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TennesseeAnts' Ant Journals (Everything Died)

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#341 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted December 8 2019 - 8:13 AM

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Nice, Newyear's ant resolutions
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There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike


#342 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 8 2019 - 9:57 AM

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Those are some cool ants. Can you recount how and when you found the queen? My New Year’s resolution for 2020 is to find Pheidole!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#343 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 8 2019 - 10:32 AM

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She was on my blacklight on June 3rd. They fly on warm and humid nights from June through August.

#344 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 8 2019 - 11:16 AM

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She was on my blacklight on June 3rd. They fly on warm and humid nights from June through August.

Nice. I’ll be blacklighting it up this summer!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#345 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 13 2019 - 12:47 PM

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Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #1)
12-13-19

The queen has laid a batch of 9 eggs! The hosts are caring for her and her eggs constantly.

Camponotus snellingi (Colony #1)
12-13-19

Seven workers now, with lots of brood.

Aphaenogaster rudis (Colony #1)
12-13-19

Up to 100 workers, with one male alate and a few more alate pupae.
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#346 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 13 2019 - 12:49 PM

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Oh and the Colobopsis impressa queen died.

#347 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2019 - 1:07 PM

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Pheidole bicarinata (Colony #1)
12-22-19

We have pupae! They got a whole cricket last night before I went to bed, and when I checked today the entire cricket had been processed, and their larvae had doubled in size! Small die off, now at 65-70 workers. Plenty of brood though.

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Colony #1)
12-22-19

They have a small larva now, and 9 eggs. The hosts still don't suspect a thing...
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#348 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:42 PM

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Colony #1)
12-22-19

Still at 5 workers. :ugone2far: Moved them back to a test tube with sand at the bottom. Going into hibernation for a month.

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, December 22 2019 - 3:42 PM.


#349 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:44 PM

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Photos!!!!
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#350 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:45 PM

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Ok.... Give me 5 minutes.

#351 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:45 PM

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2020 will be year of Pheidole for me, mark my words.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#352 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:54 PM

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis.

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#353 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 22 2019 - 3:57 PM

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Pheidole bicarinata.

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#354 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 23 2019 - 10:03 AM

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I think I had found a dead Ph. pilifera queen in a spider web in my garage. My brother and I killed the spider responsible 😡
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#355 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 23 2019 - 10:10 AM

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Rip spooder.

#356 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 23 2019 - 2:22 PM

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Crematogaster ashmeadi flights today. Caught one queen, but saw many more. I'll look for founding chambers tomorrow.
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#357 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 23 2019 - 2:57 PM

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WHAT? ANTS? HOW?
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#358 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 23 2019 - 3:05 PM

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Cuz it was 70 degrees today. And it's Tennessee. B)

#359 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 23 2019 - 3:50 PM

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No way, Dude! Way too cold here for any flights.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#360 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 23 2019 - 4:36 PM

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Yeah! I suspect Crematogaster cerasi was also flying, as I found a few large males.





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