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Best Ant Keeping Journal?

Started By UtahAnts , Dec 23 2020 10:41 AM

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#1 Offline UtahAnts - Posted December 23 2020 - 10:41 AM

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So I've been looking through the journals here, and there are so many of them, (something like 1.5k). Anyways I was wondering if any of you have a favorite journal or something. Just add links to your favorite journal(s) below or whatever you want. It would be nice to compile the best of them in this discussion or pin them maybe.

Thanks!


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#2 Offline Devi - Posted December 23 2020 - 10:55 AM

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My personal favorites are ANTdrew's, Cheeto's, and Ant_dude's.  All of their journals are insanely good.  Also check out Boog's Builds for the best formicaria builds out there.    


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#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted December 23 2020 - 11:49 AM

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My personal favorites are ANTdrew's, Cheeto's, and Ant_dude's.  All of their journals are insanely good.  Also check out Boog's Builds for the best formicaria builds out there.    

Thanks! 

Mine would be ANTdrew's, Cheeto's, Drew's, Boog's and probably Ferox_Formicae's.


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#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted December 23 2020 - 11:50 AM

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My favorite current journal is probably cheetos atta mexicana, while my favorite past journal would be any of the neivamyrmex journals.
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My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#5 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted December 23 2020 - 11:53 AM

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Two of my favorites would be Cheeto's A. mexicana journal, and Jamie's Lasius latipes journal.



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#6 Offline cocdeshijie - Posted December 23 2020 - 11:54 AM

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all of drew's journals are gold


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誰でも大好き!well.....except a few

 

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#7 Offline TechAnt - Posted December 23 2020 - 12:21 PM

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For people reading this, and you may need a bit of help picking a favorite, you can check out a lot of the journals recently updated that I documented here:

https://www.formicul...ournal-archive/


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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

#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 23 2020 - 12:40 PM

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FeedTheAnts’ old journals are my favorites.
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#9 Offline NickAnter - Posted December 23 2020 - 9:26 PM

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CoolColJ's Journal is awesome, simply because of the length, detail, and good pictures. I also agree with all the aforementioned journals listed.


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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). 

#10 Offline ZTYguy - Posted December 23 2020 - 9:29 PM

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I love all of Cheeto’s journals. He inspired me to make my Acromyrmex journal.


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#11 Offline Spazmops - Posted December 24 2020 - 10:53 AM

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Cheeto's Atta journal is my favorite, but I don't think I've read a journal that I didn't like.


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Ants I have:

1 Formica fusca group- 0 workers

1 Tetramorium immigrans colony-20 workers

1 Dorymyrmex insanus- 1 queen, used to have workers

 

1 large P. occidentalis colony- around 50 workers, plenty of brood

 

 

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