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Who here keeps NA Manica?

Started By Antkeeper01 , Nov 8 2020 3:27 PM
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#1 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 8 2020 - 3:27 PM

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So last month i found a queen that i thought was Aphaenogaster fulva, but last night Ant_dude suggested that it is Manica and now that i look at it I realize that he is right, so does anyone here keep North American Manica, and does anyone have tips on keeping them. Thanks :)


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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#2 Offline NickAnter - Posted November 8 2020 - 10:05 PM

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I believe Miles keeps them. His YT channel is The Ant Network. From what I understand, their interest in food varies, so they must have constantly shifting food sources. This is of hunteri, and being in CO, yours is likely invidia, but they are similar enough that it likely still applies. In the wild, I have seen them nest in sandy soils, that are near a body of water. hunteri lays only after hibernation, and I would assume invidia is the same. The queens are semiclaustral, and I believe Miles recommended putting dirt or bark in the test tube. that's all I know, as I unfortunately have never been able to find a queen. 


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Species being kept:

 

 Solenopsis "plebeius", Camponotus maritimus, Formica cf. subaenescens, Formica cf. aerata, Lasius cf. americanus, Lasius aphidicola, Lasius brevicornis, Lasius nr claviger, Nylanderia vividula, Temnothorax nevadensis, Temnothorax chandleri, Temnothorax arboreus Solenopsis validiuscula, Solenopsis truncorum, Solenopsis xyloni, Formica perpilosa, Formica cf. lasiodes, Formica cf. neogagates Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex salinus, and Myrmecocystus testaceus!!!!

 

Hoping to find this year:

Myrmecocystus, Liometopum occidentale, Camponotus essigi, Camponotus fragilis, Manica bradleyi, Formica perpilosa, Pheidole hyatti, and a Parasitic Formica sp.

 

People are stupid. It explains a lot...

#3 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 9 2020 - 8:11 AM

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I believe Miles keeps them. His YT channel is The Ant Network. From what I understand, their interest in food varies, so they must have constantly shifting food sources. This is of hunteri, and being in CO, yours is likely invidia, but they are similar enough that it likely still applies. In the wild, I have seen them nest in sandy soils, that are near a body of water. hunteri lays only after hibernation, and I would assume invidia is the same. The queens are semiclaustral, and I believe Miles recommended putting dirt or bark in the test tube. that's all I know, as I unfortunately have never been able to find a queen. 

i found them at a aligator farm(they don't eat the aligators they take care of them because the owners were idiots) there was water near it and it was dry soil


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#4 Offline StrickyAnts - Posted November 9 2020 - 11:24 AM

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I know some people who keep manica.


#5 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 9 2020 - 11:35 AM

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I believe Miles keeps them. His YT channel is The Ant Network. From what I understand, their interest in food varies, so they must have constantly shifting food sources. This is of hunteri, and being in CO, yours is likely invidia, but they are similar enough that it likely still applies. In the wild, I have seen them nest in sandy soils, that are near a body of water. hunteri lays only after hibernation, and I would assume invidia is the same. The queens are semiclaustral, and I believe Miles recommended putting dirt or bark in the test tube. that's all I know, as I unfortunately have never been able to find a queen. 

i found them at a aligator farm(they don't eat the aligators they take care of them because the owners were idiots) there was water near it and it was dry soil

 

may i just ask, what were you doing inside an alligator farm? please tell me you were not anywhere near the alligators :P


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#6 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 9 2020 - 12:26 PM

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I believe Miles keeps them. His YT channel is The Ant Network. From what I understand, their interest in food varies, so they must have constantly shifting food sources. This is of hunteri, and being in CO, yours is likely invidia, but they are similar enough that it likely still applies. In the wild, I have seen them nest in sandy soils, that are near a body of water. hunteri lays only after hibernation, and I would assume invidia is the same. The queens are semiclaustral, and I believe Miles recommended putting dirt or bark in the test tube. that's all I know, as I unfortunately have never been able to find a queen. 

i found them at a aligator farm(they don't eat the aligators they take care of them because the owners were idiots) there was water near it and it was dry soil

 

may i just ask, what were you doing inside an alligator farm? please tell me you were not anywhere near the alligators :P

 

well its a place where people brought their exotic pets they could not keep


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#7 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 9 2020 - 12:43 PM

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so basically people bought exotic pet they couldn't take care of and brought them there. And you can feed the alligators and lots of other stuff including hold a baby alligator and hopefully a macaw doesn't die while you are there like when I went there. Its a long story


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw

 

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#8 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted November 9 2020 - 12:59 PM

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so basically people bought exotic pet they couldn't take care of and brought them there. And you can feed the alligators and lots of other stuff including hold a baby alligator and hopefully a macaw doesn't die while you are there like when I went there. Its a long story

woahhh that sounds so cool! :D


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#9 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted November 9 2020 - 1:01 PM

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its also sad that all those animals were mistreated by their owners(and that my sister found the macaw in a pool for fish and she was barely alive)


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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