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Posted January 16 2015 - 7:13 AM
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I'd like to forward this article to you for your perusing pleasure. Sent to me from direct from the horse's mouth.
I'm sure all of those of you interested in keeping social parasites and have had limited success in the past might want to educate yourself further.
My profile and a couple of links to publications are here:
http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Buschinger,_Alfred
On my major field of interest, social parasitism:
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Posted January 16 2015 - 2:18 PM
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I love social parasites, especially Formica parasites!
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Posted January 16 2015 - 2:32 PM
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Posted January 16 2015 - 10:02 PM
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Yes I have to agree. I think parasitic Lasius are really cool. I particularly like how interesting Lasius murphyi queens look.
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Posted January 16 2015 - 11:26 PM
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Posted January 17 2015 - 6:22 AM
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glad you guys agree that is why I'm keeping them!
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Posted January 17 2015 - 11:13 AM
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Lasius murphyi.
I caught one in my first year of anting and they are outrageously fuzzy. Unfortunately parasitic queens were beyond my scope at that time so there was no way for me to start a colony.
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Posted January 17 2015 - 1:13 PM
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Posted January 18 2015 - 1:26 PM
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I think Lasius latipes looks cool.
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Posted February 8 2015 - 10:49 AM
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I think Lasius latipes looks cool.
Me too, they remind me of praying mantises.
Here's my leopard gecko/ant youtube: https://goo.gl/cRAFbK
My ant website.
It contains a lot of information about ants, guides, videos, links, and more!
If you have any feedback, please post here or PM me, don't be shy!
I currently keep:
Formica podzolica
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