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#1 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 13 2017 - 4:50 PM

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Hey, I am new to the formiculture hobby and I was wondering if anyone local would like to go on an anting adventure to get some queens/colonies. If you are interested, what species would you like to collect?



#2 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 13 2017 - 4:54 PM

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sure just drive to Tuscaloosa, Alabama!


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#3 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 13 2017 - 5:32 PM

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Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not transport ants across state lines lol.

Edited by brokentofu, March 13 2017 - 5:32 PM.


#4 Offline Zeiss - Posted March 13 2017 - 5:35 PM

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Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not transport ants across state lines lol.

Good idea.  Alabama Anter is 11 and has shipped across lines and received ants; it is best to not listen to his antics.  

 

Anyways, I wish I lived in Texas, you guys have very nice species living there!


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#5 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 13 2017 - 6:35 PM

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Lmao I was joking but yeah I don't think you would drive like 7 hours to me. Zeiss didn't you tell me you do that too? Eh I might just be remembering things...


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#6 Offline Zeiss - Posted March 13 2017 - 6:37 PM

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Lmao I was joking but yeah I don't think you would drive like 7 hours to me. Zeiss didn't you tell me you do that too? Eh I might just be remembering things...

God no.  I ship other native inverts across state lines though.  Like beetles, scorpions, millipedes, etc. 



#7 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 13 2017 - 6:38 PM

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Aha! Good I knew I was hearing/remembering like shiz!


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#8 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 14 2017 - 3:25 AM

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Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not transport ants across state lines lol.

Good idea. Alabama Anter is 11 and has shipped across lines and received ants; it is best to not listen to his antics.

Anyways, I wish I lived in Texas, you guys have very nice species living there!

What species in particular would you really want to acquire if you lived in Texas?

#9 Offline yen_saw - Posted March 14 2017 - 6:48 AM

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Texas is a big state. Few of my favorite would be

- Atta texana

- Cephalotes texanus

- Pseudomyrmex gracilis



#10 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 14 2017 - 8:50 AM

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Texas is a big state. Few of my favorite would be
- Atta texana
- Cephalotes texanus
- Pseudomyrmex gracilis


Those are some really cool species I had no idea existed. I've always wanted leafcutters and Texas has them. Sweet.

#11 Offline Superant33 - Posted March 14 2017 - 10:25 AM

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Atta texana are neat and I live near their northern range. I don't think they exist in Dallas. Watch the weather and drive to Houston after a summer thunderstorm. Collect them under bright street lights. Odontomachus are my personal favorite. However, you will have to make a long drive for a chance at O. clarus. I do most of my Texas anti gay during the summer after a rain storm. Good luck.

#12 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 14 2017 - 11:06 AM

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Atta texana are neat and I live near their northern range. I don't think they exist in Dallas. Watch the weather and drive to Houston after a summer thunderstorm. Collect them under bright street lights. Odontomachus are my personal favorite. However, you will have to make a long drive for a chance at O. clarus. I do most of my Texas anti gay during the summer after a rain storm. Good luck.


I don't mind driving 2 hours to collect, but I don't think I would want to drive to Houston just to collect ants. Maybe down the line. I'd like to collect something interesting semi locally.

#13 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 14 2017 - 12:38 PM

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Atta texana

Odontomachus sp

Cephalotes sp

Camponotus texana

Myrmecocystus sp

 

and wayyyyy more.


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#14 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 19 2017 - 3:38 PM

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Back to the topic I originally posted about. Would anyone like to maybe have a meetup with a few Texas members and go collect one of Texas's many super interesting species.



#15 Offline Californian Anter - Posted March 19 2017 - 3:55 PM

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Solenopsis Invicta. I hear it's very common XD.


Keeper of:

 

Camponotus Vicinus

Prenolepis Imparis

Tetramorium Sp. E x2


#16 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 19 2017 - 4:04 PM

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Solenopsis Invicta. I hear it's very common XD.

Its the only thing here in dfw man. I think I would be down for a weekend trip to get something more interesting now that I think about it.



#17 Offline Superant33 - Posted March 19 2017 - 5:49 PM

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You must get out of urban areas. Cities are filled with invasive. Wait until June-August. Watch the weather. Make a drive to a rural area after a thunderstorm. Collect queens. But be prepared to strike out. Most years, I don't even see a queen honey pot or Pogonomyrmex. However, if you have a friend that owns a ranch, you will succeed. Most of the land in Texas is in private hands. Good luck!

#18 Offline brokentofu - Posted March 20 2017 - 3:31 PM

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You must get out of urban areas. Cities are filled with invasive. Wait until June-August. Watch the weather. Make a drive to a rural area after a thunderstorm. Collect queens. But be prepared to strike out. Most years, I don't even see a queen honey pot or Pogonomyrmex. However, if you have a friend that owns a ranch, you will succeed. Most of the land in Texas is in private hands. Good luck!

My uncle owns some land outside of Brady, Texas. Is that rural enough for collecting interesting species?



#19 Offline Superant33 - Posted March 21 2017 - 3:24 PM

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Should be. It's better than what I have access to! My former honey hole is now a subdivision.




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