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#21 Offline gcsnelling - Posted April 22 2017 - 3:25 PM

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Nah no worries, the little guys are no worse than adults. For keys I also use the ants of deep canyon and ants of nevada by the wheelers as well as ny dads desert ants key.  Between these three they cover fairly well excluding those few undescribed species.


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#22 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 22 2017 - 5:00 PM

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Nah no worries, the little guys are no worse than adults. For keys I also use the ants of deep canyon and ants of nevada by the wheelers as well as ny dads desert ants key.  Between these three they cover fairly well excluding those few undescribed species.

 

So is that not true that babies aren't as good at controlling how much venom they release, and can release a lot more than an adult? I remember reading that somewhere, or multiple places.



#23 Offline soulsynapse - Posted April 22 2017 - 11:56 PM

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Nah no worries, the little guys are no worse than adults. For keys I also use the ants of deep canyon and ants of nevada by the wheelers as well as ny dads desert ants key.  Between these three they cover fairly well excluding those few undescribed species.

 

So is that not true that babies aren't as good at controlling how much venom they release, and can release a lot more than an adult? I remember reading that somewhere, or multiple places.

 

 

no that is true


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#24 Offline gcsnelling - Posted April 23 2017 - 3:16 AM

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That is indeed true, however adult snakes tend to have stronger venom and when they do inject give a much larger dose. I would much prefer to be bitten by a juvenile than an adult.


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#25 Offline soulsynapse - Posted June 12 2017 - 12:07 AM

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When do you figure these guys will be flying? These are my native dream species, more or less.


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#26 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 12 2017 - 4:59 AM

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I seem to remember seeing more posts about these (whatever they are) somewhere, but can't remember where. This is all I can find now.

 

http://www.formicult...-chart/?p=35211

 

Looks like very early June. I would think maybe we could find these again in this next heatwave, assuming they haven't flown already.

 

 

Edit: Oh this is the post I was thinking of.

 

http://www.formicult...sions/?p=35213I

 

It's about the same night.


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#27 Offline soulsynapse - Posted June 12 2017 - 6:19 AM

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cheers drew


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