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PacificNorthWestern's Ant Journal

Started By PacificNorthWestern , Jun 18 2019 10:33 AM

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#21 Offline PacificNorthWestern - Posted August 3 2019 - 9:47 PM

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So far this summer I have Caught a tapinoma sessile queen with 2 tetramorium, iI let my big formica colony go due to space, too big and required too much drank a 2 whole bottle caps of sunburst nectar per day. I went ant hunting in the woods with my dad, and found a beauty of a colony of temnothorax right under some bark.

My Camponotus modoc is currently my favorite ant colony, they are so interesting to watch and eat anything under the sun. they are at 80-90 workers at the moment and have some really big majors, They always have at least 6-10 workers in the out world and i even watched them take down a full grown earwig! really happy with this summer and excited for formica and brachymyrmex depils flights

edit: check up top for current update on colonies

Edited by PacificNorthWestern, August 6 2019 - 8:07 PM.

#22 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 6 2019 - 5:40 PM

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Not to be rude, but this is just bugging me: it is is Camponotus modoc, not moduc. Sorry, but I am weird about that stuff.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).