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The only real advice i can give, still being quite new myself, is pine trees.... If you want to find camponotus simply find some mature pine trees. I'm not sure what it is about the trees that attracts them, but if u can find the pines, camponotus are there somewhere. With that being said, mature pi...

It looks like all the Atta texana have been found west of Alexandria. They are NOT an easy species to keep. So I've heard. However, I'll never know if I don't try, right? I'm sure I could do it with some practice. The main hurdles involve the fungus correct? I have grown different fungi before for ...

Just curious if anyone else is from the Louisiana/Texas region. I know our environment is considerably different from the others on this forum (hot/extremely humid), and am curious if anyone else has seen any nuptial flights happening. It has been a little over a month since I caught my camponotus q...

Just FYI, I have had consistently poor results heating the water side of a test tube. It always seems to cause flooding eventually. I have had better results heating the opposite end near the entrance. I use a modified heating pad (on it's lowest setting). I put it just under the opening of the tube...

By the way, do you guys agree that this is camponotus pennsylvanicus? I'll have to take some better pictures when I return home (hopefully in about a week) and maybe take some measurements. That was just the most likely species that l could find and have been assuming that is the case. These ladies ...

I like your setup! Hopefully you'll be able to bring your son around to keeping ants. I've actually made a wood nest myself and am looking for a way to attach plexiglass to the top. As long as the wood is planed flat u should be able to predrill and screw it in as I did. Otherwise, I am not sure yo...

And just as a current update, I am currently away from home on business in Pennsylvania, so I have not been able to check on the ladies lately. However, my wife tells me they are doing well and all 3 have a pile of eggs of at least 9 each. They are kind of hard to count at this stage

The following was posted 4-2-17. As promised, a picture update!!! This is the makeshift formicarium I made for queen 3. http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p441/AntzNaTube/20170402_192044_zps6s1anhsj.jpg This is queen 1, who I might mention is up to 7 eggs. http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p441/Ant...

Moving this journal here from another forum. The below string of posts started 4-1-17 Hi all, this will officially be my first ant keeping experience so, by all means, please feel free to critique if you read that I am doing something foolish/incorrectly. About a week ago, I was picking up limbs in ...