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#1 Offline xTNxANTMANx - Posted June 2 2019 - 5:54 AM

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Hey everyone, figured I would start this as the easy way to find our state for trading and selling.
There are two species that I'm trying to find myself but I work so much I can never get out at the right time during a nuptial flight. I have a few species that I could trade but what I'm looking for are Camponotus castaneus and/or Solenopsis richteri or S. invicta. I have a couple species of Formica I could trade as well as Camponotus pennsylvanicus. I also have a decent-sized tetramorium colony that I am looking to either sell or trade possibly. I'm having to move so I do need to downsize my collection which also brings me to say I also collect tarantulas. I have over 100 so if by chance you are interested in tarantulas as well let me know as I am selling some of those also LOL
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Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Camponotus pennsylvanicusx3 (founding)
Dorymyrmex bureni
Formica pallidefulva x3
Formica subsericea x4
Tetramorium immigrans

Have kept many other ant species but now keep over 100 tarantulas and other inverts! Mantids, centipedes, and scorpions to name a few 😁

#2 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 2 2019 - 7:24 AM

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Would you be interested in captive bred Aphaenogaster rudis?

#3 Offline xTNxANTMANx - Posted June 2 2019 - 12:29 PM

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Na. I'm not big into Aphneogaster.
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Keeping:
Camponotus subbarbatus
Camponotus pennsylvanicusx3 (founding)
Dorymyrmex bureni
Formica pallidefulva x3
Formica subsericea x4
Tetramorium immigrans

Have kept many other ant species but now keep over 100 tarantulas and other inverts! Mantids, centipedes, and scorpions to name a few 😁

#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 2 2019 - 2:48 PM

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Guess what I just got! A Camponotus castaneus queen! She looks dead though. Found her in a pool.

#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 3 2019 - 6:21 AM

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I will trade you a Stigmatomma pallipes colony with 2 workers and a queen for 5 single Colobopsis impressa queens. They must have taken their wings off though. Could you do that?

#6 Offline kingz2015 - Posted June 5 2019 - 5:06 AM

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A queen with no wings is no guarantee of being fertilized. I had a colobopsis impressa colony where the queen never released her wings. And I had a camponotus nearcticus queen that ripped off her wings and never laid a single egg for nearly a year and then one day, I found her dead.
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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted June 5 2019 - 5:58 AM

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A queen with no wings is no guarantee of being fertilized. I had a colobopsis impressa colony where the queen never released her wings. And I had a camponotus nearcticus queen that ripped off her wings and never laid a single egg for nearly a year and then one day, I found her dead.


I know, but I hate it when queens keep their wings because the wings get stuck to the walls of the test tube, especially if there is condensation.

#8 Offline kingz2015 - Posted June 5 2019 - 9:30 AM

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Fair enough. I understand your concern
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