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[Swirlysnowflake]

I'm looking to buy small colonies/single queens of almost any cryptic ant species. Beginner species are preferred, and I'll pay shipping (to Bay Area, CA) 

I'm mostly looking for Hypoponera, but still contact (DM) me if you have other species for sale.

Thanks

Edited by Swirlysnowflake, December 2 2020 - 11:03 AM.

[JenC]

what's on your wish list

[Swirlysnowflake]

what's on your wish list

fire ants, liometopum occidentale, small colonies of pheidole, pogonomyrmex queen without workers and novomessor cockerelli queen without workers

[KitsAntVa]

I can basically give you pheidole queens to be honest, just follow my instructions. Go outside on a hot sunny day in June or July. Get your pool ready the night before with about a foot of water in it. Set it up under a garage light, shed light, anything that stays on during the night. Get up after it rains or it is hot the next day and you then have a week of nonstop pheidole flights mostly including bicanarata and tysoni but other bigger species you can find around two of in the pool. They have wings but don’t worry most pheidole I caught from a pool were all Mayer and removed their wings very soon. Give her some honey for her troubles and stick her away in a test tube set up for 2 weeks. Or check on her whenever these queens are basically worker ants bothered by nothing.

[KitsAntVa]

https://www.formicul...ern-california/Pogonomrymex and novomessor. Lemme see if I can find fire ants or pheidole. Mostly likely no one is selling lios

https://www.formicul...de/?hl=pheidole
Found pheidole and some people starting posting under that, that they have pheidole and want them off their hands.

Edit: new shop https://www.formicul...rnia/?hl=xyloni
Solonopsis xyloni a little fire ant species. Plus velvet ants.

Edited by KitsAntVa, November 8 2020 - 7:22 AM.

[ponerinecat]

title says it all.

I've have a terrible season this year i only found prenolepis and no one was selling the other species that are on my ~wish list~

i don't know if cryptics can even be shipped, but i was just curious

I can get you some normal hypo opacior once rains come.

[M_Ants]

 

title says it all.

I've have a terrible season this year i only found prenolepis and no one was selling the other species that are on my ~wish list~

i don't know if cryptics can even be shipped, but i was just curious

I can get you some normal hypo opacior once rains come.

 

Really? It just rained where I am but it feels way too cold for anything. I'm guessing it's warmer where you are or do they fly when it's cold?

[JenC]

Why without workers?

[BeerBandit]

yeah. why without workers? btw, how are the isopods?

[Swirlysnowflake]

The isopods are doing great! they are adorable lol, and there are so many colors!

but i want them without workers because the queens are semi claustral so they would be foraging for food themselves which i think is cool

[ponerinecat]

 

The isopods are doing great! they are adorable lol, and there are so many colors!

but i want them without workers because the queens are semi claustral so they would be foraging for food themselves which i think is cool

 

Workers forage too, and it's much safer to start with workers. Queens like to die if you don't make everything just right.

[Swirlysnowflake]

oh also does anyone have a small colony of temnothorax? or any small kinda weird ants honestly, i like small ants 

[M_Ants]

I heart Temnothorax too. Unfortunately small weird ants are hard to come by.

[CheetoLord02]

 

The isopods are doing great! they are adorable lol, and there are so many colors!

but i want them without workers because the queens are semi claustral so they would be foraging for food themselves which i think is cool

 

Novomessor cockerelli are fully claustral, but are able to forage to supplement their brood if needed, or if brood dies. I raised 20+ queens this year without feeding in founding and most got 3-5 nanitics no problem.

[Swirlysnowflake]

bump, looking for hypoponera or any other good beginner cryptics

[ponerinecat]

Saw some Hypo workers running around at surface level today, I can hopefully get a small colony for you and me soon. As for Temnothorax, those aren't out of my capabilities, but they're not exactly easy to come by either. I've only found 3 nests before, twice under small stones and once among a camponotus hyatti colony.

[Swirlysnowflake]

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Edited by Swirlysnowflake, December 1 2020 - 5:18 PM.

[Swirlysnowflake]

b u m p

Still looking for colonies, but only cryptics now. Specifically Hypoponera.

[Swirlysnowflake]

bump 

[M_Ants]

Next year I probably will sell Hypos. I had any idea to sell a complete care kit with a formicarium, queen, and springtail stater culture.