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California ant keepers

Started By Mdrogun , Sep 30 2015 7:52 PM

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#1 Offline Mdrogun - Posted September 30 2015 - 7:52 PM

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Why does it seem like so many of the ant keepers on this site live in California? I know of only one or two people who live in the eastern United States that keep ants.

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 1 2015 - 5:48 AM

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Haha, I think it originally was because of how many journals I had mentioning California species of ants, which caused a lot of their Google searches to give results pointing to this forum, and then of course the more California members we got, the more it perpetuated. Probably the same reason some of the other groups have a disproportionately high number of ant keepers from the northeast.


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#3 Offline William. T - Posted October 1 2015 - 11:58 AM

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More people are from the East Coast than you know here. I am from Maryland, for one. But yeah, there are a lot of SoCal people here. People do call this Caliculture. I know that some people don't post their locations.


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#4 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 1 2015 - 2:14 PM

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Haha, I think it originally was because of how many journals I had mentioning California species of ants, which caused a lot of their Google searches to give results pointing to this forum, and then of course the more California members we got, the more it perpetuated. Probably the same reason some of the other groups have a disproportionately high number of ant keepers from the northeast.


Which forum has a high number of northeast ant keepers?

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

#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 1 2015 - 3:45 PM

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Haha, I think it originally was because of how many journals I had mentioning California species of ants, which caused a lot of their Google searches to give results pointing to this forum, and then of course the more California members we got, the more it perpetuated. Probably the same reason some of the other groups have a disproportionately high number of ant keepers from the northeast.


Which forum has a high number of northeast ant keepers?

 

 

antfarm.yuku.com


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#6 Offline William. T - Posted October 1 2015 - 4:53 PM

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Haha, I think it originally was because of how many journals I had mentioning California species of ants, which caused a lot of their Google searches to give results pointing to this forum, and then of course the more California members we got, the more it perpetuated. Probably the same reason some of the other groups have a disproportionately high number of ant keepers from the northeast.


Which forum has a high number of northeast ant keepers?

 

I think it would be Ant Farm Yuku. But the AntsCanada Forum is growing, too.


Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 

#7 Offline yen_saw - Posted October 2 2015 - 5:03 AM

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So few southeastern ant keepers  :help:  :shout:


#8 Offline Crystals - Posted October 2 2015 - 5:53 AM

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So few southeastern ant keepers  :help:  :shout:

Start recruiting your friends, or maybe some of those insect obsessed guys in your area.  :D


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#9 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 2 2015 - 7:16 AM

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I hate Yuku but I would like to trade ants with people in my area.


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Pheidole pilifera

Forelius sp. (Monogynous, bicolored) "Midwestern Forelius"
Crematogaster cerasi

Pheidole bicarinata

Aphaenogaster rudis

Camponotus chromaiodes

Formica sp. (microgena species)

Nylanderia cf. arenivega

#10 Offline James C. Trager - Posted October 2 2015 - 8:51 AM

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No ant trading allowed on the yuku forum, Mdrogun.


#11 Offline klawfran3 - Posted October 2 2015 - 10:15 AM

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Why is that anyways? Something about the legality of it or Antdude just doesn't like trading?


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#12 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 2 2015 - 1:57 PM

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Antdude does not want to deal with it. He is much more busy correcting grammar.
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#13 Offline Mdrogun - Posted October 2 2015 - 2:10 PM

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I could find a specific person and email them. It's perfectly legal

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

#14 Offline dspdrew - Posted October 2 2015 - 2:10 PM

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Antdude does not want to deal with it. He is much more busy correcting grammar.

 

:lol:


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#15 Offline William. T - Posted October 2 2015 - 5:59 PM

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Some of the predominant people on Ant Farm Yuku dislike trading ants.


Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 

#16 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 3 2015 - 2:31 AM

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It has to do with the legal issues and not wanting to support something of dubious legality and environmental hazard.


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#17 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 3 2015 - 1:08 PM

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So would you say that moving Honeypot ants from Arizona to the Northwest, or the east coast is hazardous to the environment?


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#18 Offline drtrmiller - Posted October 3 2015 - 1:14 PM

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Haha.




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#19 Offline gcsnelling - Posted October 4 2015 - 4:12 AM

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No it is more a matter of "we don't know for sure and we don't want to spend the money to find out" so they enforce a blanket rule. Sort of a just in case and what if scenario.


#20 Offline drtrmiller - Posted October 4 2015 - 5:52 AM

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No it is more a matter of "we don't know for sure and we don't want to spend the money to find out" so they enforce a blanket rule. Sort of a just in case and what if scenario.

 
Isn't this the exact same tired and discredited argument Republicans in Congress use to say climate change doesn't deserve attention—or doesn't even exist?

 

Because a miniscule minority of the 12,000+ species of ants cause ecological damage outside their native range, the entire group of organisms must therefore be restricted without exception?


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