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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 25, 2011 8:43:58 GMT
My good friend Mark Moffett made this interesting video
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 25, 2011 9:35:22 GMT
They would be interesting to keep, but are very expensive.
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Post by lotsofants on Apr 25, 2011 10:29:12 GMT
Ants kalytta is selling two colonys
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 12:43:02 GMT
When I try and click on the link for the video all I get is a box saying No Copying Please! I can not even copy the link for pasting onto my browser! Is anyone else having this problem or just me???
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Post by Blem12 on Apr 25, 2011 13:02:02 GMT
When I try and click on the link for the video all I get is a box saying No Copying Please! I can not even copy the link for pasting onto my browser! Is anyone else having this problem or just me??? I am not sure what you are saying. If you just click the link, the webpage will appear with the video.
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Post by Jenny on Apr 25, 2011 13:42:44 GMT
Peter, you won't get the no copy box coming up anymore as I have removed it
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Post by TenebrousNova on Apr 25, 2011 16:00:29 GMT
When I try and click on the link for the video all I get is a box saying No Copying Please! I can not even copy the link for pasting onto my browser! Is anyone else having this problem or just me??? I am not sure what you are saying. If you just click the link, the webpage will appear with the video. There was (Until now) a forum feature that prevents people from using the right-click to copy stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 19:17:25 GMT
Okay - now its no problem. Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 19:25:35 GMT
Great video - A subject close to my heart. In Northern Thailand in late March early April all the markets have these ant eggs for sale. They are relatively expensive by Thai standards at 20 bht - approx 40 pence a tablespoon full. They are only on the market at this time of year because they are the large female pupae of the weaver ant - and this is the time of year they raise their sexual broods. I have never tried eating them but buy a bagful every week because my other ant colonies absolutely love eating them!!! A great source of protein and they will store any excess in the nest to eat at a later date.
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Post by Quah on Apr 26, 2011 2:13:28 GMT
Oecophylla smaragdina is one of the ants I dislike most followed by Tapinoma Melanocephalum. These two ants are ubiquitous from where I am at. The weaver ant in every park and tree lined paved and unpaved walkways are ferocious ants that rush forward and up your legs or dropdown from overhead trees to find their way under your clothes to give you a stinging bite which thankfully though annoying is not too painful even as it will itch for days. The ghost ant on the other hand are ever invading the drinking water and food container to foul up both with their pungent smell.
If Oecophylla were to nest in a tree, all the other tree dwelling ants species from several trees around are gone. I considered them a pest and a destructive species of other tree dwelling ants. Few tree dwelling ants are able to hold on to their tree once Oecophylla starts to nest among them. They are definitely not biodiversity friendly.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 19, 2011 9:17:19 GMT
I had a laugh when Mark yells about being bitten, as I have had many similar experiences with Formica rufa which bite hard into your skin and then to make matters worse, they spray formic acid into the wound which burns like boiling water. If you've never had this experience, just drop some vinegar onto an open cut and you will feel the same kind of pain I am sure that many ant hunters have had cause to yell and blaspheme (shout curses) when bitten or stung by a little insect like an ant, bee or wasp?
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