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Dspdrew's Ant Colony Sale - California (Updated 5-12-2025)

Started By dspdrew , Aug 13 2014 6:42 AM

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#581 Offline 100lols - Posted June 11 2023 - 8:20 PM

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Hey Andrew,

The Camponotus us-ca02 queen is doing great. Thanks for the professional and high quality service!

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#582 Offline Jonathan5608 - Posted June 12 2023 - 3:59 AM

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Oh how I wish to live in ant paradise

#583 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 12 2023 - 11:59 AM

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Oh how I wish to live in ant paradise

It’s all relative; you don’t need to drive two hours to find anything other than Argentines.
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#584 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 23 2023 - 6:37 PM

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Are you sure the Myrmecocystus mimicus (dark colored workers, queen w/ yellow gaster) aren't kennedyi? I got the same queens.

Edited by AntsCali098, August 23 2023 - 6:37 PM.

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#585 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 23 2023 - 7:52 PM

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I'm pretty sure I keyed them out at some point. How do you know you have the same queens as those?


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#586 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 24 2023 - 7:32 AM

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They look pretty much identical to the photo on the top.

Edited by AntsCali098, August 24 2023 - 7:34 AM.

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#587 Offline ReignofRage - Posted August 24 2023 - 6:15 PM

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They are not M. kennedyi. It's a mix of M. kathjuli and a couple of undescribed species that seem to form either their own clade or some new complex within the kennedyi-romainei clade. Actual M. kennedyi has not been collected by hobbyists in California to my knowledge.


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#588 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 25 2023 - 8:05 AM

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Those aren't even the ones that ReignofRage is referring to either. Those I have listed as Myrmecocystus sp.2. Many of these species queens look almost exactly the same.


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#589 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 25 2023 - 9:04 AM

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So the mimicus yellow variety is correct?

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#590 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 25 2023 - 5:10 PM

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So the mimicus yellow variety is correct?

 

Might not be. Many of these are really hard to ID to a specific species name. There's just so much that is still unknown and unorganized.


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#591 Offline bmb1bee - Posted August 25 2023 - 5:21 PM

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I believe Reign mentioned somewhere that Myrmecocystus in particular were rather difficult to key out and identify due to the amount of undescribed species.


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#592 Offline FinWins - Posted August 25 2023 - 9:12 PM

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Are you going to have any Acromyrmex for sale this year?


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#593 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 26 2023 - 12:25 AM

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Are you going to have any Acromyrmex for sale this year?

 

I have single queens without fungus available now. As for having colonies later, I am not sure.


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#594 Offline ongnapat9 - Posted August 30 2023 - 8:38 AM

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#595 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 7 2023 - 7:42 AM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.


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#596 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 7 2023 - 6:09 PM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.

 

I probably won't. What I thought was C. anthrax was actually these (https://www.formicul....com/topic/115-). I haven't been able to ID them yet.


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#597 Offline bmb1bee - Posted September 7 2023 - 7:08 PM

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Will you be able to catch any C. anthrax next year? I'd be interested in some queens if you're able to obtain some next season.

 

I probably won't. What I thought was C. anthrax was actually these (https://www.formicul....com/topic/115-). I haven't been able to ID them yet.

 

I just checked your journal on those, and I'm pretty sure they might be C. johnsoni. I have one that looks identical to the queen from the first post (hairy face, same overall shape and size) that Reign ID'ed as johnsoni. Shame you won't be able to collect any anthrax this year though. I wonder if I can get a couple up here in the Bay...

 

Edit: you can check out my pic of the johnsoni queen in my Camponotus journal to compare.


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#598 Offline Ethanwu - Posted July 18 2024 - 12:54 PM

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I will like to buy cao2

#599 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted July 18 2024 - 2:09 PM

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P.m him


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Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#600 Offline dspdrew - Posted July 20 2024 - 7:06 PM

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Please don't unless you are serious.


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