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[Antfollower]

Hello, I'm from Southern California.  Ill be starting ant journals soon for those interested.  Got quite the collection of Tarheel and Ants Canada products to play with, this is about 3/4 of it.  I'm lucky enough to be close to Nurbs and dspdrew, and have acquired some of their colonies. Been running temperature controller tests, heater tests, various food tests ect.  Hope to contribute what/when I can.

 

 

[Trailandstreet]

hawedere

(Austrian for "it's a great honour")

[Goldsystem]

Wow that's a impressive set up! what ants are you keeping in it(if any)

[Antfollower]

Pogonomyrmex californicus 

(2 colonies) camponotus vicinus 

 myrmecocystus navajo

camponotus modoc 

 pogonomyrmex rugosus 

 solenopsis xyloni 

 

Thanks

Looking for more!

[MrPurpleB]

Welcome to the forums, and what an amazing colonies you have there. So many colonies, I envy you. Hopefully, you find this website helpful.

[Leo]

wow so many formicariums...

[Solenoqueen]

What part of socal do you live in?

[fortysixandtwo]

Very nice set up. Welcome from the other half of California

[Iddizy]

Which one is the P. Californicus formicarium?

[Solenoqueen]

Welcome to Formiculture, man!

[dspdrew]

I like the cabinet.

[Antfollower]

Welcome to the forums, and what an amazing colonies you have there. So many colonies, I envy you. Hopefully, you find this website helpful.

Thank you! This forum has been a tremendous source of information for me.  Id love to have more colonies!  

 

wow so many formicariums...

A lot of these formicaria required extensive lead times.  Having no control over when they would arrive, and wanting to be able to bring on a lot of colonies.  I felt it was the best decision since ant keeping is a long term deal.  For me I have no plans on stopping for years to come.  I was also really hoping to catch a bunch off of a flight this year, but only managed to get one that landed on my truck   there's always next year.

 

 

Very nice set up. Welcome from the other half of California

Thank you!

 

Which one is the P. Californicus formicarium?

 Pogonomyrmex rugosus 

myrmecocystus navajo

Pogonomyrmex californicus 

 

are not in this picture.  I keep them all in a warmer temp aquarium.

 

Welcome to Formiculture, man!

Thank you!

Edited by Antfollower, November 22 2016 - 10:11 PM.

[Antfollower]

I like the cabinet.

Thanks! I dedicated a closet to the ant cause, and the rest of that room.  Thanks for everything Drew

[T.C.]

Hi, in the picture, on that second shelf, the two formicariums on the left, where did you get those?

[Saftron]

@T.C. I believe it's AntCanada's Omni Nest Small (Non-vertical)

[Antfollower]

Hi, in the picture, on that second shelf, the two formicariums on the left, where did you get those?

AntKeeperxxx is correct! A/C omni nest small.

[Kevin]

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

[Mdrogun]

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

I would speculate he might have spent a thousand dollars or more on all of that stuff.

[T.C.]

Cool, thanks Antfollower and Antkeeperxxx.

[Antfollower]

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

 

 

That's quite a few hundred dollars of formicaria you got there.

I would speculate he might have spent a thousand dollars or more on all of that stuff.

 

I like to think of it as supporting innovators of an important niche community.

 

 

Cool, thanks Antfollower and Antkeeperxxx.

 

 

No problem!

Edited by Antfollower, November 24 2016 - 10:12 PM.