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- Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: As a new ant keeper, I've never been happier until this moment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2257
Re: As a new ant keeper, I've never been happier until this moment
Beautiful queen!
- Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: New Forum Members
- Topic: Kamloops BC Canada
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4013
Re: Kamloops BC Canada
It has been like that for us in the Kootenays as well. I found one queen today, but she is the first since May. I hardly even see any workers, other than the ones stealing my hummingbird nectar out of the feeder. It has been way too dry.
- Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:08 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: New Queen ID SE BC
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3230
New Queen ID SE BC
The queen is 11-12 mm. Found on the sidewalk in a local park.
- Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: Why eat the queen???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4875
Re: Why eat the queen???
Mine were identified much the same way. Here and here:
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=3253&p=21184#p21184
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=4339&p=27997#p27997
Identifying ants isn't one of my skills either although I can tell the colonies apart while feeding them.
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=3253&p=21184#p21184
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=4339&p=27997#p27997
Identifying ants isn't one of my skills either although I can tell the colonies apart while feeding them.
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 4:38 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: I have a queen and idk her species
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1778
Re: I have a queen and idk her species
Please see this post for information
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=292
How to post photos
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162
Use Imgur direct link.
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=292
How to post photos
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=162
Use Imgur direct link.
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: Why eat the queen???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4875
Re: Why eat the queen???
I haven't kept a journal, as I wasn't sure how successful this hobby was going to be. Last year I had access to more queens but they all died. Some were infertile and one was a parasitic queen. I can show photos of the most prolific modoc and laevigatus queens. The laevigatus kept her wings. Do you ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: Why eat the queen???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4875
Re: Why eat the queen???
I have C. modoc and C. laevigatus colonies as well. I find them to be very mellow ants. The colony that ate their queen was Formica sp.
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: Why eat the queen???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4875
Why eat the queen???
I caught the queen and several workers in May and kept them in a dirt nest. It wasn't healthy, and I couldn't feed them without causing them a panic attack, so I moved them into a small formicarium. The queen was producing eggs and pupae, the size of the colony doubled. And then, about two days ago,...
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Ant Graveyard
- Topic: My poor Camponotus Queen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4164
Re: My poor Camponotus Queen
My queens were pretty frantic in the beginning and didn't settle until I gave each one a drop of honey. Then they mellowed out and began laying within a day or two. I'm wondering if they were poorly fed in the nest before their flight. It rained here pretty solidly from March until the middle of May...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 11:34 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Hoping for species ID for GAN
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3038
Re: Hoping for species ID for GAN
Thank you very, very much!