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Founding Chambers

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 10 2014 - 6:59 AM

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Post your pictures of founding chambers and the associated species of ant here. We can eventually use this information in creating field guides.



#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 10 2014 - 7:00 AM

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Here's one I found the other day. Unfortunately I never found the queen, so I have no idea what species created this. :(

 

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#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted April 2 2021 - 1:38 PM

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Myrmecocystus testaceus
 
This could be a great thread if it didn't die. 

Edited by M_Ants, April 2 2021 - 1:41 PM.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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#4 Offline smares - Posted April 13 2021 - 10:48 PM

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How can you tell it is a founding chamber and not an older nest?

#5 Offline ANTS_KL - Posted April 13 2021 - 10:55 PM

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founding chambers usually have a pile of fresh dirt around the outside


Young ant keeper with a decent amount of knowledge on local ant species.

YouTube: https://m.youtube.co...uKsahGliSH7EqOQ (It's pretty dead. Might upload again soon, don't expect my voice to sound the same though.)

Currently kept ant species, favorites have a star in front of their names (NOT in alphabetical order, also may be outdated sometimes): Camponotus irritans inferior, Ooceraea biroi, Pheidole parva, Nylanderia sp., Paraparatrechina tapinomoides, Platythyrea sp., Anochetus sp., Colobopsis sp. (cylindrica group), Crematogaster ferrarii, Polyrhachis (Myrma) cf. pruinosa, Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) laevissima, Tapinoma sp. (formerly Zatapinoma)

Death count: Probably over a hundred individual queens and colonies by now. I cannot recall whatsoever.

#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 14 2021 - 4:19 AM

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How can you tell it is a founding chamber and not an older nest?

 

I thought I posted this here already, but maybe it was a different thread. This might help you.

 

https://www.formicul...unding-chamber/


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#7 Offline smares - Posted April 25 2021 - 1:21 AM

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Thank you dspdrew! How deep down is the queen?

#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 25 2021 - 9:24 AM

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Depends how long it's been since she first started digging. Typically a day or two after they fly, they're a few inches to a foot deep or so.


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