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Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:14 am
by Atta solider
I don't no which one get messor or the wood ant one lol as I got payed other day and now spring is hear am getting ant crazy again lol
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:18 pm
by RichardP
Atta solider wrote:I don't no which one get messor or the wood ant one lol as I got payed other day and now spring is hear am getting ant crazy again lol
for me the answer to that question would always be wood ant..
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:22 am
by Atta solider
Okay Richard
thanks I'll go get wood ant colony then
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:48 am
by RichardP
Atta solider wrote:Okay Richard
thanks I'll go get wood ant colony then
There is a bewildering array of camponotus species... with a wide range of colours, growth rates, colony size, care requirements... etc.. you should be able to find something to suit...
I always fancied getting camponotus singularis but they are quite difficult to source... and expensive!!
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:10 pm
by Antkit
I have a Queen with about 20ish workers, if you are interested and should be getting more smaller colonies soon Richard.
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:42 pm
by RichardP
Antkit wrote:I have a Queen with about 20ish workers, if you are interested and should be getting more smaller colonies soon Richard.
Ha.. brilliant.. that's all I need, more temptation! Let me just go and check with my wife if I can have another colony.. Yes, that would be a no!!
Purely as a matter of interest how much would you price such a colony at?
Has anyone here had any experience of keeping Singularis.. I'd be interested in people's experience in terms of growth rates, activity levels etc.
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 4:20 pm
by Andyj
Have a look at my blog richard. I kept c. Singularis for a while. Link in my sig.
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:50 pm
by RichardP
Thanks Andy.. funnily enough I came across your Atta blog when i was researching my own Atta ambitions. It came to a sad end I seem to remember.. Luckily it didn't discourage Me..
I'll have a look now. - i had a look .. very good.. what happened to the colony.. is it still with us?
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:13 pm
by Andyj
Hi Richard, i had a few medical problems and was working to much so sadly i had to give all my ants away. I'm just starting to get some more together now
Re: Messor capitatus with workers
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:22 pm
by Acromyrmexbob
Andy, you seem like quite a grizzled, hardened biker type dude. Where has the ant interest come from if you dont mind me asking? Thought you would be in to Lion training or croc wrestling, suits your image better.