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#21 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted July 20 2022 - 12:29 PM

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formica sub

no brood  still eating a lot

Formica podzilca

loots of eggs and small lava

parsitic formica colony 1 and 2 where given tons of host brood

cool to see someone else with lots of species of formica! 


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#22 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 5 2022 - 3:42 PM

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Parasitic Formica 1 died killed by solnopsis molesta
Parasitic Formica 2
Lost most of there workers same thing that happed to colony 1
Formica subsericea lade some eggs
Formica montana colony b down to one worker raidid by solnopsis molesta
Formica podzilca small pile of brood

#23 Offline United-Ants - Posted August 23 2022 - 8:52 AM

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parasitic formica colony 2 ded

went up the mountain and found a new formica fusca group queen

formica sub lage egg pile  

formica montana 

all colonys preparing for hibernation 



#24 Offline United-Ants - Posted September 24 2022 - 10:30 PM

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This is most likely the last update till the end of hibernateion
Formica subsericea no brood will put in October 1st
Formica montana all colonys are waiting to go into hibernation will put in October 1st
Formica podzilca will go in sometime next week
Formica fusca group queen will go in with the podzilca

#25 Offline United-Ants - Posted November 23 2022 - 11:54 AM

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11-23-22

formica subsericea 

took them out of hibernation  after 1 month they lost all but 3 workers 

new sp

formica cf neorufibarbis 

found them in October  one bio and 3 parasitic workers 

formica neogagates group  one queen 5to7 workers divide them from a lager wild colony  both the  cf neorufibarbis and neogagates group 

where found in signal peak 

formica podzolica queen dead 


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#26 Offline JustabirdfromFlorida - Posted November 29 2022 - 12:47 PM

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Sad for all your losses but great species wish I could find a Formica queen.
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#27 Offline United-Ants - Posted November 30 2022 - 8:09 PM

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Rip formica subsericea 2021 to 2022
The queen past away today
I think it is best I don't keep formica subsericea for a while every queen I have ever had of them has died

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#28 Offline T.C. - Posted November 30 2022 - 8:43 PM

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Rip formica subsericea 2021 to 2022
The queen past away today
I think it is best I don't keep formica subsericea for a while every queen I have ever had of them has died

 

I have a 4 queen colony from last year. Other than that, I didn't keep them for years. They can feel you breathe ten miles away and they walk up the side of anything. 


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#29 Offline United-Ants - Posted February 27 2023 - 11:49 AM

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long time no see 2-27-23 new colony  i dug up a formica montana colony they are around 50 plus workers 

formica montana 

colony a

20to30 workers a lot died before hidernation 

they are coming out of hibernation in may 

i put them in on 1-10-23

colony b dead 

colony c 4 workers 

formica fusca group 

queen has eggs 

formica neogates will come out on 3-1-23

Formica neorufibarbis will come out on 3-1-23


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