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Formiculture Monthly Review Youtube Series Ft. RushmoreAnts and Ants_Dakota

Started By Ants_Dakota , Apr 27 2025 10:49 AM
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#1 Online Ants_Dakota - Posted April 27 2025 - 10:49 AM

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Greetings Formiculture users!
RushmoreAnts and I have been working on a really fun YouTube series that we hope will bring a smile or two to your face and inform you about what happened over the past month on Formiculture. We are calling it The Formiculture Monthly Review. We are hoping to release this series monthly, but editing takes a lot of time, so we can not guarantee it. That being said, RushmoreAnts and I are already streamlining our editing processes, and we would love to hear your thoughts on what we have so far! With that, we present The Formiculture Monthly Review for April 2025.


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#2 Online MyrmecologyMaven - Posted April 27 2025 - 12:46 PM

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Very cool video! Thanks for taking the time to make it!

 

I wish I had some more interesting journals but at the moment I only have small colonies. I have been doing lots of hiking for birdwatching and found lots of interesting queens while hiking around Placerita Canyon. Sadly I didn't bring any catching equipment as I didn't expect any ants to be flying. I hope I find the time to go back because I found workers of Formica, Camponotus, Pogonomyrmex, and lots of other small species I didn't identify. Too bad I left the macro lens at home!


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#3 Offline Nare - Posted April 27 2025 - 1:18 PM

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This was fun - I don't look through all the journals religiously so it was neat to see what everyone is up to in a more condensed format. Thanks for doing this!


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#4 Online Ants_Dakota - Posted April 27 2025 - 1:23 PM

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Very cool video! Thanks for taking the time to make it!

 

I wish I had some more interesting journals but at the moment I only have small colonies. I have been doing lots of hiking for birdwatching and found lots of interesting queens while hiking around Placerita Canyon. Sadly I didn't bring any catching equipment as I didn't expect any ants to be flying. I hope I find the time to go back because I found workers of Formica, Camponotus, Pogonomyrmex, and lots of other small species I didn't identify. Too bad I left the macro lens at home!

Thank you! Well you were our only miscellaneous journal so I would not be too sad. Yeah, ant queens come whenever you are least expecting. I usually bring a plastic water bottle or two on any hike if I forget snap cap vials. 

 

This was fun - I don't look through all the journals religiously so it was neat to see what everyone is up to in a more condensed format. Thanks for doing this!

Thank you Nare! We designed the notable journals section with that exact scenario in mind, so glad someone has already benefited!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#5 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted April 27 2025 - 4:40 PM

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This is great! I need a feature, haha. But seriously.


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#6 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted April 27 2025 - 4:48 PM

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Greetings Formiculture users!
RushmoreAnts and I have been working on a really fun YouTube series that we hope will bring a smile or two to your face and inform you about what happened over the past month on Formiculture. 

Haven’t seen it but I want to


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers +  BIG brood pile + 10 pupa

1x Crematogaster cerasi, 2 workers + eggs / larva? (pls don't die workers) *1 is trying to die* (I SAID DON’T DIE)

1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

#7 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted April 27 2025 - 4:49 PM

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Good, he flames you for merging the Crematogaster workers haha.


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Check out my new YouTube Video!

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#8 Online Ants_Dakota - Posted April 27 2025 - 5:01 PM

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This is great! I need a feature, haha. But seriously.

Don't worry, we will look at all journals posted every month that we review, so as long as yours are high quality and we are not overloaded we will get them in there!

 

Good, he flames you for merging the Crematogaster workers haha.

I am not sure flame is the word, RushmoreAnts extrapolated things slightly to hopefully bring a smile to people's face. The intent was not at all malicious. 


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

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My Micro Ants Journal

#9 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted April 27 2025 - 5:02 PM

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Yes, I know, just joking. 


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Check out my new YouTube Video!

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#10 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted April 27 2025 - 5:57 PM

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Good, he flames you for merging the Crematogaster workers haha.

Really!?!  :mad:  :mad:  (jk jk)

 

Also I was just finishing writing my apologies about the Crematogaster merging and I stumble across this lol  :whistle: 


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers +  BIG brood pile + 10 pupa

1x Crematogaster cerasi, 2 workers + eggs / larva? (pls don't die workers) *1 is trying to die* (I SAID DON’T DIE)

1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

#11 Offline OwlThatLikesAnts - Posted April 27 2025 - 6:03 PM

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I just rushed through the video right now and I saw that there were some journal updates. Is it just popular journals or big updates? Anyways I am feeling motivated to update my Formica journal, big things happened. (Also because I might get to be in the video again hehehehehehe    :warning:)


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Currently keeping:

 

1x Formica subsericea, 35-40 workers +  BIG brood pile + 10 pupa

1x Crematogaster cerasi, 2 workers + eggs / larva? (pls don't die workers) *1 is trying to die* (I SAID DON’T DIE)

1x Myrmica ruba sp around 10 workers

 

*As you watch your ants march, remember that every thing begins with a small step and continued by diligence and shared dreams*

-A.T (Me)

 

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Good, he flames you for merging the Crematogaster workers haha.

Really!?!  :mad:  :mad:  (jk jk)

 

Also I was just finishing writing my apologies about the Crematogaster merging and I stumble across this lol  :whistle:

 

No need for apologies, that segment was meant to be humorous overdramatization. 

 

I just rushed through the video right now and I saw that there were some journal updates. Is it just popular journals or big updates? Anyways I am feeling motivated to update my Formica journal, big things happened. (Also because I might get to be in the video again hehehehehehe    :warning:)

It's usually established, popular, professional journals, or ones that have something else unique/profound about them. Next month we're limiting the number of journals to 15 (we did 18 this time, that was too much), so we'll be slightly more picky if there's even 15 journals next month.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

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I just rushed through the video right now and I saw that there were some journal updates. Is it just popular journals or big updates? Anyways I am feeling motivated to update my Formica journal, big things happened. (Also because I might get to be in the video again hehehehehehe    :warning:)

RushmoreAnts and I are discussing it right now, we have decided to include at max the 15 most Professional (text and photos/videos), Established, and Unique/special circumstances/notable occasions journals. Write your journals accordingly if you want to get into it!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

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#14 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 28 2025 - 11:06 AM

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This was a lot of fun to watch. Looking forward to the next episode!
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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.

#15 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted April 28 2025 - 11:32 AM

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This is a really great idea! Looking forward to future episodes.


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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#16 Offline Ernteameise - Posted April 28 2025 - 11:42 AM

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Very awesome!

I love that my girls are now famous and on Youtube!

I also have already shared the video link on social media.

 

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

 

I also seem to have missed the drama, but I am more of a drama avoidance person on social media....


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This was a lot of fun to watch. Looking forward to the next episode!

Thank you!

 

This is a really great idea! Looking forward to future episodes.

We are looking forward to making them!

 

Very awesome!

I love that my girls are now famous and on Youtube!

I also have already shared the video link on social media.

 

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

 

I also seem to have missed the drama, but I am more of a drama avoidance person on social media....

I hope my German pronunciation was not too terrible... but thank you for sharing it!


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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

My Ant Shop Here I have PPQ-526 permits to ship ants nationwide

Attention Ant-Keepers in South Dakota! Join the SoDak(Society Of Dakotan Ant Keepers)

My Formica sp. Journal

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My Micro Ants Journal

#18 Offline rptraut - Posted Yesterday, 12:40 AM

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Hello RushmorAnts and Ants_Dakota;

 

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it!    I'm honoured that you mentioned my journal and I hope its content is helpful to others.   I also hope you enjoy my videos, and I look forward to more of yours.

RPT


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