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Forest's general journal(updated 5/15/20) GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY!

Started By ForestDragon , Jan 31 2020 3:20 PM

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#61 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 20 2020 - 5:53 AM

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Or admit basketball is the better sport...March Madness is 10 times better than soccer and football combined


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#62 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 20 2020 - 6:29 AM

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Why does new york have to be so cold and windy

Don’t tell me about cold and wind.......

Edited by AntsDakota, March 20 2020 - 6:29 AM.

"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

#63 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 20 2020 - 6:31 AM

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Do we really have to get into this? Just accept that soccer is the best sport. XD
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Oh come now........ we’ve all known all along that baseball is truly superior........

"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

#64 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 20 2020 - 7:13 AM

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basketball


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#65 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 20 2020 - 9:26 AM

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Baseball.

"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

#66 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 20 2020 - 10:07 AM

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Anting is the best sport.


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#67 Offline ForestDragon - Posted March 20 2020 - 10:13 AM

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yall too serious about sports... BOWLING IS BEST


#68 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 20 2020 - 10:31 AM

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Anting is the best sport.

SHE GOT ANOTHER WORKER!!! AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!

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"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

#69 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 20 2020 - 5:12 PM

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IT'S HER THIRD IN A WEEK! WHAT AN AMAZING BATCH!!! *crowd looses their minds because they are bored out of their minds and really don't want to be there*


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#70 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 21 2020 - 5:53 AM

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AND OH! LOOK AT THAT LARVA FLICK ITS HEAD! WHAT AN AMAZING DISPLAY!
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"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

#71 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:21 AM

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NOW THE LARVA HAS WHIPLASH TO IT'S NON-EXISTENT BRAIN! JOLLY GOOD SHOW!


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#72 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:23 AM

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THE QUEEN LAID AN EGG!!! ANOTHER POINT FOR THE COLONY!!!
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"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

#73 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:27 AM

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OH BUT NOW WE HAVE SOME RIFAs COMING! LOOK OUT!!!


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#74 Offline AntsDakota - Posted March 21 2020 - 6:30 AM

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BUT THE ARGENTINES PLANTED ANOTHER COLONY!!! THEY ARE NOT BACKING DOWN!!!

"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

#75 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted March 21 2020 - 9:14 AM

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I feel like forest is going to get mad at us if we continue...


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#76 Offline ForestDragon - Posted March 26 2020 - 7:07 AM

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yall kill me with the sports talk... but in other talk

 

Strumigenys sp.

they live by one of the orange tree sprigs and burrowed on the side. They have around 2-3 foragers. The one that I usually see I named Phil. they forage quite actively and they look so weird and I love them, I wish they could burrow against the glass and I also wish I could get a tower like thing without paying Ants Canada to put them in... lol

Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

Queen 1(mini hearth)- has some good brood development, gen 2 is about to arrive with 3 members currently pupated, as well as gen 3 larvae growing quite nicely, and gen 4 eggs are good
Queen 2(Test Tube)- I had to force move her into a new tube, the water was seeping through, I transferred the brood and stuff myself just missing like 4 eggs I can get later. I'm not worried they have 6 pupae and the queen produces when she wants.
Formica Pallidefulva 

She has one cocoon pupa and the rest are naked, around 5 total. she's also pumped out some more eggs, these guys sure grow quick, They also look really nice and are one of my favorite colonies
Temnothorax cf. Longispinosus 

She has been quite productive, I counted 29 workers and with one large larvae, possibly alate because its larger than the workers. These guys drink sugar water but since they are wild caught as a colony they don't recognize it as a food source as of yet, a couple workers drink it but so far not many. They love mealworm though

TH-TH-TH-that's ALL FOLKS!!!
 
 


#77 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 26 2020 - 8:57 AM

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an "ant tower" is very easy to make. I made one out of two collection vials of different sizes, some sponge, and some substrate.


#78 Offline ForestDragon - Posted March 26 2020 - 12:43 PM

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an "ant tower" is very easy to make. I made one out of two collection vials of different sizes, some sponge, and some substrate.

I'm just lazy and don't want to go out of my house to buy stuff... i could probably get stuff at hobby lobby


#79 Offline ForestDragon - Posted April 1 2020 - 8:00 AM

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SO I got my lasius parasite queen to accept workers and vice versa, this is going very nicely and I am super lucky


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#80 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 1 2020 - 8:35 AM

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Nice! That is something I have never accomplished. I intend to try again this year as well.

"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

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