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PSA: Don't become a Myrderer

Started By soulsynapse , Mar 9 2017 4:45 PM

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#1 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 9 2017 - 4:45 PM

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Today I was out anting, as you do and I found what looked like dorymyrmex insanus

 

So I scooped her up in a test tube and plugged it up and went on my way

 

But when I pulled her out later she'd drowned!

 

GUYS

 

MAKE SURE YOUR TEST TUBES ARE COMPLETELY DRY BEFORE YOU PUT ANTS IN THEM

 

it was involuntary ant slaughter but I still felt really bad. we take care of these ants and they depend on us for their livelihood-- neglect is no excuse :(

 

just a cautionary tale for you all

 

RIP dorry- may you find happiness in the big ant hill in the sky


Edited by soulsynapse, March 9 2017 - 4:48 PM.

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#2 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 9 2017 - 4:47 PM

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#3 Offline Kevin - Posted March 9 2017 - 4:48 PM

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Dry her out, ants don't usually "drown" they die of stress or pass out essentially, and it can take a few days for her to wake up.


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#4 Offline Aaron567 - Posted March 9 2017 - 4:48 PM

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she prolly didn't drown. ;)

if you let her dry off she'll come back to life


#5 Offline Leo - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:05 PM

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oh


I might have flushed some queens down the loo thinking they were dead...


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#6 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:21 PM

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oh


I might have flushed some queens down the loo thinking they were dead...

Haha me too


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#7 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:27 PM

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oh


I might have flushed some queens down the loo thinking they were dead...

 

I dropped her into some grass when I saw she wasn't moving

 

I'm glad I didn't bury her!


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#8 Offline Salmon - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:30 PM

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Put them in a pile of salt next time.


#9 Offline Sassysquatch - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:30 PM

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Don't Dwindle, Dryly Dream Deeply my Dear Dorymyrmex


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#10 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:36 PM

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FFFFFFF

 

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#11 Offline T.C. - Posted March 9 2017 - 5:56 PM

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"Myrderer"?
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#12 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 9 2017 - 6:01 PM

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"Myrderer"?

It looks cooler when it's spelled that way.


#13 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 9 2017 - 6:16 PM

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Solenopsis invicta kicks back to life in a few minutes.


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#14 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 9 2017 - 6:45 PM

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"Myrderer"?

 

A myrmecological murderer


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#15 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted March 9 2017 - 7:48 PM

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I don't capture my queens in the containers I plan to keep them. They will do fine without water until you get home later. Vibrations from walking can knock wet cotton loose.


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#16 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 9 2017 - 8:10 PM

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Yeah, I don't know why people walk around with water-filled glass test tubes in their pockets. Simple plastic snap-cap containers work just fine. When you take test tube setups into the mountains, you risk a flood because of the pressure difference. If you do take them higher in elevation, make sure there no air bubbles in them.


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#17 Offline Californian Anter - Posted March 9 2017 - 10:01 PM

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I almost drowned so many ants it isn't funny. First a Camponotus worker in sugar water, and a Prenolepis queen in oil (don't ask how it happened). Both woke up after a few hours after I dried them off.


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#18 Offline benjiwuf - Posted March 10 2017 - 12:16 AM

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I've personally kept ants in snap cap vials for over 8 hours (I found them on the way to work, and they had to wait until I got back home). Many had laid eggs, and absolutely none were dead with no water supplied during the entire shift. So i highly recommend not carrying around full test tubes either, but rather some small collection vials.

 

However that is very sad to hear.


#19 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 10 2017 - 12:49 PM

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just to clear things up i wasn't carrying around a test tube full of water-- it just wasn't dry from when I cleaned it out earlier


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#20 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 10 2017 - 3:06 PM

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just to clear things up i wasn't carrying around a test tube full of water-- it just wasn't dry from when I cleaned it out earlier

How the mug did she drown? And if she did drown how do you not notice the droplets/puddle

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