Citronella ants (or large yellow ants)
ha i found this old post ( pub8.ezboard.com/fantfarm...=640.topic ) and thought i would update it. this summer im going to try to find a queen of this species. Mrant told me my best bet was spring...
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Dude its me! We use to talk all the time! You and your ants under your porch, remember that?I just moved to virginia and man... I got some stories for you!my instant message name is: KTdashX -- if u...
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anyone else got citronella ant experiance : )
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These are a fairly common ant, someone has to know more about them! here is a great link for pictures:entomology.unl.edu/images...owants.htm
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Acanthomyops are temporary nest founding parasites. In nature, queens found colonies by getting into nests of Lasius, killing the resident queen, and assuming her place. The colony then changes over...
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im pretty sure. they look exactly like the ones in the last picture I posted. They live under the cement porch steps to my house and every year they swarm and cover the side of the porch in a HUGE...
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That sounds just like Acanthomyops. Especially the odor. Might be fun to see if you can get a colony going from a queen and some Lasius pupae. You are bound to have some Lasius nearby to use as pupa...
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Well just about every rock in the woods behind my house has a colony of the yellow ants under it. Maybe it would be possible to get an already started smaller colony? how deep you think the queens...
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...because of the aphid issue. But, if you are willing to put in the work to get a subterranean aphid colony going then you probably shouldn't have any difficulty doing the much lesser amount of work...
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Myrmecos -- What you describe is the accepted doctrine about Acanthomyops, and certainly the norm. But, I have found a few places where they were very abundant and no Lasius were evident in the...
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Dr. Ant...Could DarkAnt take brood from a nearby colony and place them with a single mated Queen to start her off? Or will she be incapable of raising them herself?
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I am new to ant keeping and have a few questions about this species. I notice when i found this collony that when it was desterbed, the ants the following day were moveing to a new location. I noticed...
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