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#1 Offline Fisher - Posted April 8 2018 - 6:04 PM

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I’m new to ant keeping. I just got my first queen with some workers about 2 weeks ago. Camponotus fragilis, and they are really cool looking. I’m really enjoying it so far.

Lived in Southern California my whole life. Always liked nature and animals. I have been interested in ants since I was a kid. Always found them fascinating. I started watching the AntsCanada channel on YouTube several months ago, and then learned it’s s possible to capture queen ants locally, and that you can buy them from local farmers. That’s how I got sucked in.

Other then my new ant colony, I have 2 fish tanks. A heavily planted 30 gallon acrylic with a stupid tall design that makes it hard to clean, and a ten gallon for my betta. My betta’s name is Bloo (who lives with some shrimp and a snail), and he is blue with white border around his fins, and red pelvic fins. The larger tank houses my dwarf pleco, some neon tetras, red cherry shrimp, and a few guppies. I’ve kept fish on and off since my teens. I have kept saltwater too. Can’t have a bigger tank at the moment unfortunately.

I also like science fiction, and am currently going to university for communication studies.

That’s me. Hello everyone!
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#2 Offline AntsMaryland - Posted April 8 2018 - 6:06 PM

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Nice to meet you Fisher!

Welcome to Formiculture!

 

Good luck Anting!


Aphaenogaster cf. rudis 

Tetramorium immigrans 

Tapinoma sessile

Formica subsericea

Pheidole sp.

Camponotus nearcticus


#3 Offline T.C. - Posted April 9 2018 - 6:54 AM

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Welcome to formiculture.
“If I am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man.” -Althea Davis

#4 Offline Scrixx - Posted April 9 2018 - 11:34 AM

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There are a lot of us in SoCal so welcome.


ScrixxAnts Queen Adoption

YouTube: View my ants

Keeping: Camponotus sansabeanus - C. vicinus - Formica francoeuri - Liometopum occidentale -  Pogonomyrmex californicus - P. rugosus - P. subnitidus - Solenopsis molesta - S. xyloni - Tapinoma sessile - Temnothorax sp.

Journals: Camponotus sansabeanus & C. vicinus | Pogonomyrmex californicus & P. rugosus | Solenopsis molesta & S. xyloni

Discontinued: Pogonomyrmex subnitidus


#5 Offline LC3 - Posted April 9 2018 - 5:22 PM

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Welcome to the forum :D

this thread should be a must for SoCal anters:

http://www.formicult...lifornia-anting


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