ANTSTORE World of Ants

[JimmyVe]

ww. there are living some nice species in California. You should not be searching for ants from other states (ore countries).

Maybe a Camponotus sp. if they live in your area they would not be to difficult to keep for you and they are very nice species (with majors).

[nepenthes_ak]

South Western USA is the hot spot for anting. Seriously, theirs ant courses even that go on, but thats for like recomendation for entemology students usually and you have to pay for it like flights stay, food and all the equipment, which includes like Microscopes, and things like that. Your lucky to be in Cali! Look for some Myrmecotus (spelling? they are honey pot ants) and some Pheidole!Those would be the coolest to keep!

[JimmyVe]

Myrmecotus sp. are in deed fine ants but it very hard to keep, you need to consider the experience you have with keeping ants. Try not to keep difficult species if you do not now enough about them, would be a waist of Ants and time.
Pheidole sp. are very nice to but masters in escaping. The are small ants and very strong. Make sure you make your farm escape proof. Also they are very sensitive to a dry nest, if you are unlucky and the nest is to dry you could kill 1/2 a colony in 1 day.

[nepenthes_ak]

Can they escape over fluon (I think thats how it is spelled)?

[Skippy]

Yes ,Myrmecocystus sp. and other are really nice ants ,I dont know if hard to keep ,but in deed nice. I will have one fertile queen of Myrmecocystus mexicanus and I am very very happy!

Skippy

[JimmyVe]

By fluon you mean PTFE ? I use PTFE in the farm where i keep my Pheidole pallidula and this is escape proof (i use a lid to) the PTFE is about 4 centimeters wide. Make sure the corners of you farm are silicone free otherwise they will escape this way, the PTFE will not work on the silicone.

[Arcais]

Their appears to be camponotus right down the freeway from me.
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At least I know where to go now. I went on a 3 hour hike in the near by mountains yesterday, and didn't see one single ant.

Thanks for all the help

[Reacker]

Just go outside in the morning and look on the ground. The farther out from the city you can get, the better.

I found 4 Pogonomyrmex occidentalis queens just this wednesday while I was outside doing things at my work.

[JimmyVe]

Very nice Reacker.

[Reacker]

Thanks,

It just rained big time here, so I'm about to go out into the desert and see what I can find.

[redant408]

Hi, my name Gerry been lurking in the forum for about a month and finally signed up . I'm in San Jose California and have three Tetramorium caespitum colonys right now. Use to have a Black harvester ants colony but they all died. Any one around here from the bayarea?

[nepenthes_ak]

In the US it is Tetramorium E complex cause their used to be a know 2 species but genetic research shows that their are 7 species of Tetramorium.

[Arcais]

Hey Redant,

I'm up in San Carlos. Where do you go antting around here? I was up off 280 near edgewood road and didnt see a thing.

I think in the hills above Stanford might be a good spot.

[redant408]

Hey Arcais

I go antting in the santa theresa hills, I saw some big head ants not sure if they are Pheidole californica. There also Black harvester there too.

[Arcais]

Have there already been nuptial flights out there?