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AntBoi3030’s smushed selonopis molesta

Started By AntBoi3030 , Aug 15 2021 7:20 AM

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#1 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 15 2021 - 7:20 AM

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First update:
Last night I caught a few of these queens…*33 on my pool cover. I felt okay with the collecting this many queens because they would have been fried the next day. I smushed a few by accident which was inevitable when leaning over a pool trying not to fall in. I probably could have caught 50 of these if I had an aspirator because they are such a pain to catch. I put 25 in one tube and 8 in another. This morning I caught another 8 queens from the morning flights. I also saved some from drowning in puddles. This is either a really bad idea or will be an epic super colony.

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Edited by AntBoi3030, August 15 2021 - 11:46 AM.

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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#2 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted August 15 2021 - 11:42 AM

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I want a colony of these so bad. Hopefully I find some queens soon.

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Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel. My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2021 - 3:32 PM

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I want a colony of these so bad. Hopefully I find some queens soon.

They’re really easy to find with a blacklight.

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#4 Offline mantisgal - Posted August 15 2021 - 5:28 PM

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This is either a really bad idea or will be an epic super colony.

Why not both?

#5 Offline TacticalHandleGaming - Posted August 15 2021 - 9:46 PM

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I want a colony of these so bad. Hopefully I find some queens soon.
They’re really easy to find with a blacklight.

No luck so far.

Currently kept species

L. neoniger, P. occidentalis, C. modoc, C. novaeboracensis, C. vicinus, T. immigrans, A. occidentalis, S. molesta, P. imparis, M. kennedyi, M semirufus, F. pacifica, P. californica, M. ergatogyna.

Previously kept species

T. rugatulus, B. depilis.

Looking for

Myrmecocystus pyramicus, Myrmecocystus testaceus

Pheidole creightoni, Pheidole inquilina, Crematogaster coarctata, Crematogaster mutans

My youtube channel. My ant Etsy store - Millennium Ants

#6 Offline Otrebor707 - Posted August 15 2021 - 10:11 PM

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The only sad part is their life span

Colonies:
• Tᴇᴛʀᴀᴍᴏʀɪᴜᴍ Immigrans.
• Pʀᴇɴᴏʟᴇᴘɪs Iᴍᴘᴀʀɪs -Test Tube April 2021 💀 Nov.2021 😔
• Camponotus Hyatti - Test tube June 2021
• Solenopsis Molesta- Test Tube Aug 2021

#7 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 17 2021 - 5:40 PM

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I caught a few more of these! I accidentally killed a queen when trying to move her into the tube

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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#8 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 20 2021 - 7:37 AM

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Update: (on the 27 queen colony)
We have eggs! Not too many though they likely started laying yesterday. Sorry for the horrible photo their so small! Also caught 20+ brachymyrmex depilis queens

which I’m not sure if I’ll include in this journal (1st photo) . They are even smaller then the selonopis molesta so I’m going to have a heck of a time getting good photos!

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Edited by AntBoi3030, August 20 2021 - 7:38 AM.

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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata

#9 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted August 26 2021 - 6:06 AM

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These queens aren’t the original 20+ queen colony but newer ones I caught a few days ago. These here are going to ants Maryland but I wanted to show the amount of eggs laid in 5 days since capture

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My favorite queens/colony’s:
Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata