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#1 Offline Wamdar - Posted April 26 2015 - 11:07 AM

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Hey guys, do you think this would be a good candidate to dig up?

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 26 2015 - 12:44 PM

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Dig up the whole colony?



#3 Offline Foogoo - Posted April 26 2015 - 1:13 PM

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I've never had luck digging up colonies like that in the ground. Some other people have. I only bother if they parked themselves in a gopher mound or something easy to sift through to locate the queen.


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#4 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted April 28 2015 - 3:50 AM

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I never dug up a colony, but I already found some in dead wood, acorns or even in a plant pot.


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#5 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted April 28 2015 - 10:29 PM

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Hey guys, do you think this would be a good candidate to dig up?

It is just a simple Dorymyrmex colony.



#6 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 29 2015 - 12:41 PM

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I think that could be a number of species; it depends how big that is.

 

What is the diameter of this nest?



#7 Offline Wamdar - Posted April 29 2015 - 1:24 PM

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It was about 2 inches



#8 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted April 29 2015 - 5:29 PM

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You can see a worker in the entrance.



#9 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 30 2015 - 5:42 AM

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I can hardly see any worker, but yeah, that's Dorymyrmex insanus then.






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