arcfyre
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Post by arcfyre on Sept 25, 2014 7:06:52 GMT
Is there a way that I can upload a photo if I'm using my phone to connect to the forum? Can I e-mail it to anybody to put it up? I took a few amazing pictures of the ants in my garden, including the termites. Just want to share those with you guys. So far I've found 3 different ant species in my garden. Still waiting for one of them to pop-up a queen!
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Post by messor2894 on Sept 25, 2014 17:24:10 GMT
You can try use desktop on your phone scroll down to the bottom and click on desktop it will take you to a site but this works for people but not me hope I helped.
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arcfyre
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 1, 2014 15:21:59 GMT
Thanks anyways messor!!
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 1, 2014 16:32:38 GMT
I tried posting a photo...let's see if it works...
This is the type of specie I'm currently housing...
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arcfyre
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 1, 2014 17:27:16 GMT
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arcfyre
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 1, 2014 17:29:42 GMT
Monomorium pharaonis. Oooh it worked. Thanks mate. Sucks that it doesn't work with you
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Post by messor2894 on Oct 2, 2014 19:04:39 GMT
They look exactly like the one I got the other week. about that size and colour but we don't have pharonis in uk so haven't got a clue what' species I have.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 19:48:30 GMT
You might have seen a Lasius flavus worker because they look similar to me.
Edit: Looking at the newer posts, people say they do live over here.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 2, 2014 21:34:49 GMT
They look exactly like the one I got the other week. about that size and colour but we don't have pharonis in uk so haven't got a clue what' species I have. We do have them, as Jen and I have both worked on hospital wards that were infested with them. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 21:45:37 GMT
They look exactly like the one I got the other week. about that size and colour but we don't have pharo ants in uk so haven't got a clue what' species I have. We certainly do have pharo ants in the UK  |
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Post by Jenny on Oct 3, 2014 6:06:43 GMT
I worked on an elderly ward where we had to physically lift the patients from their chairs covered in these micro ants (no hoists then like there is now). We peeled off the clothes very carefully as these ants were everywhere, even in their hair. I hadn't been doing the job long then, and it was quite an experience amongst other things. Old Psychiatric hospitals were the perfect conditions for them.
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arcfyre
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 3, 2014 6:32:07 GMT
Apparently they are very wide spread over the world. And they adapt very quickly...I've made my formicarium last night...now I've been creative but I don't know if it will work that well...I will post a few photos and explain what I did.
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 3, 2014 6:37:10 GMT
Wow these ants are really a problem it seems. They are everywhere in my yard, but I've never seen them inside. But I've read they love to nest inside houses, hotels and hospitals or any building. But in warmer climates they nest outside...well its a pretty warm climate here.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 3, 2014 7:47:44 GMT
Wow these ants are really a problem it seems. They are everywhere in my yard, but I've never seen them inside. But I've read they love to nest inside houses, hotels and hospitals or any building. But in warmer climates they nest outside...well its a pretty warm climate here. They do in live indoors in countries which have cold winters, as in my training hospital they would run up the walls near the hot water pipes and radiators, queens and workers by the hundreds. My first ever Christmas doing night duty as a student nurse, the Charge Nurse (Ward Manager) told me to help myself to the food presents in his office. Being partial to boxed dates I opened a new pack which was still covered with plastic wrapping. Bad choice, as when opened it was full of Monomorium pharaonis (click here for species) and so the entire box ended up in the bin. When patients bed sheets were changed we often found them crawling with these ants too, as they got everywhere in all wards and offices in the hospital. |
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Post by arcfyre on Oct 3, 2014 9:46:08 GMT
Geeeze. Its almost like if you stood still too long they think your food too. I bet it kept the staff moving hehehe. I've read they sometimes get into open wounds of people in hospitals. The bad thing is that you can't just bug spray them, u have to poisen them slowly with food. Let's hope they don't escape my formica and eat my puppy dog and then my family...and then my house...and then my entire town!!! Its scary to think what such a small creature can accomplish
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