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[Crematogaster]

Hello, all!

I consider myself a “new-ish, return antkeeper.” I first got into the hobby a long time ago after finding a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen in the house. But alas, like many other newbies, after she’d successfully founded, I made the mistake of rushing the colony into a giant formicarium the instant I had workers. RIP Ripley.

I’ve recently gotten into antkeeping again, this time with a little more knowledge and a lot more patience. I currently have 3 queens in tubes: one Crematogaster and two Solenopsis species (invicta and I’m not quite sure what). Crematogaster I plan to keep, but the reputation of Solenopsis precedes it, so they’re helping me learn how to make appropriate tube setups, instead.

I’m in the South Louisiana area, and 90% of the queens I find are S. invicta. I look forward to meeting other members and learning more about keeping and identifying ants. My ultimate goal is to get another Camponotus queen and do the second time what I couldn’t do the first.

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

Hello, all!

I consider myself a “new-ish, return antkeeper.” I first got into the hobby a long time ago after finding a Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen in the house. But alas, like many other newbies, after she’d successfully founded, I made the mistake of rushing the colony into a giant formicarium the instant I had workers. RIP Ripley.

I’ve recently gotten into antkeeping again, this time with a little more knowledge and a lot more patience. I currently have 3 queens in tubes: one Crematogaster and two Solenopsis species (invicta and I’m not quite sure what). Crematogaster I plan to keep, but the reputation of Solenopsis precedes it, so they’re helping me learn how to make appropriate tube setups, instead.

I’m in the South Louisiana area, and 90% of the queens I find are S. invicta. I look forward to meeting other members and learning more about keeping and identifying ants. My ultimate goal is to get another Camponotus queen and do the second time what I couldn’t do the first.

I always find it nice to pick up something that we used to do some time ago with fresh minds and more knowledge, anyways, welcome to the forums! I hope you succeed in your goal of raising a Camponotus queen, Camponotus were always on my list of wants and I finally have a queen with a few workers. Very rewarding to have some giant-easy going ants.

 

I hope you have a good experience with these forums! I find there's always something new to learn here.

Edited by OwlThatLikesAnts, Yesterday, 4:04 PM.

[Flu1d]

Welcome to the forum! If you haven't already, you could post a photo of the Solenopsis queen in question on the "Ant ID Requests" subforum and someone will most likely be able to identify her for you.

If you're new to posting pictures on forums, go to https://postimages.organd upload the photo(s) and then copy the "Hotlink for forums:" link and paste it directly into your forum message.

We're glad to have ya!

[ANTdrew]

Welcome! Crematogaster are the very best.