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[That_one_ant_guy]

7/26/2022
I caught a couple of these queens, and decided to put one in a dirt setup instead of the standard test tube setup. For awhile she didn't do much just walk around
Then should found a good spot in the corner and decided to dig there

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. Here is her now, I even got a pick if her right after she laid an egg

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, November 29 2022 - 8:37 PM.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Quick question anyone know how I could embed the video?

[ZTYguy]

You can only put YT vids. No clips from a camera roll.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Update timeeeee. This queen is doing very well in her natural setup, I give it a good misting every couple days, and now she has some little larvae

[ZTYguy]

Awesome! My one queen seems to be going along swimmingly as well. This species seems to be fun from what I’ve seen.

[FinWins]

I have some wild D. bicolor around my house and their pretty cool to watch, I when not active they tend to block the entrance to their nest.

[AntsCali098]

I have some wild D. bicolor around my house and their pretty cool to watch, I when not active they tend to block the entrance to their nest.

I have some D.insanus in my backyard (basically a black bicolor) and they are pretty interesting. I definitely want a colony some day

[FinWins]

 

I have some wild D. bicolor around my house and their pretty cool to watch, I when not active they tend to block the entrance to their nest.

I have some D.insanus in my backyard (basically a black bicolor) and they are pretty interesting. I definitely want a colony some day

 

That’s what I have! The dark color variation 

[That_one_ant_guy]

Bigger larvae

[AntsCali098]

Do you know if they do better in sand then test tubes? I've seen a lot of people house them in sand.

[That_one_ant_guy]

I like to house them in sand because of the elaborate tunnels/hills they make, but I think the success rate is the same for both test tubes and natural setups

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, August 23 2022 - 2:55 PM.

[ANTdrew]

This is a really cool species. I saw them for the first time in Bolivia this summer.

[NicholasP]

This is a really cool species. I saw them for the first time in Bolivia this summer.

Bolivia?? They aren't even native to Bolivia.

[ANTdrew]

This is what I saw. A local ant keeper helped me ID it as bicolor. They are native to Peru, and my guess is that Bolivian ants are woefully understudied. I find it likely that they’re also in Bolivia.

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[NicholasP]

Oh yeah. It's possible they're a different species though or genetically different since there's a massive gap between the U.S. and Peru and Bolivia because of Central America not having any.

Edited by NicholasP, August 23 2022 - 4:10 PM.

[ANTdrew]

The species ranges throughout the Americas. They are present in Central America. https://antwiki.org/...ymyrmex_bicolor

[NickAnter]

I think there are several bicolored Dorymyrmex species in South America.

 

Good luck with this species. They seem to die-off randomly.

[AntsCali098]

I think there are several bicolored Dorymyrmex species in South America.

Good luck with this species. They seem to die-off randomly.

Yeah, I've never been to found Dorymyrmex successfully

[NicholasP]

 

I think there are several bicolored Dorymyrmex species in South America.

Good luck with this species. They seem to die-off randomly.

Yeah, I've never been to found Dorymyrmex successfully

 

Dorymyrmex are fairly easy to raise. I've never really had problems so probably it's the California Dorymyrmex bicolor that are a bit wacky with care since AZ ones are super easy.

[That_one_ant_guy]

Checked up on her today, and she had puapee I also did a different angle and it looks pretty good if I do say so myself

Edited by That_one_ant_guy, August 30 2022 - 6:11 PM.