is a link to several photos...
by BluMoon
Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:50 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Egg?
Replies: 2
Views: 1899

Re: Egg?

I'm not the most experienced person on earth, but maybe it is the larvae or pupae, which comes after the egg stage. If you search up 'ant pupae' it does look quite similar..? No, it haven't the same appearance ; and it can't appear just after one night. Oh... oops sorry. Hope you find out what it i...
by BluMoon
Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:01 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Is she alive still?
Replies: 1
Views: 1027

Is she alive still?

So I have had a supposedly pavement ant queen for a while now. For the first 2 or 3 weeks she didn't really do anything in the test tube set up a I had given her. It was getting really hard not to check up on her, and I thought maybe the test tube set up wasn't working for her. So, I gave her a box ...
by BluMoon
Mon Mar 30, 2020 12:55 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Egg?
Replies: 2
Views: 1899

Re: Egg?

I'm not the most experienced person on earth, but maybe it is the larvae or pupae, which comes after the egg stage. If you search up 'ant pupae' it does look quite similar..?
by BluMoon
Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: New AntsCanada Ant Products & Product Suggestions
Topic: Another Outworld (maybe?)
Replies: 2
Views: 8766

Re: Another Outworld (maybe?)

Thanks for the suggestion! Sounds like a good idea.