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found in Rosemead CA, ID?

Started By TinyAnts248 , Aug 21 2023 8:51 PM

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#1 Offline TinyAnts248 - Posted August 21 2023 - 8:51 PM

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found in Rosemead CA, ID? Images attached

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Currently keeping Solenopsis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Patagonicus, and a new Dorymyrmex insanus queen. I hate argentine ants. 

Previously kept: pheidole pilifera, solenopsis geminata

#2 Offline bmb1bee - Posted August 21 2023 - 9:54 PM

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Dorymyrmex insanus queen; a pretty good beginner species if you're starting to keep ants for the first time.


Edited by bmb1bee, August 21 2023 - 9:54 PM.

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#3 Offline TinyAnts248 - Posted August 21 2023 - 10:00 PM

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never kept this species before, any advice? Diet? Claustral? Population growth rate?


Currently keeping Solenopsis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Patagonicus, and a new Dorymyrmex insanus queen. I hate argentine ants. 

Previously kept: pheidole pilifera, solenopsis geminata

#4 Offline bmb1bee - Posted August 21 2023 - 10:23 PM

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never kept this species before, any advice? Diet? Claustral? Population growth rate?

Keep heated around 80-85 degrees, fully claustral, likes liquid sugars and most feeder insects, and grows pretty quickly on heat (workers should develop within 3-4 weeks).


Edited by bmb1bee, August 21 2023 - 10:25 PM.

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#5 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 22 2023 - 8:26 AM

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You sure its not brachymyrmex patagonicus? Dorymyrmex is usually more elongated.
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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/

#6 Offline bmb1bee - Posted August 22 2023 - 8:39 AM

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This sounds unprofessional, but... I think Brachymyrmex have smaller heads and larger gasters in proportion to body size than Dorymyrmex. This is just based on my observations however.


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#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 22 2023 - 8:47 AM

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Yeah you may be right i am not an expert on californian ants.
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/

#8 Offline TinyAnts248 - Posted August 22 2023 - 6:54 PM

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You sure its not brachymyrmex patagonicus? Dorymyrmex is usually more elongated.

Nah I knows its not brachymyrmex bc I have a colony of them currently and they are TINY. 


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Currently keeping Solenopsis Molesta, Brachymyrmex Patagonicus, and a new Dorymyrmex insanus queen. I hate argentine ants. 

Previously kept: pheidole pilifera, solenopsis geminata

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