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by AntsDakota
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:51 pm
Forum: The GAN Project (Global Ant Nursery)
Topic: Looking for a Queen in Kentucky
Replies: 4
Views: 6009

Re: Looking for a Queen in Kentucky

I'm having a very hard time finding a Queen. Hoping someone near Louisville KY can help me. ---------------------- If you are having trouble finding queens yourself, you could buy them from a local GAN (Global Ant Nursery) farmer (person who sells queens). Go to AntsCanada.com and click on the Quee...
by AntsDakota
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Was thinking about starting an ant farm, want to release when too big.
Replies: 1
Views: 1643

Re: Was thinking about starting an ant farm, want to release when too big.

So I've been diving into ant breeding and all the may come along with it. I learned you want to be responsible when releasing ants into the wild, but I want to go into this adventure with the idea that is the end goal. So I came looking for local ant enthusiasts for some help! LOCAL became a broad ...
by AntsDakota
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:33 pm
Forum: New Forum Members
Topic: Hey Everyone!
Replies: 2
Views: 2207

Re: Hey Everyone!

Hey everyone ... Nice to meet you all, so my name is Abhy and I'm from Indonesia (Did anyone here from Indonesia ???). I get interest with ant since I watch AntsCanada video and trying to keep it. But I don't know schedule nuptial flights in Indonesia. So I decided to search the schedule but I foun...
by AntsDakota
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:27 pm
Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
Topic: Polyergus/F. Subscericea Setup
Replies: 5
Views: 3525

Re: Polyergus/F. Subscericea Setup

So, an interesting opportunity recently arose. I have a friend who raised a mature colony of F. Subscericea, and he is moving away and offered to give me the colony. It looks to have between 500 and 2000 ants (it's hard to tell because his setup is natural and I can't see in most of their nest). La...
by AntsDakota
Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:11 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Incubator
Replies: 2
Views: 1682

Incubator

I am going to buy an incubator originally designed for chicken eggs to heat my ants with, instead of a heating cable. This way I can see the temperature they are at, and control it. I plan to keep them at at least 85 degrees F. (29 C.) Do you think 90 degrees (32 C.) would be too hot for them?
by AntsDakota
Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: ACAF Suggestions
Topic: Ran out of water test tube in outworld
Replies: 3
Views: 6165

Re: Ran out of water test tube in outworld

:ugeek: Ran out of water in test tube. Hi please can you help. I am based in the UK and have a Lasius Niger ant colony (about 25 workers) in a test tube and placed the test tube into an outworld. The test tube has ran out of water so I have placed another test tube inside with water. Please can you...
by AntsDakota
Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:02 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Camponotus nearcticus
Replies: 18
Views: 10128

Re: Camponotus nearcticus

Unfortunately, the workers all died. :cry: I then decided to move the queen and her brood into a test tube where I could view her more easily. I counted five pupae, and two larvae. All pupae had ant silhouettes showing through, so the workers should close in the next few days.
by AntsDakota
Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: ACAF Suggestions
Topic: Nuptial flight
Replies: 2
Views: 3046

Re: Nuptial flight

So I know in the U.S Camponotus species have had their nuptial flight in the bulk of May but is it still possible to find queens? I have always wanted a camponotus queen but have only found one two years ago. Any advice as to where to go that’d be great! I’m only use to Tetramorium and Pogo’s at th...
by AntsDakota
Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Help with tube size
Replies: 2
Views: 2433

Re: Help with tube size

I'm wanting to get a camponotus herculeanus queen (from GAN) and I have a camponotus hybrid nest and was wondering in the tubing that fits it is to small for the queen? I will have to drive 5 total hrs to get the queen and want to be sure that my setup will work b4 I do. I have that formicarium and...
by AntsDakota
Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:31 pm
Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
Topic: Huge queen ,hollysprings,Mississippi,USA
Replies: 2
Views: 1788

Re: Huge queen ,hollysprings,Mississippi,USA

June 19, she's 15millimeters https://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah93/scientificmaster7/IMG_20190619_143742_zpsg9muobwg.jpg https://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah93/scientificmaster7/IMG_20190619_143808_zpsgmrz1mo9.jpg https://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah93/scientificmaster7/IMG_20190619_14380...