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Ants4fun's Aphaenogaster sp. (Ended)


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#1 Offline Ants4fun - Posted May 15 2015 - 6:14 PM

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I found this colony inside a rotting tree stump yesterday. They have roughly 100 workers, a few larvae, and a good amount of eggs. The queen is the same size, if not smaller than the largest worker. I am thinking that it may be a parasitic so. Such as A. tennesseensis. They are in one of Crystal's formicariums. So far they like mealworms, and trying to drain my liquid feeder... The queen is looks like a blob of honey! She is the coolest color. The workers have the color on their
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#2 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 15 2015 - 6:46 PM

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I have the exact same sp and around the same size.Do you know what sp?

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#3 Offline Ants4fun - Posted May 15 2015 - 6:54 PM

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I think it is Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. Do you have pics of yours?


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#4 Offline AntTeen804 - Posted May 15 2015 - 7:34 PM

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I will start a journal soon.

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#5 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted May 15 2015 - 8:28 PM

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I think it is Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. Do you have pics of yours?

 

I agree.  That ID seems right.


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#6 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 12 2015 - 12:32 PM

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They now have well over a hundred workers, and nearly a hundred pupae. they also have a few males. Odd that they would produce males with such a small colony however...

 

They are now in a custom THA inception chamber. I asked for a water tower inside the nest.

 

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#7 Offline Lamarr - Posted July 13 2015 - 3:04 AM

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They are now in a custom THA inception chamber. I asked for a water tower inside the nest.

Are they gathered on top of the water tower?



#8 Offline Ants4fun - Posted July 13 2015 - 9:54 AM

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Yes, they are. It is currently low on water however.

#9 Offline Ants4fun - Posted January 31 2016 - 5:25 PM

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After this colony outgrew their home, I let them go in an area in my yard last fall. 






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