I was so confsued the first time I read the title I was like "wtf is dakotan" reading it in my head as "Dack-O-Tan"...
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SoDak (Society of Dakotan Ant Keepers) Official Ant Keeping Thread
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ant keeping south dakota camponotus formica lasius solenopsis molesta aphaenogaster tetramorium pogonomyrmex occidentalis myrmica ponera brachymyrmex
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ITS 73!!! I SAW MALES!
"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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I think I collected about 16 or so queens. Feels great to finally find some queens after 3 years of looking lol.
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16? I didn’t even find 1, lol.
"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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Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Nothing found on this frontier, either...
Edited by Ants_Dakota, April 2 2020 - 6:46 AM.
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I believe they only have one flight, right?
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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As far as I know, yes.
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That’s what I thought.
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Prenolepis chose a good day to fly. Today it’s 27, and feels like 15 with wind chill. We got snow last night.
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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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Completely off topic, but there was just a turkey in our yard............
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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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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I wonder if they’ll fly again on Tuesday........ it’s supposed to be 70.
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Found another Prenolepis queen today! Also saw lots of active Formica colonies, along with a couple Lasius workers.
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Found another Prenolepis queen today! Also saw lots of active Formica colonies, along with a couple Lasius workers.
Awesome! I thought they might fly again, but only thought they flew once. I got more than enough queens, so I was fine staying in.
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This Easter, we got a couple inches of snow.
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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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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After another cold spell, it's finally warming up! A few colonies have also woken up as well.
Here's one of (if not the) largest Lasius neoniger colony on my property.
Aren't they SO CUUUUUUUUTE?!!!
A few weeks ago I captured a couple dozen workers to use as hosts in case I found a parasitic queen. Here's their nest entrance:
Another active colony was a Formica cf. montana colony. However, I really do recommend watching the video of their superhighway here: Formica montana - Album on Imgur
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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And they're not dead due to a fungus (oh wait, on another note, I have L. Neoniger in my backyard as well...why is my backyard so abundant with life? If I plant native I think I'll have ANTdrew's backyard variety beat...)
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Edited by AntsDakota, April 18 2020 - 4:04 PM.
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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It got to 80 today, and I looked for parasitic Lasius. Didn't find any, but saw LOTS more Formica and Lasius, however.
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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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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Nice! How many?
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Too many to count.
"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
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus
Formica pallidefulva, argentea Solenopsis molesta
Formica cf. aserva Lasius brevicornis, neoniger
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