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Started By Alza , Aug 27 2014 11:10 PM

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#1 Offline Alza - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:10 PM

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Hey  :D from california, and I've liked ants, since i was 5 years old. The first species of ant i had was pogonomyrmex barbatus, and it was in a gel farm when i was 5. It was queen less because i ordered it online. the species i have right now might be pogonomyrmex subnitidus, but i can't identify it  :( i got it in chatsworth, California and the flight time was June 21st, 9-12 am, which is also my birthday. i hear they never change so i kept that date for next year. Oh, and I'm Alza 


#2 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:18 PM

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Hello Alza! Welcome to the forum. Is the Pogonomyrmex subnitidus a colony or just a queen from this year?


#3 Offline Alza - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:29 PM

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right now its just a queen, but i do have a picture of workers eating a cricket, that i took


#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:33 PM

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I recently decided that what I thought was P.californicus, was actually P.subnitidus, and am still unsure. Mine however is not producing brood after I transferred her over to her current setup though, so I think I will boost it the next chance I have. She had larvae before, they just died.

 

Can you put the pictures of the workers eating the crickets up?


#5 Offline Alza - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:36 PM

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its my profile picture right now


#6 Offline Alza - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:44 PM

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This is it

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#7 Offline Alza - Posted August 27 2014 - 11:56 PM

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This is it


#8 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 28 2014 - 6:11 AM

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Welcome to the forum. :) Amazing how many Southern California people have come into this hobby this year. There's actually quite a few of them on this forum too, including myself. Based on where you found your Pogonomyrmex, I would say it is P. subnitidus if you can see spines on its thorax. If not, then it's probably the all-red P. californicus.


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#9 Offline Crystals - Posted August 28 2014 - 7:10 AM

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Welcome.  :D


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#10 Offline DesertAntz - Posted August 28 2014 - 9:04 AM

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Hello and welcome 


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#11 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 28 2014 - 3:10 PM

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Amazing how many Southern California people have come into this hobby this year.

 

And hopefully that number will keep growing.  :)


#12 Offline Alza - Posted August 28 2014 - 6:33 PM

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i wasnt able to respond sooner because the internet shut off the whole day here. And I'm going to try and post videos of them on youtube. thanks for the welcoming hands btw!  :D


#13 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted August 29 2014 - 1:16 PM

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I would very much like like to go to these places: Florida, South Californa, Arizona, or Texas. And also I grew up in texas.


#14 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 29 2014 - 3:16 PM

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Arizona is probably the most interesting. It has everything california has, but also Odontomachus clarus and Atta mexicana...


#15 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted August 29 2014 - 3:21 PM

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Heh, speaking of Odontomachus, the queens with wings look really funny. How do they fly with such small wings?

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#16 Offline Alza - Posted August 29 2014 - 4:31 PM

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I'm not sure how i feel about that queens style...


#17 Offline DesertAntz - Posted August 31 2014 - 8:52 PM

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Her wings remind me of tiny trex arms 


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