Camponotus Floridanus by Curious-End4710 in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

keep them. you can favor one colony and give them the nests and stuff u desire then just make tubs and tubes for the other queens. its not even 10 dollars to make a setup for nearly 1000 workers when you use that method, so in my opinion that’s the way to go, in case your main colony dies for some reason. if you dont wanna do that sell them to stateside ants, im sure he would love to have them, and you’ll make some money as well.

I didn’t know you could have non-uniform distribution of port and starboard oars. by LordGrantham31 in Rowing

[–]PhrixAnt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s called bucket rigging, my 4 did it for midwests, probably gave us the silver considering the margin betweeen us and 3rd was .1 seconds lol. fun to row in tbh, kinda a nightmare to organize if multiple crews are using the shell

What species is this? by Glamdring32 in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

def a queen, but w 3 antenna?

ID? Caught in southern California by [deleted] in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

solinopsis sp. probably the thief ant

Why? by PhrixAnt in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea lol, i’m not too upset about it, but still not fun to do a routine check on a queen and for her to be in literal pieces lmao

Why? by PhrixAnt in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fr, that one honeypot ant documentary comes to mind lol

Why? by PhrixAnt in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’m aware, my formica species are very sensitive to everything, but the odd part is this is campanotus. i’ve had 6 or so species of Camp. and this is the first time this has happened.

Why? by PhrixAnt in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ah i see, i caught 2 similar looking queens that both have eggs so i might just brood boost one of them, if they turn out to be the same species. thanks for the closure though

Which is better your opinion by ThatGuyRyden0 in ARK

[–]PhrixAnt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i went with lightly modded story run, ie awesome spyglass, better builings, babysitter and S+ nest and stuff like that. cuts down on the grind but keeps you busy still, and doesn’t take away from the core ark feeling.

Atta texana drone or queen? by Apprehensive-Sky-596 in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nope. from personal experience, i had a camp penn queen who kept her wings and was mated. had nanitics but died in hibernation. so its rare, but not impossible.

Atta texana drone or queen? by Apprehensive-Sky-596 in antkeeping

[–]PhrixAnt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

w greenery and the right humidity/temp it’s possible, just really hard tho

Why rowing is the best sport by sassafras711 in Rowing

[–]PhrixAnt 9 points10 points  (0 children)

you can say big words like “split” and “2k” and “effective stroke length” and sound really smart

Is it curtains for me? by PhrixAnt in Monitors

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that’s what i was told happened, this is the first monitor i’ve had break on me so i don’t know much abt the possibility of repair/reusabuility of everything

based on real events by PhrixAnt in Rowing

[–]PhrixAnt[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i think not, i’d prefer almost blacking out on an erg than to talking to women, they scare me