aka ant: Aka's ants 2010 (9. Mai 2010 23:43)

This year has been great with finding the species I want. I found 2 species of 4 within 3 hunting trips. I found C chromaiodes in a partly rotted log 2 weeks ago. I found 90-110 workers and 70+ larva and some eggs. The second specie is not yet fully identified but I'm going with Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. collecting them was difficult due to the queen and many workers hiding in the center of a hard stump. I found 150-200 workers and 30-50 brood. Both colonies look like they have settled in great with few deaths. I'll keep you updated and hopefully get better pics.

C chromaiodes
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0001.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0004.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0005.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/Copyofa0002.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/Copyofa0003.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0006.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0015.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0008.jpg

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis. No queen pics yet.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0012.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0010.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0011.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0013.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0009.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0007-1.jpg

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (10. Mai 2010 17:19)

The queen.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0017.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0018.jpg

darradar: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (10. Mai 2010 21:21)

fascinating =D> i love the look of these ants..that queen is amazing

Yope: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (10. Mai 2010 21:52)

W0W...

matt-man123: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (13. Mai 2010 16:57)

Hey aka,

Could you give a few top tips in ant hunting because i always struggle and barely find any species, that would be very much appreciated.

Great pics by the way and nice queens :)

Matt

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (13. Mai 2010 18:15)

Your best bet is to go into the woods and flip rocks and split open logs and tree stumps. I plan on posting about what equipment I use and where I go to find my ants soon.

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (14. Mai 2010 21:05)

I moved the Aphaenogaster colony into a test tube with a foraging area due to lack of activity in the setup.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0021.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0020.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d165/akaant/a0022.jpg

matt-man123: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (14. Mai 2010 23:18)

Wow fantastic pics once again AKA,

That sounds like a great idea and will help out many people :)

matt

aka ant: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (18. Mai 2010 01:15)

I forgot to give my Camponotus colony some water for a few days and found about 30 of them running around the foraging area.
I made a small video of them drinking water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-mto-917wk

Karsten1997: Re: Aka's ants 2010 (19. Mai 2010 18:42)

Whaha, nice video and pics!!

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