ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Skippy]

Hi there,

at the 3.may we make a ant-keepers action in nature ... Radiss ( Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar ) , Vaclav ( Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar ) , me Skippy , and maybe Messorus and Mpir .... 10-15km long way around mountains in nice Slovak nature , all about ant-hunting and finding young queens and small colonies

Photos of trip coming here soon (at Sunday and Monday)

- discussion is opened

Skippy

[JimmyVe]

Good luck with your ant hunting guys, i hope you find very nice ants.

[Skippy]

ohh , I am tired back from trip , I have not photos on my own , but Vaclav and Radiss made some

we have found Messor muticus colony , a lot of Formica , Aphaenogaster and Plagiopepis colonies , also one ligniperda and Solenopsis fugax, Camponotus aethiops. Some Ponera too. And the best of is , we found a Prenolepis colony and we´ve taken photos.

I´ll wait until friends will come on internet and send me phtoos , then I´ll paste it here

Skippy

[JimmyVe]

Sure to Skippy. Seems like you have spotted some nice species. (did you think of me )

[Skippy]

Radiss with his wife and me


vineyards and hunting place


Plagiolepis pigmaea


Plagiolepis pigmaea detail


Camponotus vagus


Aphaenogaster subterranea


Ponera coarctata


Prenolepis sp. (new specie in SR from USA !!!)

[miszt]

Looks like you have some nice species about Skippy i'm gona have to a take a trip over to Europe I think to do some ant hunting! I'm getting tired of seeing L niger and flavus (if i'm lucky) here in the UK lol

[Skippy]

hehe , Bratislava can be one of your checkpoint :D

[JimmyVe]

Great pictures dude. And very nice ants to.
I know what you mean miszt, where i live you also find only the same species every day...

[ratgreen]

you guys are lucky you have such a range of ants, like miszt said all we ever see is lasius niger of flavus, i have never even seen a wood ant nest, even though i went for a 7 mile walk though the perfect habitat and saw nothing. also great pics what camera/lens are you using?

[Skippy]

I do not know if is it luck or what, here you can also find nothing ... but you need good know your region and know where which species are. If you come here as newbie , I believe you wouldnt find for ex. Messor muticus or that Prenolepis , probably also Aphaenogaster. Here are everywhere like you guys wrote , Lasius flavus and niger , Tetramorium caespitum and somewhere some Formica (rufibarbis , cunicularia) ... other species only on special places :D

-I dont know which camera is it , these photos are by my friend ... but I can ask him

... answer is here ... Canon D30

[4mykids]

Wow Skippy, those pictures are really nice!

[Kale^^]

Yes, nice pictures Very nice that last one, fat!

[Skippy]

yes , Prenolepis nitens ... I´ve found colony today , also with queen ... but she looks a bit confused by transfer btw forest-home .. but all workers are cleaning her , so I believe she will be alright

[mzfckr]

more pics would be great

[Skippy]

when they will be in test tube all , I can make som pictures ... but now they are slowly moving