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[Vendayn]

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Edited by Vendayn, January 1 2021 - 10:56 PM.

[Goldsystem]

Very cool tons of info, I want leaf cutters but live in Oregon I heard one of my family members talking about a swarm of ants carrying leaves near the Redmond caves, so I will be investing that area this spring. Do you know if any fungus growers are in Oregon?

[Loops117]

I'm very happy you made this a separate post rather then in your journal. Very informational.

I too am going to be on the lookout for harvester ants this coming spring. Still gotta do my research on what species we have in michigan.

[AntsBrazil]

Thanks for all the info, I captured 2 acromyrmex queens today ( http://www.formicult...een/#entry43485), someone on facebook said that it is Acromyrmex coronatus, and really seems to be. I wounder if my Acromyrmex will be similar to keep. I captured them where I live so I think that the temperature won't be a big problem(I hope). 

Do you know if I need to give the queen some plants in the founding stage?

[spider_creations]

So far Acromyrmex vericolor have been fun for me, I still have around 20 queens and a good ain't of breed for this slow growing species. Vendayn I hope to learn alot from you and drew. I can wait til next year Becuase I can't wait to go down near the border to get atta mexiana

[Kevin]

Well, now all you gotta do is write a novel for all the other species of ants

Edited by Kevin, November 4 2016 - 5:14 PM.

[Vendayn]

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Edited by Vendayn, January 1 2021 - 10:57 PM.

[Mdrogun]

I'm very happy you made this a separate post rather then in your journal. Very informational.

I too am going to be on the lookout for harvester ants this coming spring. Still gotta do my research on what species we have in michigan.

According to Antweb.org you have no "harvester" ants in your area. I'm sure some species do collect seeds though. Also, I would take Antweb.org's listings with a grain of salt. They've been wrong before.

[PogoQueen]

This was very informational, thank you for sharing ❤️

[Vendayn]

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Edited by Vendayn, January 1 2021 - 10:57 PM.

[BroJack]

Great post with a lot of excellent information! I am in my first year of successfully raising A. versicolor and have several multi-queen colonies going using hydrostone petri-dishes with out-worlds attached. In addition to the colonies that I am raising, I have several ant-keeping friends who are also raising ones that I got them using the same set-ups. I don't know of any crashes yet. Some had to have their fungus supplemented with fungus from more successful growers. Right now all of the colonies are doing well with excellent fungus growth and ants in all stages of life. Keeping rose petals, mesquite leaves, steel cut oats, and chichlid pellets in the out-worlds.

Your post started me thinking about temperature and I think part of my success was putting them into my antroom (temp ranges 81-85) early on has helped out.