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Post by messorlee on Mar 12, 2020 18:24:46 GMT
Is there not anything you or the supplier can do?
Seems like a shame.
ML
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 12, 2020 19:11:00 GMT
Is there not anything you or the supplier can do? Seems like a shame. ML I've emailed him to say that the colony is 7 days late, but I have had this problem before with orders from Holland.
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Post by messorlee on Mar 12, 2020 20:55:09 GMT
Do you think they have lost it or confiscated it?
They should still have to inform one party surely of the parcels location.
ML
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 13, 2020 7:09:52 GMT
Do you think they have lost it or confiscated it? They should still have to inform one party surely of the parcels location. ML The postman has always delivered ants from European countries before, but due to the time I'm going to say they are lost. The supplier said that the colony arrived in the UK a week ago, but cannot track the delivery of the ants afterwards.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 17, 2020 8:52:47 GMT
As it looks like my ant colony from Mierwinkel.nl is now lost in the void of the postal service forever, I placed an order yesterday with Chris Newman at Antsrus in London. He has posted a colony of Aphaenogaster schurri with 10-20 workers that same day, so it could possibly arrive today in the post, as Chris sends all his live ants free in the UK, but always first class post. If not today, I expect to get the ant colony by Wednesday as he is very reliable.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Mar 17, 2020 16:14:29 GMT
I came home today from the hospital to find a box had been delivered. This contained my colony of Camponotus truncatus, so I have no idea why it took 2 weeks to get here, but the colony is alive and kicking with a few larvae and about 25 workers. So all is well that ends well, which I'm pleased about.
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Post by messorlee on Mar 17, 2020 19:59:31 GMT
Thats a great bit of news...
ML
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 9, 2020 12:24:07 GMT
I really cannot make my mind up as to what ants to get next. I have several nests left empty, and a few with ants still in them but in which the queen has died. Apart from a converted Worm World, all my other nests are acrylic; and I will have to clean out the nests with dead queens and with my current lethargy from the cancer treatment, I'm not in a rush. I have been thinking about getting a colony of Messor barbarus with an all red queen, and possibly a colony of Lasius grandis which can grow up to 40, 000 in number. An old friend of mine used to keep Lasius umbratus, and these are a lovely golden colour but hard to find. I will try and get a new colony of something after easter, after checking out the stock list for prices.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 14, 2020 13:02:59 GMT
Well Antsrus has sold out of the Lasius grandis, and all the bigger colonies of the all red queen Messor barbarus; but he did have 3 left with up to 5 workers, so I have placed an order for a colony of these. From past experience even a small colony will grow bigger if the queen is productive and they have a good amount of brood. I will make a journal with video once they get here and settle in.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 18, 2020 7:49:48 GMT
As I've never used Ants HQ before, I decided to give this seller a try and have ordered a colony of Myrmica ruginodis with 3 queens, brood and 200 workers. www.antshq.co.uk/product-page/myrmica-ruginodisI am not short of empty nests with several of my ant colonies dying off this year. Unlike a friend of mine who was lucky enough to walk into a field close to his house and find a colony of Myrmica sabuleti with 12 queens and over 300 workers, I am stuck in my home and cannot go out being a high risk of developing the corona virus. So buying ants from what I hope is a reliable UK seller is my only option, as it could be many months before it is safe to go ant hunting again. I'm expecting my new Messor barbarus colony to arrive today with luck, as it was posted on Wednesday.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 18, 2020 12:30:50 GMT
No sight of the postman today, so it looks like I will have to wait until next week for my Messor barbarus colony. ![???](http://storage.proboards.com/1950551/i/3_to5tWL0CvAjsRQvtaV.png)
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 20, 2020 18:04:05 GMT
My colony of Myrmica ruginodis was posted today, but as we didn't get any post today I'm still waiting for the colony of Messor barbarus to arrive. I expect the Myrmica to hopefully get here by Friday.
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