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Started By jushi , May 6 2020 1:25 PM

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#1 Offline jushi - Posted May 6 2020 - 1:25 PM

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Hi fellow ant keepers! I live in Connecticut and have been keeping ants for 3 years. I joined Formiculture as a way to connect with ant keepers through this pandemic. My favorite species by far has to be tetramorium immigrans! Their extremely fast growth rates and aggressive nature makes them such a fun challenge to keep! Glad to be here with my fellow hobbyists!


Edited by jushi, May 8 2020 - 6:56 AM.

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KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#2 Offline PurdueEntomology - Posted May 6 2020 - 1:55 PM

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Welcome, may you find the forum beneficial.


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#3 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted May 7 2020 - 4:00 AM

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I concur with what Purdue said, and I as well exist. 


There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike

#4 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 7 2020 - 4:24 AM

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I'd say everyone on this forum exists, but I don't want to assume; it's rude to assume someone's existence.


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My ants

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#5 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted May 7 2020 - 8:23 AM

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Hey Jushi, welcome to the forum. Thunder_Birds here, I exist as well ;)


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#6 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 7 2020 - 9:06 AM

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Welcome to Formiculture! I exist too!


"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

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 7 2020 - 9:18 AM

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Welcome, jushi! “To be, or nor to be? That is the question.”
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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.

#8 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 7 2020 - 9:21 AM

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Welcome, jushi! “To be, or nor to be? That is the question.”

As long as we're on the topic of existential quotes, "I think, therefore I am."


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#9 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 7 2020 - 10:33 AM

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It's Tetramorium immigrans, btw. T. caespitum is found in Europe.

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#10 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted May 7 2020 - 10:38 AM

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Just gonna add that i exist as well. 


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#11 Offline jushi - Posted May 7 2020 - 1:49 PM

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It's Tetramorium immigrans, btw. T. caespitum is found in Europe.

Ooh. I always thought it was Caespitum E, I'll re correct that!


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KEEPER OF:
 
Tapinoma Sessile (founding) x3
Tapinoma Sessile x1
Camponotus Pennsyvanicus x2
Prenolepis Imparis (founding) x2
Myrmecina Americana (founding) x1
Myrmecina Americana x1

#12 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 7 2020 - 8:13 PM

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Hi fellow ant keepers! I live in Connecticut and have been keeping ants for 3 years. I joined Formiculture as a way to connect with ant keepers through this pandemic. My favorite species by far has to be tetramorium caespitum e! Their extremely fast growth rates and aggressive nature makes them such a fun challenge to keep! Glad to be here with my fellow hobbyists!

 

Welcome!  I'm glad you are here.


I'd say everyone on this forum exists, but I don't want to assume; it's rude to assume someone's existence.

I'm not certain any of us exist.


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#13 Offline ADHTCIAD - Posted May 7 2020 - 11:21 PM

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Welcome to the Forum, I did exist once. In a pre-coronavirus time. :lol: Now I just sit around watching my ants do their thing.


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What do you get if you cross some ants with some ticks...?

All sorts of antics!! ... :lol:

 

Okay, I'll leave. That's the ant-ire joke anyways.

#14 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 8 2020 - 5:08 AM

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It's Tetramorium immigrans, btw. T. caespitum is found in Europe.

Ooh. I always thought it was Caespitum E, I'll re correct that!
That’s what it used to be, although taxonomists have determined that they are two separate species.

"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

#15 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted May 8 2020 - 7:08 AM

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Yeah, it's called Tetramorium Immigrans  

EDIT: I may be incorrect in the spelling, but at least I don't have to spell some of the harder ant names. I refer to Gate Keeper ants by their 'common' name because I don't feel like torturing myself, although I'm sure Void can spell it. Check him out, he's an amazing guy btw...


Edited by Da_NewAntOnTheBlock, May 8 2020 - 7:10 AM.

There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike

#16 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 8 2020 - 7:17 AM

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Yeah, it's called Tetramorium Immigrans  

EDIT: I may be incorrect in the spelling, but at least I don't have to spell some of the harder ant names. I refer to Gate Keeper ants by their 'common' name because I don't feel like torturing myself, although I'm sure Void can spell it. Check him out, he's an amazing guy btw...

Your spelling is correct, although the species name shouldn't be capitalized.


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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

#17 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted May 8 2020 - 7:21 AM

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Yeah, it's called Tetramorium Immigrans  

EDIT: I may be incorrect in the spelling, but at least I don't have to spell some of the harder ant names. I refer to Gate Keeper ants by their 'common' name because I don't feel like torturing myself, although I'm sure Void can spell it. Check him out, he's an amazing guy btw...

Your spelling is correct, although the species name shouldn't be capitalized.

 

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