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#1 Offline Crystals - Posted October 11 2014 - 9:00 AM

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Here is a list of various links that many ant keepers find handy.
 

Anting

Ant Mating Chart
https://www.formicul...t-mating-chart/

How to Find and Catch Queen Ants
https://www.formicul...tch-ant-queens/
 
Anting How-To
https://www.formicul...y-mated-queens/


Techniques for Successful Anting
https://www.formicul...or-when-anting/
 
Spotting Founding Chambers
https://www.formicul...ounding-chamber


Ant Keeping

Ant keeping Guide for Beginners
https://www.formicul...-for-beginners/

Picture of Formicariums and Outworlds
https://www.formicul...-and-outworlds/

Preferred Food by Species
https://www.formicul...ood-by-species/

Escape Prevention Barriers
https://www.formicul...-to-by-members/

Various Setups for Founding Queens:
https://www.formicul...ernation</span>
https://www.formicul...to-hibernation/

 
Ant Keeping Census
https://www.formicul...s-of-the-forum/
 
Pictures of Members Ant Keeping Areas
https://www.formicul...your-ant-areas/

Live Ant Video Streams
https://www.formicul...-video-streams/

Substrates and Materials for Building your Formicarium
https://www.formicul...ium/#entry11018

Various Methods to Color an Ant Nest
https://www.formicul...sts/#entry12423

Materials and Equipment Purchasing Guide
https://www.formicul...ide/#entry25326


Tutorials and How-To's

How to Build a Formicarium out of Grout
https://www.formicul...icture +journey

How to Build a Picture Frame Grout Formicarium with Advanced Hydration
https://www.formicul...ion/#entry28868

How to build a Formicarium in an aquarium
https://www.formicul...carium/?p=17667

How to Build a Formicarium out of Firebrick
https://www.formicul...icture +journey

How to build a Formicarium out of a Bead Container
https://www.formicul...icture +journey

How to build a formicarium with clay
https://www.formicul...um-out-of-clay/

How to build a horizontal sand formicarium
https://www.formicul...nd-formicarium/

How to Build an Ant Waterer or Liquid Feeder
https://www.formicul...-liquid-feeder/

How to Build a Foraging Area
https://www.formicul...-foraging-area/

Cullturing various insect feeders:
https://www.formicul...ts-and-feeders/

How to move your ants
https://www.formicul...nts/#entry14571

How to clean your Foraging Area:
https://www.formicul...-foraging-area/

Ant Food Recipes:
Etherwulf's cricket and whey recipe
https://www.formicul...ch-threadguide/

Chromerust's chicken and nectar recipe
https://www.formicul...-feeding-video/


Photography

Tips for Taking and Posting Pictures
https://www.formicul...sting-pictures/

Photographing Live Ants (Wayne's Word)
https://www2.palomar...Nikon9.htm#ants

Ant photography thread
https://www.formicul...ead/#entry27027


Keys and Identification

AntWeb
https://www.antweb.org/
Click on the Regions dropdown, and you location may be on this site (Nearctic is US and Canada).
This site will provide a list of known ant species in a given area. It is possible to see side views and descriptions of the ants.

Ant Wiki
https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

North American Ants (Myrmecos)
http://www.myrmecos....-american-ants/

Taxonomic List of Ant Genera (Alexander Wild)
https://www.alexande...t-of-Ant-Genera

General Ant Keys
https://www.formicul...ic/269-ant-key/

How to distinguish Lasius, Formica, Camponotus, and Polyergus
https://www.formicul...ce-differences/

Ants (Formicidae) of the Southeastern United States
https://mississippie...icidaehome.html
A very useful resource for many ants along the Atlantic coast.

Ants (Formidicae) of Alberta, Canada
http://www.biology.u..._22/ganp_22.pdf

Camponotus key for United States Southwest
https://www.formicul...ates-southwest/

Taxonomic Notes on Nearctic Species of Camponotus, Subgenus Myrmentoma
http://antbase.org/a...s/8289/8289.pdf

Key to Myrmecocystus species
https://www.antwiki...._species#14-e-w

Alphabetical Index of [Southwest] Ant Genera by Subfamily (Wayne's Word)
https://www2.palomar...g/AntGenera.htm

Harvester Ants of the Pacific Northwest, and beyond. Some other ants, too...
https://www.pogolumina.net/

Hymenoptera Online
https://hol.osu.edu/
An excellent resource for tracking down descriptions and other scientific literature, especially when a description is unavailable or inconclusive.

Ant Identification Key 1-node Ants
https://lancaster.un...s/1nodeants.pdf

Ant Identification Key 2-node Ants
https://lancaster.un...s/2nodeants.pdf

FMC Professional Solutions Ant Identification Guide
http://www.fmcprosol...et=dsESXNRwKA0=

Antkey | ID guide | introduced ants
http://antkey.org/en

Navajo Nature
http://www.navajonat...avajo-ants.html
Great for ants in the "Four Corners" states. An intersection of Navajo ideals and binomial classification.

