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Started By ponerinecat , Dec 9 2019 5:13 PM

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#241 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 10 2020 - 6:18 AM

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Bad news: my springtail culture box crashed and burned. I can’t find any living ones, but lots of dead ones are everywhere. The box smells off and these tiny worms showed up. They were doing so well for over a year.
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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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#242 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 10 2020 - 9:43 AM

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Ugh. Tiny worms are likely nematodes, I get them in dead springtail cultures as well.


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#243 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 10 2020 - 9:53 AM

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I hate nematodes. I don’t mind larvae, but nematodes........

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. (including ants) And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

#244 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 14 2020 - 1:24 PM

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Termites! left these Zooptermes nevadaensis alone for a month or 2 after giving them some isolated workers, and viola!

 

 

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#245 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 14 2020 - 1:27 PM

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

#246 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 14 2020 - 7:00 PM

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*voila Sorry.

 

Excellent job with the termites! I saw a Zootermopsis alate outside of the window, but my dad shot it with the salt gun. Would have been useless anyway, as there was only one, but I was amazed at how large it was.


Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies. 

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant). 

#247 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 15 2020 - 8:21 AM

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They look so much bigger than the termites we have here!


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#248 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 15 2020 - 10:33 AM

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They look so much bigger than the termites we have here!

 

One of the biggest in the US.


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#249 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 16 2020 - 4:01 PM

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The polyxenids have bred! Newborns are around half a mm.

 

 

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#250 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted July 19 2020 - 5:24 PM

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Can I use isopods as feeders?


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#251 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 19 2020 - 6:18 PM

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Tetramorium like them, but they like anything.
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#252 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 19 2020 - 6:50 PM

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Can I use isopods as feeders?

Yes, but make sure to use soft bodied ones or woodlice that won't curl up.


#253 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 21 2020 - 3:53 PM

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Aphaenogaster taking liquid food.

 

 

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And some Temnothorax.

 

 

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#254 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 21 2020 - 5:49 PM

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Nice!


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#255 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 21 2020 - 6:19 PM

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So the aphaenogaster just had a huge die off right after I took those photos  :lol:  I'll move them into the isopod display paludarium and see how they do.


#256 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 21 2020 - 6:31 PM

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So the aphaenogaster just had a huge die off right after I took those photos  :lol:  I'll move them into the isopod display paludarium and see how they do.

That fast?


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#257 Offline ponerinecat - Posted July 22 2020 - 8:14 AM

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yeah, not sure why.


#258 Offline AntsDakota - Posted July 22 2020 - 8:43 AM

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Could it have been something that got in the food?
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#259 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 22 2020 - 8:58 AM

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Could it have been something that got in the food?

Maybe.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#260 Offline Hayashi - Posted July 22 2020 - 9:39 AM

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