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Posted September 26 2015 - 9:22 PM
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Does anyone have first-hand observation or literature describing how deep claustral desert species (i.e. Pogonomyrmex, Myrmecocystus, Veromessor, etc.) settle their founding chambers? All I could find is "deep". Are we talking 1'? 5'? Through the Earth to China?
Camponotus vicinus, Crematogaster 1, Crematogaster 2, Formica francoeuri, *, *, Myrmecocystus testaceus, Novomessor cockerelli, Pheidole hyatti, Pogonomyrmex californicus, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Solenopsis invicta
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Posted September 26 2015 - 9:40 PM
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Posted September 27 2015 - 1:11 AM
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Currently Keeping:
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis
Pheidole pilifera
Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi
Pheidole bicarinata
Aphaenogaster rudis
Camponotus chromaiodes
Formica sp. (microgena species)
Nylanderia cf. arenivega
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Posted October 13 2015 - 8:10 PM
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digging 10 feet down in the desert and you'll find that the dirt is moist, I assume that they are prob at least that deep.
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Posted October 28 2015 - 7:40 AM
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If you are hoping to dig them up, then it is best to go right after a rain when flights are usually just occuring.
From what I read by other members, the first 1-3 days are the best time. It seems that some species will dig too far to easily find after 24 hours or so.
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Posted November 3 2015 - 11:11 AM
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In my experience, they tend to stay less than 2 feet deep for the first 2 or so days. The next day or earlier is the best time by far.
Maybe drew will be nice enough to find and post the video he took of an anting trip he went on with other forum members where they go around shoveling what looked like less than a foot from each chamber and getting queens most of the time.
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