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Chinese New Year nuptial flight! ( 19-02-2015 )


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#1 Offline Servercheck - Posted February 19 2015 - 4:32 AM

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So, it rained heavily just before midnight yesterday, and I already knew there will be some queens out and about today.

I saw some males this morning, and I just went out and caught myself 17 queens! I caught 8 different species, including Pheidole sp, Solenopsis geminata, 2 species of Crematogaster, Tetramorium sp. ( not sure ) and others I'm not sure. I'll be going out again after sorting them out... I caught all of them on one wall and the roof of the car!

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I'll probably release most of them, as I already kept most of them before... I'll spend the rest of tomorrow photographing them.

#2 Offline Etherwulf - Posted February 19 2015 - 5:06 AM

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Congratulations on the catch! 

 

I would have loved to trade some if you lived in my area. 


Edited by Etherwulf, February 19 2015 - 5:10 AM.

 

#3 Offline wshanke - Posted February 19 2015 - 8:09 AM

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Wow I was celebrating the New Year when you have such a big harvest............ %)

Can you deal with me for some? :D



#4 Offline Servercheck - Posted February 19 2015 - 8:17 AM

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Sorry, shipping live animals ( insects included ) is illegal in Malaysia... Some say the authorities aren't strict and won't check, but I don't want to risk it...

After that first batch, I didn't find any new species so I didn't get more. I did see a lot of males which seemed to be an unknown species, but I couldn't find the queens.

I haven't photographed ants in a long time. I'm gonna need more time to get them all photographed...


Edited by Servercheck, February 19 2015 - 8:58 PM.


#5 Offline Etherwulf - Posted February 19 2015 - 8:49 AM

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love animals

 

:lol:


Edited by Etherwulf, February 19 2015 - 8:49 AM.

 

#6 Offline antmaniac - Posted February 19 2015 - 2:27 PM

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So many queens you have caught there! They are lovely live animals indeed.



#7 Offline Servercheck - Posted February 19 2015 - 8:58 PM

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LOL! I was using my phone, didn't proofread... 

 

Anyway, I woke up this morning and found 3 queens dead, all from the same species ( Nylanderia sp. I believe ). None of the other queens shed their wings, so I was a little discouraged...

 

Then I released two Solenopsis geminata queen, 4 Crematogaster sp. queens ( two different species ) and 2 Pheidole sp. queens. While releasing them, I noticed lots of dead bodies of males around, but also saw 2 more Crematogaster sp. queens, an unknown queen and another large worker. I caught both the queen and the worker. I'll be posting the ID thread for 3 of my catches later.






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