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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 25, 2020 17:59:25 GMT
As a kind gesture of goodwill John of Ant Warehouse is sending me a Formica lemani founding queen with brood. He is very sad and shocked about what has happened to the Camponotus fedtschenkoi colony I bought from him, but as I have kept lemani before and they are a tough British native ant species I should do better with them.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 28, 2020 9:08:06 GMT
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 29, 2020 7:00:21 GMT
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 5, 2020 10:42:50 GMT
Today I have ordered 3 new ant colonies, a colony of Camponotus lateralis, a colony of Crematogaster scutellaris and a colony of Messor barbarus with a red headed queen. They should be here on Tuesday as the Ant Lady is very good for service and fast delivery.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 7, 2020 9:48:29 GMT
Fingers crossed my 3 new ant colonies should be arriving today as they were posted on Monday.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 8, 2020 13:03:47 GMT
Now that I have a big nest empty I have ordered a colony of Camponotus sylvaticus for it from the Ant Lady. These are big ants with a Queen of 17mm and major workers 15mm, even the smallest workers are 5mm to 7mm. The colony is a queen and 8 to 12 workers, hopefully with some brood. See photos and information Here on this site link. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 9, 2020 11:07:51 GMT
My new colony has been posted today and I expect to receive it tomorrow. I will make a journal on Friday and a video of the colony after they settle down in their new home/nest.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 17, 2020 8:42:25 GMT
I am becoming a big fan of the Ant Lady, as not only is she a good friend of mine, but her ants are very affordable. I have a colony of Camponotus cinctellus ordered and coming soon. The common name of this ant species is the African Shiny Sugar Ant, and they are found mainly in South Africa but don't need to be kept in high heat as long as they can be kept warm with a good humidity level. They should be arriving tomorrow, but I will be keeping them in a test tube until I get the new acrylic nest I have ordered from Anthouse in Spain, due next week sometime. See photos here} Camponotus cinctellus. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 19, 2020 11:35:09 GMT
Now my eyesight is not as good as it was, I find it very hard to see small ants. So today I have ordered some more bigger Camponotus species. A colony of this species Camponotus friedae and a colony of Camponotus ligniperda from the Ant Lady, who is a good friend of mine and keeps her prices very reasonable and not expensive to buy from. I'm hoping they will arrive by Saturday and they will be 2 nice colonies which will grow in size and I will have for several years to come. |
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 29, 2020 13:45:28 GMT
My next ant colony is on order from Antsrus.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 31, 2020 14:29:08 GMT
I considered getting another haberi colony today from a seller in Devon called Ants Davey , but decided to place the order for another species instead. I have ordered a colony of Camponotus samius.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Sept 30, 2020 14:49:02 GMT
Today I have ordered a colony of Messor aciculatus from the Ant Lady. These will have 5 queens and about 10 workers with brood. I intend to use an Ant house cube nest for the colony and hopefully it will grow bigger over the next few months. I will make a journal with a video when I have this colony, which I hope might arrive by the end of the week.
Here is a short video of the species.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Oct 21, 2020 18:06:31 GMT
I hopefully will be getting a colony of Diacamma rugosum soon from the Ant Lady, and a Solenopsis geminata queen next week.
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