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#381 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted January 29 2019 - 6:57 PM

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#382 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted January 29 2019 - 11:16 PM

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alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.

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#383 Offline FSTP - Posted January 30 2019 - 1:40 AM

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alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.

 

 

I do, especially when they pull their car over when I'm on  the side of the road and ask if I need help. But what is the worst is when some anonymous person calls the cops on you because they saw some guy rolling around  the side of the road with a glass pipe in his hand. This happened 3 years ago. I don't use test tubes to catch ants anymore needless to say, lol.



#384 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted January 30 2019 - 7:23 AM

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alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.


I sure do. Two days ago I told a guy what I was doing and he was super chill. The day before that I was being filmed by two people in a car :lol:.

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#385 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted January 30 2019 - 9:32 AM

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alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.



I do, especially when they pull their car over when I'm on the side of the road and ask if I need help. But what is the worst is when some anonymous person calls the cops on you because they saw some guy rolling around the side of the road with a glass pipe in his hand. This happened 3 years ago. I don't use test tubes to catch ants anymore needless to say, lol.
Omg haha. Now i’m always going to try and be as stealthy as possible lol.

#386 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted January 30 2019 - 9:33 AM

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alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.

I sure do. Two days ago I told a guy what I was doing and he was super chill. The day before that I was being filmed by two people in a car :lol:.
That’s kind of crazy that they were filming you. I wonder what made them think that they needed to.

#387 Offline Rstheant - Posted January 30 2019 - 6:02 PM

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To make a meme. If you see the video of Ys when it goes viral, you’ll have the last laugh! :lol: No offense to YsTheAnt. Just a joke.

alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.

I sure do. Two days ago I told a guy what I was doing and he was super chill. The day before that I was being filmed by two people in a car :lol:.
That’s kind of crazy that they were filming you. I wonder what made them think that they needed to.

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#388 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted January 30 2019 - 9:34 PM

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I usually look around school, so what I'm afraid of are charges for vandalism or "murdering dead branches." It's kind of embarrassing when some people walk by and they see you chipping off the corner of a wooden bench: Gift of Class of 2008 for some termites you found.


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#389 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted January 30 2019 - 9:39 PM

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I too worry while looking around school. Also scared when I go night anting as the park I look at technically closes at night but the city employees just close the gate so you can park on the street and they don't care even if they see you in the park. Sometimes they even engage in friendly conversations with night walkers.

It's a common place to find other high schoolers partying and 1am :lol:.

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#390 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted January 31 2019 - 1:05 AM

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If I saw a queen at school on the ground, and there were people around, I’d have to walk right past it and just die on the inside lol.

#391 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted January 31 2019 - 9:51 AM

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There was rain last night and there will be more in the coming days. The next hot day will have lots of queens probably
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#392 Offline Antking123 - Posted February 2 2019 - 7:22 PM

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I usually look like a drug dealer with my big rain-proof trench coat that has several pockets on the inside and outside. Its funny when people are puzzled watching me open my coat and see that I am just loaded with test tubes. :thinking:   

 

To make a meme. If you see the video of Ys when it goes viral, you’ll have the last laugh! :lol: No offense to YsTheAnt. Just a joke.
 

 

 

alright guys, be honest. Who else gets embarrassed when people walk by and you’re on the ground searching for ants.

I sure do. Two days ago I told a guy what I was doing and he was super chill. The day before that I was being filmed by two people in a car :lol:.
That’s kind of crazy that they were filming you. I wonder what made them think that they needed to.

 



#393 Offline Antking123 - Posted February 2 2019 - 7:28 PM

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This endless rain is killing me on the inside. When I finally have time to going outside, it rains, and its going to rain till Wednesday. The flights will probably be done by then unless the ants are smart enough to just delay them.  



#394 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted February 2 2019 - 7:30 PM

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This endless rain is killing me on the inside. When I finally have time to going outside, it rains, and its going to rain till Wednesday. The flights will probably be done by then unless the ants are smart enough to just delay them.


Nothing is gonna fly until it hits at the least 65F.

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#395 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted February 8 2019 - 9:23 PM

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Rain forecasted almost all next week with no days above 55F in sight



#396 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted February 9 2019 - 8:12 AM

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Rain forecasted almost all next week with no days above 55F in sight


Yeah... On the bright side, all this rain will probably trigger some Pogonomyrmex and Myrmecocystus flights in the hills and mountains.

Edited by YsTheAnt, February 9 2019 - 8:12 AM.

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#397 Offline sirjordanncurtis - Posted February 9 2019 - 9:00 AM

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Rain forecasted almost all next week with no days above 55F in sight


Yeah... On the bright side, all this rain will probably trigger some Pogonomyrmex and Myrmecocystus flights in the hills and mountains.

 

Do you know any Myrmecocystus sites?



#398 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted February 9 2019 - 9:01 AM

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Same place where you went to get Pogonomyrmex :). If anyone wants to know where message me and I'll give you the location, it's plenty big for many people just don't want to post it publicly.

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#399 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted February 10 2019 - 1:54 AM

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Rain forecasted almost all next week with no days above 55F in sight

Yeah... On the bright side, all this rain will probably trigger some Pogonomyrmex and Myrmecocystus flights in the hills and mountains.
I really hope my parents will be willing to drive me to mount Diablo for myrmecocystus then. Make sure to post the sightings when you find them.

#400 Offline Jadeninja9 - Posted February 10 2019 - 10:48 AM

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Same place where you went to get Pogonomyrmex :). If anyone wants to know where message me and I'll give you the location, it's plenty big for many people just don't want to post it publicly.

Wait oh crap was that your secret spot lol




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