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Aphaenogaster lamellidens Journal


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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted June 23 2019 - 2:04 AM

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Hello everybody. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have my friend give me what we thought to be Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. He already had two colonies of this species, knew that I was wanting them, and I lived 20 minutes away. Was really a match made in heaven  :D . When I got them home, and had moved them out of the log they were nesting in, we quickly realized they were something else. It appears they are Aphaenogaster lamellidens. What a joy! I estimate they have around 80 workers, maybe 100 at most. They're just kinda chugging along. This species doesn't grow very fast.

 

As you can see they have some queen alates on the way! Exciting. If this colony produces males, I will attempt to mate the queens and see if I can get any colonies out of them. If my colony does not produce any males, I may attempt to mate the queens with Aphaenogaster tennesseensis although I'm not very optimistic this will work.

 


Edited by Mdrogun, June 23 2019 - 2:07 AM.

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Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#2 Offline FSTP - Posted June 23 2019 - 11:44 AM

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Very cool video. Its always fun seeing the larvae munching away on some dead insect the workers have placed for them.


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#3 Offline Antennal_Scrobe - Posted October 26 2019 - 11:09 AM

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Do you still have these?


Currently keeping:

 

Tetramorium immigrans, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Myrmica punctiventris, Formica subsericea

Formica pallidefulva, Aphaeogaster cf. rudis

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus nearcticus

Crematogaster cerasi

Temnothorax ambiguus

Prenolepis imparis


#4 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 27 2019 - 5:39 PM

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Do you still have these?

Unfortunately they died of neglect when I was away on vacation. I tried to get them back to health, but I couldn't. Really sucks  :facepalm:


Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega


#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 27 2019 - 5:43 PM

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This speices seems to be easy to neglect. Mine died too.






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