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#1 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 16 2017 - 3:49 AM

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Found this girl yesterday on the road. Pretty she is some type of Aphaenogaster. Size: 1mm

https://imgur.com/gallery/fmh0o

#2 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:19 AM

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Uh, I would check that size again :tongue2:



#3 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:24 AM

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Uh, I would check that size again :tongue2:


Woops lol about 7mm.
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#4 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:26 AM

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I agree with Aphaenogaster then.



#5 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:27 AM

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I agree with Aphaenogaster then.


Species?

#6 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:36 AM

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I agree with Aphaenogaster then.


Species?

 

Not a very easy genus to ID. We would need some better pictures.



#7 Offline VoidElecent - Posted August 16 2017 - 4:58 AM

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Probably A. cf. picea.


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#8 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted August 16 2017 - 5:10 AM

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Probably A. cf. picea.

There are plenty other possibilities. 



#9 Offline VoidElecent - Posted August 16 2017 - 6:18 AM

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Probably A. cf. picea.

There are plenty other possibilities. 

 

 

Yeah, that's true but I think it'd be okay to eliminate species like A. fulva and A. treataeA. picea are characteristically darker in coloration. Even Aphaenogaster rudis is more red than it is black or brown. 


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#10 Offline Aquaexploder - Posted August 16 2017 - 11:30 AM

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Probably A. cf. picea.

There are plenty other possibilities.
 
Yeah, that's true but I think it'd be okay to eliminate species like A. fulva and A. treataeA. picea are characteristically darker in coloration. Even Aphaenogaster rudis is more red than it is black or brown.

Care tips?

#11 Offline WeatherAnt - Posted August 16 2017 - 7:21 PM

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Care tips?

 

 

Test tube set up will be fine for now. The queen will not need food until the first workers arrive. That should take between 1-2 months. When they do arrive, tiny drops of honey / water mixture will be okay ... but they don't always like it. They LOVE fruit flies, so if your local pet store carries those I would buy them. 

 

Another thing, when I raised Aphaenogaster they had quite the personality. They were more inquisitive and bold than most ants I've dealt with. What I mean is they will actively but cautiously investigate you opening the tube during feeding time. It's pretty fun to watch, but they will get bolder and make a break for the exit at some point. Chasing down workers can be a chore so I recommend placing their tube in a small foraging area with the end open. They'll do fine with that set up. :)


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