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Nare's Termite Journal

Started By Nare , Jul 3 2018 2:07 PM
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#61 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 24 2020 - 3:19 PM

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I put two dealates I found tandem running in a test tube with rotten wood last weekend. It’s a big tube, though and they’re totally hidden. I’ll just wait and see what happens. There will probably be more flights soon.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#62 Offline Nare - Posted May 24 2020 - 5:39 PM

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I put two dealates I found tandem running in a test tube with rotten wood last weekend. It’s a big tube, though and they’re totally hidden. I’ll just wait and see what happens. There will probably be more flights soon.

Might not see them for a while. Unlike collected colony fragments of Reticulitermes, I've found that once they've laid eggs, my Reticulitermes pairs usually do alright. You can likely just forget about that tube for a year and they'd be okay. Assuming it doesn't get too dry that is.


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#63 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 26 2020 - 9:25 AM

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Dang, bro. Caught two termite alates during a picnic. I set the vial on top of my hot car for only one minute to load the kids, and they got baked.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#64 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 26 2020 - 9:29 AM

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Yeah, they die easily from heat, by the way, I caught 11 today and fed them all to my ants.


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Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#65 Offline Nare - Posted May 26 2020 - 9:29 AM

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Dang, bro. Caught two termite alates during a picnic. I set the vial on top of my hot car for only one minute to load the kids, and they got baked.

Not surprised. They die pretty easily.


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#66 Offline mmcguffi - Posted November 3 2020 - 10:11 PM

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Any chance you can fix the pictures in this journal? :)


#67 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 4 2020 - 3:44 AM

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He hasn’t posted in months, unfortunately.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#68 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 4 2020 - 8:02 AM

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He hasn’t posted in months, unfortunately.

rats. i wanted to see the pics as well.


Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#69 Offline mmcguffi - Posted November 9 2020 - 8:39 PM

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@Nare it would be great if you could fix the pictures here too! :)

 

for posterity, if these pictures are not updated, they can viewed (at the time of writing) out of order via https://www.google.c...ih=785&biw=1437


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