Key to Identifying Common French Ants
http://keyants.free.fr/
Very helpful for identifying European ants

Dr Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
http://www.yourwildl...04/BCA_demo.pdf


Other Interesting Links

Specimen Preparation and Labeling
https://mississippie...ecimen.prep.htm

List of Favorite Ant Videos
https://www.formicul...e-ant-channels/

Map of members' locations
https://www.formicul...er-map/?p=30287

Antmaps.org
https://antmaps.org

Edited by dspdrew, April 14 2021 - 4:18 AM.

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#2 Offline DesertAntz - Posted October 11 2014 - 9:05 AM

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Wow. Great post. 


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#3 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted October 11 2014 - 11:12 AM

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Here's a really good site I just found out about:

http://www.alexander...t-of-Ant-Genera



#4 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 11 2014 - 11:24 AM

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Yes of course that one will be added. There's a few really good ones like that I'll be adding to it.

Edit: Added them. I also made the text a little smaller so there won't be as much scrolling needed as the list grows.

Edited by dspdrew, October 11 2014 - 11:47 AM.


#5 Offline dermy - Posted October 11 2014 - 1:09 PM

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Thanks for making this really helpful!


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#6 Offline Alza - Posted October 11 2014 - 11:33 PM

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oh wow this is indeed handy 



#7 Offline Crystals - Posted October 27 2014 - 1:11 PM

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I am going to post this one down here.  I keep sharing it, but have problems finding it.

 

Picture of ant areas:

http://forum.formicu...your-ant-areas/


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#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 27 2014 - 4:54 PM

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Good idea. I'll definitely be adding to that thread soon.



#9 Offline James C. Trager - Posted October 28 2014 - 5:42 AM

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This site - http://mississippien...icidaehome.html - has the best online, illustrated keys to ants available. They work best for the southeastern quarter of the USA, but can be used beyond that region for the genus keys, at least.  



#10 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 28 2014 - 9:28 PM

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This site - http://mississippien...icidaehome.html - has the best online, illustrated keys to ants available. They work best for the southeastern quarter of the USA, but can be used beyond that region for the genus keys, at least.  

Is there a site like that for Southwestern ants? :D



#11 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 29 2014 - 5:49 AM

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Is there a site like that for Southwestern ants? :D

Between these two websites, I would say pretty much.

The Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology of California Desert Ants
http://www.desertants.org

Alphabetical Index of [Southwest] Ant Genera by Subfamily (Wayne's Word)
http://waynesword.pa...u/AntGenera.htm

#12 Offline Mathiacus - Posted November 25 2014 - 1:18 AM

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step by step guide to digging up Myrmecia for our aussie friends?



#13 Offline Crystals - Posted February 26 2015 - 12:34 PM

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step by step guide to digging up Myrmecia for our aussie friends?

If you want to post the links down here, by all means go ahead.

I am not sure it is general enough for all users to linked at the top, but feel free to post links in following posts like these.

 

How to dig up Myrmecia: http://www.formicult...ia/?hl=myrmecia


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#14 Offline AntsTexas - Posted March 23 2015 - 11:46 AM

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here's something i found:

 

http://www.thingiver...earch?q=ant&sa=


Ant Queens found:

 

Solenopsis Invicta,  Solenopsis xyloni,  Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp,  Myrmecocystus Mimicus,  Pogonomyrmex barbatus,

Forelius pruinosus,  Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,

 

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Ant Queens i have going right now:

 

camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)

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YouTube:  AntsTexas

 

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Facebook page:  AntsTexas


#15 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 30 2015 - 8:43 AM

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Added the Anting How-To. Not sure why we never had that thread on here since it's a pinned topic.



#16 Offline Crystals - Posted November 4 2015 - 2:04 PM

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Here are some links about flooding a wild solenopsis invicta nest to collect it.  (I keep forgetting where I found the links, so now I can't miss them)

If you have patience, a pail, baby power, and water you can try collecting a wild colony for a quick start.  (Note this only works on very few species of ants, such as Solenopsis invicta or Linepithema humile).

 

https://6legs2many.w...thod-fire-ants/
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#17 Offline Barristan - Posted November 6 2015 - 10:55 AM

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http://keyants.free.fr/index.html: Very good webpage for identifying European ants.


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Antmaps.org?
Visit us at www.canada-ant-colony.com !

#19 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 16 2020 - 11:17 AM

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Many of the links are down now. What happened?
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#20 Offline TechAnt - Posted June 16 2020 - 12:07 PM

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Many of the links are down now. What happened?


Yeah, what happened? Is there some issue with Formiculture right now?
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen




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