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[Connectimyrmex]

Why did Antony start writing a random argument?

Also, those are some beautiful pics. I love the Pheidole pics.

Also, Army Ants are a joy to keep, but refrain from queen collection (the whole argument summarized in a sentence). The queens die easily and often move frequently.

[limwhol]

I had been keeping ants for 11 years, know many things about all genus of ants, wrote many tutorials and sharing to the ant keeper`s community of China.

 

I know we may have many different points of view on ants, it`s just normal, I respect the admin and members here, so if I did anything incorrect, just tell me to fix it.

 

I love aggressive species very much, and keeping a colony of army ants is my dream, few keepers here in China share the same goal with me, I really like to know how army ants hunting for food, how fast they developing with the colony.

 

Dorylinae orientalis could be found in many provinces of China, Hunan, Hupei, Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. I also promised my friend who are studying ants in college to catch one and send to him. But sadly, army ants is extremely difficult to catch, I did not get one so far, they like raid at night and has a lot of satellite nest. So ant hunting is not a big deal here, cos they are too many, and the bad effect to environment is hard to measure. But just like I said before, it`s ok for me to delete any photos or thread if it makes members here uncomfortable.

 

Cheers!

[Leo]

limwhol, do you have any tips for my 红足蚁

[limwhol]

Do you have a latin name of your ants? Cos I have no idea about the name you mentioned above.

 

Do you mean Pseudoneoponera rufipes?

 

 

[Martialis]

I think he means Camponotus nicobarensis.

[limwhol]

And everybody please, call me LaoJ please.

 

I can`t use this nickname for registration, so I randomly choose limwhol.

[limwhol]

Well, C. nicobarensis is very easy for keeping.

 

Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, Sugar, more sugar and a little bit protein such as roaches.

 

Don`t feed them with protein when you don`t have many hungry larvae.

[Canadian anter]

@LaoJ

我们只是有一些孩子在这里整天争论

[Leo]

no LaoJ was right sorry, where in china do you live?

[limwhol]

I live in shenzhen. I am very surprised you guys could speak Chinese. Are you two come from China too?

[Canadian anter]

Leo 在香港。 我在加拿大但是我父母从福州来的。 我的国语讲的有点差

[limwhol]

cool I could figure out what you guys want to express both in English or Chinese. Anything I could help just pm or reply in my post.

[Connectimyrmex]

I had been keeping ants for 11 years, know many things about all genus of ants, wrote many tutorials and sharing to the ant keeper`s community of China.

 

I know we may have many different points of view on ants, it`s just normal, I respect the admin and members here, so if I did anything incorrect, just tell me to fix it.

 

I love aggressive species very much, and keeping a colony of army ants is my dream, few keepers here in China share the same goal with me, I really like to know how army ants hunting for food, how fast they developing with the colony.

 

Dorylinae orientalis could be found in many provinces of China, Hunan, Hupei, Fujian, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. I also promised my friend who are studying ants in college to catch one and send to him. But sadly, army ants is extremely difficult to catch, I did not get one so far, they like raid at night and has a lot of satellite nest. So ant hunting is not a big deal here, cos they are too many, and the bad effect to environment is hard to measure. But just like I said before, it`s ok for me to delete any photos or thread if it makes members here uncomfortable.

 

Cheers!

I've wanted to keep army ants as well

I probably won't be able to, though, because I live nowhere close to a Neivamyrmex/Dorylus nesting site. I do live next to a Leptogenys Falcigera colony, though.

[Spamdy]

我们是吗说中文啊？就问一下。（ '▿ ' ）

[limwhol]

I could speak Chinese. But I am afraid many other members can't get me.

[Leo]

haha

[dspdrew]

Make sure you post in English here so others can read the posts. It's actually one of the rules.

[soulsynapse]

great shots

 

how are you getting clear photos like that? it looks like you're putting the camera IN the outworld

[limwhol]

Yes I put the colony into a container and take the photos.