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#1 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 12:10 AM

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I've been fascinated by ants for a long time and have been reading about ant keeping and lurking on forums for a few years. A sunny day late July going out from my apartment building I saw a whole bunch of Lasius niger queens crawling around on the side walk. I wasn't prepared at all and all I could find at home was a couple of pill bottles. But now I have two queens and I'm super excited. I have a laser cutter at work and I've already been drawing up a few things in cad to cut and assemble.

 

I'm 42, have two sons. Live in the south of Sweden. 

 

For many years I haven't really been able to keep animals so it has been mostly dreaming and planning about it. Now I'm in the process of building a large rainforest vivarium, 340 gallon/1300 liter, that will be mostly focused on being a display tank with a rainforest biotope. Will probably be home to poison dart frogs and some mourning geckos in the future. Or ants who knows? 

 

Besides ants I have some cultures of different isopods and a few beetle larvae growing (Mecynorrhina torquata ugandensis). 

 

Anyway, happy to be here and to learn and to share. 

 

Peace! 


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#2 Offline Martialis - Posted September 17 2019 - 3:39 AM

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#3 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 3:41 AM

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Velkommen til forumet!

Tack! :) 


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#4 Offline Martialis - Posted September 17 2019 - 3:51 AM

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Jeg sprakker litt norsk, så jeg kan forstå svensk. :) Nordiske språkene er ganske kult, etter min mening.

Har maurene din arbeidere ennå?

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#5 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 3:55 AM

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Jeg sprakker litt norsk, så jeg kan forstå svensk. :) Nordiske språkene er ganske kult, etter min mening.

Har maurene din arbeidere ennå?

 

En av dem har cirka 10 arbetare nu. Den andra ligger fortfarande på ägg och puppor. 


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#6 Offline Martialis - Posted September 17 2019 - 4:04 AM

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Jeg har Camponotus og Lasius akkurat nå. Begge koloniene mine som har arbeidere Er Camponotus: en C. chromaiodes, som har 4 arbeidere, og en C. nearcticus som har 2 arbeidere.


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#7 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 4:15 AM

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Jag har Camponotus og Lasius akkurat nå. Begge koloniene mine som har arbeidere Er Camponotus: en C. chromaiodes, som har 4 arbeidere, og en C. nearcticus som har 2 arbeidere.

 

Fint! :) Jag hoppas kunna skaffa någon Camponotus och även Messor barbarus snart. 


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#8 Offline Leo - Posted September 17 2019 - 5:10 AM

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Welcome from China!



#9 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 5:20 AM

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Welcome from China!

 

Thank you Leo! My son is from China, would love to go back one day. :) 



#10 Offline FSTP - Posted September 17 2019 - 5:50 AM

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#11 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 6:24 AM

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Welcome to the forum!


Thank you!

#12 Offline Pumpkin_Loves_Ants - Posted September 17 2019 - 6:59 AM

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Hello from Wisconsin! Lasius are a really cool genus of ants so you are lucky!
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Lasius Neoniger (Around 23ish workers)

Tetramorium Immigran (8 Workers)

Myrmica Queen (Not 100% on species)

Formica Subsericea (No workers)


#13 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 8:14 AM

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Hello from Wisconsin! Lasius are a really cool genus of ants so you are lucky!

 

Thank you! And yes, I love them already! :) 



#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 17 2019 - 8:54 AM

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Welcome and good luck! Lasius niger seem like fun ants to keep.


"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#15 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 9:01 AM

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Welcome and good luck! Lasius niger seem like fun ants to keep.

 

They seem to be very interesting so far. And it's fun that such a common little ant here is so appreciated in the hobby. 


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#16 Offline Manitobant - Posted September 17 2019 - 11:11 AM

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Welcome to formiculture! You are super lucky to live in Sweden as you can buy exotic ants legally!

#17 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 11:21 AM

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Welcome to formiculture! You are super lucky to live in Sweden as you can buy exotic ants legally!

 

I have just now come to realize this actually. I've been browsing Antstore for example for years not knowing that wasn't something everyone can do. As I have very limited options when it comes to hibernation as I live in an apartment with central heating tropical species sounds very attractive for that reason alone. 

And thank you for the welcome! 



#18 Offline Zeiss - Posted September 17 2019 - 1:10 PM

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#19 Offline Mandelstam - Posted September 17 2019 - 1:21 PM

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Welcome to the forum!

 

Thank you!






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