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Help needed for care of Aphaenogaster occidentalis

Started By AsdinAnts , Dec 26 2023 8:33 PM

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#1 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 26 2023 - 8:33 PM

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I bought an apheanogaster occidentalis colony from jeffpbalderson, the ants are supposed to arrive either on thursday or friday. I need help on how to care for them, seeing as this will be the first time that I have kept this genus. If anyone has anything they’d like too share, go right ahead!

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#2 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 26 2023 - 8:35 PM

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I'm begging you 🙏

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted December 27 2023 - 4:23 AM

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I'm begging you 🙏

Use the edit button to add on messages like this instead of doing long strings of short posts, please.

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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.

#4 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 27 2023 - 8:06 AM

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okay antdrew

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#5 Offline AsdinAnts - Posted December 27 2023 - 1:04 PM

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THEY ARE COMING TMW 🥰
edit: sorry, forgot about the post thing

Edited by AsdinAnts, December 27 2023 - 1:35 PM.

Currently keeping
-A. occidentalis
-B. patagonicus
-F. neogagates
-M. invidia
-Stennama spec..
I will want to also keep some lasius in the future.

#6 Offline UtahAnts - Posted December 28 2023 - 1:08 PM

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There may be a care sheet for the species on the forum, along with many journals you can look over. A. occidentalis is a great species - colonies are rarely picky eaters and as with most Aphaenogaster ants they have a fantastic feeding response (a video of one such response here from a small colony I had last year). You'll want to hibernate them as well.