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#101 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 5 2022 - 11:18 AM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen


Edited by Antkeeper01, January 5 2022 - 11:20 AM.

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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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#102 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted January 5 2022 - 11:38 AM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
That’s not very cool, be nice please. It’s his queen he caught it and he can do what he wants with it.
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Pheidole Tysoni, Selonopis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Depilis, Tetramorium Immagrians, Prenolepis Imparis, Pheidole Bicirinata 

#103 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 5 2022 - 3:19 PM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen

 

It disappoints me to see a antkeeper that has some experience in the hobby to not say anything helpful but instead say things to a new antkeeper that could be very hurtful. Be nice. Most beginner ant keepers can't even keep camponotus modoc alive. Moral of the story, If you don't have something nice to say don't say it. You could at least be helpful ant help this guy out with info on how to keep the queen going. 


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#104 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 5 2022 - 3:20 PM

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I'm sorry I'm going a little bit angry sort of tone Antkeeper01 to you but you should be nice and I hate it when people decide to say something rude instead of helping.


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#105 Offline antsriondel - Posted January 5 2022 - 3:45 PM

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I'm sorry I'm going a little bit angry sort of tone Antkeeper01 to you but you should be nice and I hate it when people decide to say something rude instead of helping.

I agree


#106 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 5 2022 - 5:51 PM

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You want me to be rude? I will but heres some advice maybe remove some of the dirt from the test tube? but idk Ectatomma arent for beginners like me and Idontexist sooo. I'm just saying expect disappointment if she dies.


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#107 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 5 2022 - 5:57 PM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen

 

It disappoints me to see a antkeeper that has some experience in the hobby to not say anything helpful but instead say things to a new antkeeper that could be very hurtful. Be nice. Most beginner ant keepers can't even keep camponotus modoc alive. Moral of the story, If you don't have something nice to say don't say it. You could at least be helpful ant help this guy out with info on how to keep the queen going. 

 

well the fact they have continued to fail keeping ants(even beginner ants) alive for more than a month concerns me and as far as I know Ectatomma aren't easy to raise


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#108 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 5 2022 - 6:28 PM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
still. Ok she isn't dying

#109 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 5 2022 - 7:33 PM

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You want me to be rude? I will but heres some advice maybe remove some of the dirt from the test tube? but idk Ectatomma arent for beginners like me and Idontexist sooo. I'm just saying expect disappointment if she dies.

Ectatomma are fairly easy. I have friends who have kept them. as long as you give them just a little substrate for their pupa and feed them every other day they're fairly easy.


 

 

Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
still. Ok she isn't dying

 

When you have a chance pls send a pic of her. Also, has she laid eggs yet?


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#110 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 6 2022 - 7:29 AM

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You want me to be rude? I will but heres some advice maybe remove some of the dirt from the test tube? but idk Ectatomma arent for beginners like me and Idontexist sooo. I'm just saying expect disappointment if she dies.

Ectatomma are fairly easy. I have friends who have kept them. as long as you give them just a little substrate for their pupa and feed them every other day they're fairly easy.

Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
still. Ok she isn't dying
When you have a chance pls send a pic of her. Also, has she laid eggs yet?
not yet

#111 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 6 2022 - 7:33 AM

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#112 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 8 2022 - 9:26 AM

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Guys i have news

I FOUND A DEALATE Trap Jaw QUEEN foraging! :) she is currently in a test tube with apple
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#113 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 8 2022 - 9:33 AM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
That’s not very cool, be nice please. It’s his queen he caught it and he can do what he wants with it.

 

It is a living creature, not a toy, and he has a track record of killing every queen that comes into contact with him, so I think it's fair to be a little frustrated. He also barely provides any info on the queen's situation, and has seemingly put very little effort into researching how to raise a queen.

 

Idontexist, my recommendation for you would be to research an easy to keep species, and if you can find it, try to be successful with that species before moving on to any others.


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#114 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 8 2022 - 9:35 AM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
That’s not very cool, be nice please. It’s his queen he caught it and he can do what he wants with it.
It is a living creature, not a toy, and he has a track record of killing every queen that comes into contact with him, so I think it's fair to be a little frustrated. He also barely provides any info on the queen's situation, and has seemingly put very little effort into researching how to raise a queen.

Idontexist, my recommendation for you would be to research an easy to keep species, and if you can find it, try to be successful with that species before moving on to any others.
geminata flies in may.

#115 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 8 2022 - 9:36 AM

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Please
She is still alive

release her I can already see the outcome. Please succesfully raise a beginner species before you kill yet another queen
That’s not very cool, be nice please. It’s his queen he caught it and he can do what he wants with it.
It is a living creature, not a toy, and he has a track record of killing every queen that comes into contact with him, so I think it's fair to be a little frustrated. He also barely provides any info on the queen's situation, and has seemingly put very little effort into researching how to raise a queen.

Idontexist, my recommendation for you would be to research an easy to keep species, and if you can find it, try to be successful with that species before moving on to any others.
geminata flies in may.

 

If you are okay with waiting for them to fly, that species is probably a good one to try your hand at, as they grow quickly and are quite hardy (from what I know). The only thing to watch out for is that sting.


#116 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted January 8 2022 - 9:36 AM

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Guys i have news

I FOUND A DEALATE Trap Jaw QUEEN foraging! :) she is currently in a test tube with apple

RIP


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

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#117 Offline Idontexist - Posted January 8 2022 - 11:23 AM

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Guys i have news

I FOUND A DEALATE Trap Jaw QUEEN foraging! :) she is currently in a test tube with apple

RIP
what

#118 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 8 2022 - 12:04 PM

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Idontexist I will keep trying to help you but it's really hard to help a lot without much information on how she's doing.


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#119 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted January 8 2022 - 1:57 PM

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Apparently trapjaws pretty much run on termites, if you don't have termites you're probably better off releasing/selling her. Trapjaws are probably some of the hardest ants to keep there are. I'd say still keep the Ectatomma though.


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Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

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#120 Offline NicholasP - Posted January 8 2022 - 3:04 PM

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Apparently trapjaws pretty much run on termites, if you don't have termites you're probably better off releasing/selling her. Trapjaws are probably some of the hardest ants to keep there are. I'd say still keep the Ectatomma though.

Honestly I might try and get a permit and buy from him the Ectatomma if he doesn't want the Ectatomma. But chances of me getting permits before moving are slim.


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