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LasiusSapien
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Post: # 65588Post LasiusSapien
Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:49 am

ArizonanAnts wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:52 am
Can someone please help me ID the species I posted some days ago? I want to sell them in the GAN project but I need the species.
you're queen look like this?

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1x Lasius Niger - early forging stage - 60-100 workers
1x Messor Barbarus - founding stage - <20 workers
1x Camponotus Turkestanus - claustral stage - 1 nanitic + brood
1x Odontoponera Transversa - semi-claustral stage - no eggs

ArizonanAnts
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Post: # 65590Post ArizonanAnts
Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:54 am

LasiusSapien wrote:
Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:49 am
ArizonanAnts wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:52 am
Can someone please help me ID the species I posted some days ago? I want to sell them in the GAN project but I need the species.
you're queen look like this?

Image
Kind of, but the gaster is not as layered, you know what I mean. Like my queen's gaster is smoother and kind of banded.
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Hawkeye
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Post: # 65627Post Hawkeye
Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:08 am

The gaster will look smoother once she has had enough to eat. It is basically made up out of hard bands of exoskeleton that extend and retract over/under each other.

Hawkeye
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Post: # 65628Post Hawkeye
Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:09 am

ArizonanAnts wrote:
Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:54 am
LasiusSapien wrote:
Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:49 am
ArizonanAnts wrote:
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:52 am
Can someone please help me ID the species I posted some days ago? I want to sell them in the GAN project but I need the species.
you're queen look like this?

Image
Kind of, but the gaster is not as layered, you know what I mean. Like my queen's gaster is smoother and kind of banded.
What do you mean by kind of banded?
Also upload your pics to an imgur.com account and use that to post pics on the forum

ArizonanAnts
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Post: # 65637Post ArizonanAnts
Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:04 am

I mean banded like the Forelius Pruinosus Queen gaster. 2 different colors.

I cant do imgur cuz I'm not allowed to.
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ArizonanAnts
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Post: # 65640Post ArizonanAnts
Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:58 pm

Lets make a party for Hawkeye!! He has made 1000 posts!


woop woop woop woop!! :D :D :D :D :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :o :o :o :o :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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ArizonanAnts
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Post: # 65644Post ArizonanAnts
Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:51 pm

So it is really pouring here in AZ. Do you guys think that if I go out tomorrow I will find some late fliers? If so, what species do you think I will find. I'm hoping for Prenolepis Imparis.
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Hawkeye
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Post: # 65649Post Hawkeye
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:54 pm

ArizonanAnts wrote:
Tue Nov 19, 2019 2:51 pm
So it is really pouring here in AZ. Do you guys think that if I go out tomorrow I will find some late fliers? If so, what species do you think I will find. I'm hoping for Prenolepis Imparis.
Isn't it way too late in the year for nuptual flights?

Hawkeye
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Post: # 65650Post Hawkeye
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:55 pm

ArizonanAnts wrote:
Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:58 pm
Lets make a party for Hawkeye!! He has made 1000 posts!


woop woop woop woop!! :D :D :D :D :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :o :o :o :o :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Woop woop :D

Kherafox
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Post: # 65656Post Kherafox
Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:50 am

I finally have a second worker for my Crematogaster colony! She just was 'hatched' (it looked more like the queen was taking the mom approach at "get up you lazy kid it's time for school stop fighting me", picking her up and rotating her, prodding at her :lol: ) around 2am, and she is now slowly moving around the brood area. :D

Now let's see if I can even tell the two little girls apart once #2 gets her darker color in... :lol:
Ant-keeping newbie! Currently keeping one Crematogaster Laeviscula Queen (Helena, with seven workers, and lots of increasing brood amounts!). :D

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