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Hi from Virginia

Started By Antkid12 , Apr 27 2020 3:46 PM

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#1 Offline Antkid12 - Posted April 27 2020 - 3:46 PM

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Hey guys, I have been reading stuff and getting some ant keeping information on this forum. I Finally joined today! I have some experience keeping ants.

 


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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

 

                    

                   

 

 

#2 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted April 27 2020 - 3:58 PM

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Welcome!  The more the merrier.  


#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 27 2020 - 4:41 PM

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Welcome, fellow Virginian! There’s a good group of us on here now. You can get updates on nuptial flights on the Virginia Queen Watch thread.
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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.

#4 Offline BugFinder - Posted April 27 2020 - 4:57 PM

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Welcome!  Glad you are here!


“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

My Journals:

Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!

#5 Offline VenomousBeast - Posted April 28 2020 - 3:33 AM

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Welcome welcome fellow ant keeper!! 


Keeps:

1:Pogonomymex occidentalis

4: Tetramorium immigrans

2 Reticulitermes flavipes

#6 Offline Antkid12 - Posted April 28 2020 - 3:33 AM

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thanks!

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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

 

                    

                   

 

 

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