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Posted August 23 2016 - 8:02 AM
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Randomly found this queen and wasnt going to start a journal for her until she had some brood, well she has 4 eggs right now. Hoping she will be successful as this is the largest species I have now.
I seem to keep finding species that no one else on the site has raised before.
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Posted August 23 2016 - 9:43 AM
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Posted August 26 2016 - 10:55 AM
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. Cuz they're so big and fast. But my dad wants to spray pesticides and kill them ;(
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Posted August 26 2016 - 12:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure I have a formica argentea queen. There's formica fusca nests (F. argentea I think) all around my house and I love them
Gotta get yourself a queen before that happens!
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Posted August 26 2016 - 1:42 PM
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Gotta get yourself a queen before that happens!I'm pretty sure I have a formica argentea queen. There's formica fusca nests (F. argentea I think) all around my house and I love them
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Posted August 29 2016 - 5:03 AM
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What's your plan for this species? Buy somethin' or you makin'?
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Posted September 8 2016 - 6:24 PM
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How's your colony doing? I found a Formica Argentea too! She hasn't laid eggs yet. I gave her dirt and sugar water, but she hasn't started. I don't know why 
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Posted September 8 2016 - 6:52 PM
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Exterminating a Formica species is so dumb. Just trading one "pest" for all the others which Formica hunt.
If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.
Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.
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Posted September 8 2016 - 8:13 PM
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Exterminating a Formica species is so dumb. Just trading one "pest" for all the others which Formica hunt.
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Posted September 9 2016 - 2:28 PM
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How's your colony doing? I found a Formica Argentea too! She hasn't laid eggs yet. I gave her dirt and sugar water, but she hasn't started. I don't know why
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Posted September 9 2016 - 2:32 PM
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How's your colony doing? I found a Formica Argentea too! She hasn't laid eggs yet. I gave her dirt and sugar water, but she hasn't started. I don't know why
I found one and put her in a normal test tube and she started laying within a couple days.
Nice, I witnessed her laying an egg last night!! Very excited! My first egg.... I mean, her first egg... 
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Posted September 12 2016 - 5:28 AM
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Quick update, I checked in on her over the weekend and she only has one pupae and no other brood at the moment
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Posted September 12 2016 - 8:42 AM
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My Formica neogagates is kinda doing the same thing. I'm afraid of checking on her or taking photographs and causing her to realize how late in the year it is to have a pupa. Yum, yum.
If you've enjoyed using my expertise and identifications, please do not create undue ecological risk by releasing your ants. The environment which we keep our pet insects is alien and oftentimes unsanitary, so ensure that wild populations stay safe by giving your ants the best care you can manage for the rest of their lives, as we must do with any other pet.
Exotic ants are for those who think that vibrant diversity is something you need to pay money to see. It is illegal to transport live ants across state lines.
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Posted September 29 2016 - 5:26 AM
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So after not checking on her for a couple weeks i decided to check on her the other day. She now has one worker and another pupae.
Yesterday i decided to give her and the worker a cricket leg and when i went to give her the leg she had eaten her other pupae, the casing was discarded and flat on the other side of the test tube.
I'm hoping that she will get at least one more worker before going into hibernation for the winter.
Ill post pictures later today when i get home, I plan on updating all of my journals
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Posted September 29 2016 - 6:14 AM
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Ill post pictures later today when i get home, I plan on updating all of my journals
And you better believe I'm going to hold you to it!
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Posted September 30 2016 - 8:40 AM
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Completely forgot to take pictures of her when i got home, nothing to exciting at this point though just the queen and one worker.
Ill try to remember to do it when i get home today after work.
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Posted September 30 2016 - 8:54 AM
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AND YOU BETTER POST THEM CORRECTLY OR FACE THE WRATH OF STRANGERS NOT WANTING TO CLICK LINKS!!!
Said I would hold you too it. Not sure what that means. I was wanting to see a picture just to see how you're housing her. Still test tube?
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Posted September 30 2016 - 10:03 AM
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Yeah her and my molesta queen are just chillin in test tubes for now.
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Posted September 30 2016 - 10:15 AM
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Haha....didn't...even think about the Molesta queen.
....you gonna leave 'em in there for their hibernation chamber?
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Posted September 30 2016 - 11:11 AM
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probably just gonna leave them in the tube for the winter since molestia only has 4 larva and argentea has 1 worker
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