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Which species would you willing to get stung by to keep? (provided it was legal in your area)

Started By Leptomyrmx , Sep 20 2021 3:37 PM

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Poll: Which species are you willing to get stung by to obtain a queen of the species? (30 member(s) have cast votes)

Which species are you willing to get stung by to obtain a queen of the species? (multiple choice)

  1. Harpegnathos (15 votes [12.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.00%

  2. Myrmecia (14 votes [11.20%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.20%

  3. Amblyopone/Stigmatomma (14 votes [11.20%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.20%

  4. Odontomachus/Anochetus (16 votes [12.80%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.80%

  5. Eciton (wait... what?) (8 votes [6.40%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.40%

  6. Paraponera clavata (9 votes [7.20%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.20%

  7. Diacamma (10 votes [8.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.00%

  8. Solenopsis (fire ants, not small native Australian ones) (12 votes [9.60%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.60%

  9. Pseudomyrmex (12 votes [9.60%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.60%

  10. Rhytidoponera (15 votes [12.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.00%

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#21 Offline JCRHJM - Posted November 23 2021 - 4:39 PM

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I've been stung by Rhytidoponera so many times already... what's once more?

 

Also they are one of the ants that made me hate ants for many years because when I moved from NSW to QLD I sat down on grass in School for remembrance day and there happen to be a huge nest of them there. I got stung and bitten all up my leg. I was paranoid for many years after that about big black ants. I was told they were called Green ants (Their nickname) but they always looked black to me. Only until a month ago have I had a closer look at them in the sun and seen they shiny really nice green. xD

 

There are colonies of them around here everywhere. Its like they had a boom in population as soon as I started to keep ants and started to see ants in a new light. I'm still not going near them tho hahaha

Wait I wrote out a whole reply thinking you were talking about green tree ants/weaver ants/Oecophylla-

I only realised that you meant Rhytidoponera when you said they were in the ground oof

I am yet to be stung by Rhytidoponera but I'm sure it will happen soon, having a few queens.

 

Rhytidoponera stings are easy to avoid imo since they can't climb and aren't the quickest ants. 


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#22 Offline PaigeX - Posted November 23 2021 - 5:49 PM

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I've been stung by Rhytidoponera so many times already... what's once more?

 

Also they are one of the ants that made me hate ants for many years because when I moved from NSW to QLD I sat down on grass in School for remembrance day and there happen to be a huge nest of them there. I got stung and bitten all up my leg. I was paranoid for many years after that about big black ants. I was told they were called Green ants (Their nickname) but they always looked black to me. Only until a month ago have I had a closer look at them in the sun and seen they shiny really nice green. xD

 

There are colonies of them around here everywhere. Its like they had a boom in population as soon as I started to keep ants and started to see ants in a new light. I'm still not going near them tho hahaha

Wait I wrote out a whole reply thinking you were talking about green tree ants/weaver ants/Oecophylla-

I only realised that you meant Rhytidoponera when you said they were in the ground oof

I am yet to be stung by Rhytidoponera but I'm sure it will happen soon, having a few queens.

 

Rhytidoponera stings are easy to avoid imo since they can't climb and aren't the quickest ants. 

 

If you accidentally stood still on their nest for a moment you would think other wise xD 
They crawl on me even if I accidentally stand in the middle of their trail. Maybe the ones around me are just more aggressive. 


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#23 Offline JCRHJM - Posted November 23 2021 - 6:35 PM

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I've been stung by Rhytidoponera so many times already... what's once more?

 

Also they are one of the ants that made me hate ants for many years because when I moved from NSW to QLD I sat down on grass in School for remembrance day and there happen to be a huge nest of them there. I got stung and bitten all up my leg. I was paranoid for many years after that about big black ants. I was told they were called Green ants (Their nickname) but they always looked black to me. Only until a month ago have I had a closer look at them in the sun and seen they shiny really nice green. xD

 

There are colonies of them around here everywhere. Its like they had a boom in population as soon as I started to keep ants and started to see ants in a new light. I'm still not going near them tho hahaha

Wait I wrote out a whole reply thinking you were talking about green tree ants/weaver ants/Oecophylla-

I only realised that you meant Rhytidoponera when you said they were in the ground oof

I am yet to be stung by Rhytidoponera but I'm sure it will happen soon, having a few queens.

 

Rhytidoponera stings are easy to avoid imo since they can't climb and aren't the quickest ants. 

 

If you accidentally stood still on their nest for a moment you would think other wise xD 
They crawl on me even if I accidentally stand in the middle of their trail. Maybe the ones around me are just more aggressive. 

 

I mean they are easy to avoid while keeping them in formicaria, though they definitely are aggressive


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#24 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 24 2021 - 3:29 AM

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Please edit grammar in the title of this thread.
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#25 Offline PaigeX - Posted November 24 2021 - 9:20 AM

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Please edit grammar in the title of this thread.

Mate, I didn't even see that until I re-read it 3 times xD

That's how easy I skip over that kind of thing.


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#26 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 24 2021 - 12:40 PM

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All good now!
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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.

#27 Offline Leo - Posted November 24 2021 - 5:39 PM

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I have been stung by most of the species while collecting them lol, so i guess it would be "all of the above"


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