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Formica oreas

Started By Ant_KeeperSeb09 , Jul 31 2020 8:42 AM

formica oreas

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#1 Offline Ant_KeeperSeb09 - Posted July 31 2020 - 8:42 AM

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Here, i will talk about a formica of the rufa group(oreas), they have 2 queens and 15 bio workers, i gave them some sub or pod brood so that the queens would have hosts, so exited with them, they are super beautiful

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#2 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 31 2020 - 9:28 AM

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Nice, this species looks awesome!

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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!

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: ~~Pheidole morrisii~~

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted July 31 2020 - 9:37 AM

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Lovely species, from what I hear very large too!

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).

#4 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted July 31 2020 - 10:06 AM

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If they were black and white they could've been called Formica oreos.

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My ants

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#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 2 2020 - 9:13 AM

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If they were black and white they could've been called Formica oreos.

Maybe you should make that on the Imagine an ant thread

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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 2 2020 - 9:20 AM

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Between Formica ravioli and Formica oreos, I had no idea how tasty this genus was.

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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.

#7 Offline TechAnt - Posted August 2 2020 - 11:11 AM

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Between Formica ravioli and Formica oreos, I had no idea how tasty this genus was.

Hahaha.

My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

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