My first attempt at a colony..
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The queen is dead.. One of my cats found the tube and pulled out the cotton. I guess it's back to the drawing board.. I have more time to get my stuff together..
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Sorry to hear that. Yea cats are very curious and that's for sure if they see something move.
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Name is also Mike but please don't confuse me with Mikey Bustos, two different people.
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I bought and cut a few PVC pipe 1" longer than the test tubes to provide the dark and hide them from the cats.. If I find another winter ant queen I'll put her in the pantry (no pets zone).
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My first attempt at a colony.. Holy Cow!!
Holy Cow! I bought a jewelers lens to get a better view of the queen.. It turns out she's not dead but she is injured. I'll still try to get another queen, I'm going to try for a carpenter. My wife is allergic to stinging insects..
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ablindsniper wrote:Holy Cow! I bought a jewelers lens to get a better view of the queen.. It turns out she's not dead but she is injured. I'll still try to get another queen, I'm going to try for a carpenter. My wife is allergic to stinging insects..
Yes that's something you have to take into consideration when picking your ant species to keep. I have Solenopsis (fire ant) and they sting and are very aggressive, but I don't mind them at all.
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Name is also Mike but please don't confuse me with Mikey Bustos, two different people.
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Re: My first attempt at a colony..
"Vampy"
I'm just starting to get into ant keeping as a question (or to any person reading this) I live in Michigan (river rouge). Just how many different types of ants could I find around me. I've been looking and I'm getting different conflicting information. Any recommendations for a starter??
I'm just starting to get into ant keeping as a question (or to any person reading this) I live in Michigan (river rouge). Just how many different types of ants could I find around me. I've been looking and I'm getting different conflicting information. Any recommendations for a starter??
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This might help you a little. It's all the bugs in the state of Michiganablindsniper wrote:"Vampy"
I'm just starting to get into ant keeping as a question (or to any person reading this) I live in Michigan (river rouge). Just how many different types of ants could I find around me. I've been looking and I'm getting different conflicting information. Any recommendations for a starter??
http://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-state.asp?thisState=Michigan
This link can be used to help Identify a species
http://www.jcehrlich.com/ants/species/
From the first link it looks like:
Carpenter Ant - (Camponotus spp.)
Black Carpenter Ant - (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
Formica Ant - (Formica spp.)
Red Pavement Ant - (Tetramorium caespitum)
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Name is also Mike but please don't confuse me with Mikey Bustos, two different people.
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Name is also Mike but please don't confuse me with Mikey Bustos, two different people.

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Re: My first attempt at a colony..
It's been months since I've posted anything else on my queen.. she ate her eggs, but that was in September.. as of now there are 7 workers and she's doing great. She's stubborn and won't move in to a new test tube! I need to clean the one there in, but instead there treating the second tube like it's an out world. So I'm bending to her will and I just change the other tube and give them food in it. If I can find my macro lense I'll get some pictures and post a link to a photo bucket or make a YouTube video. Hope everyone's colony's are doing well...
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Any ant in the subfamily Formicinae should not sting.
Really jealous of your imparis. Here in MA we are still getting snow.

Really jealous of your imparis. Here in MA we are still getting snow.
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