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They can. But I have not seen any yet. I have had them for about 1 year, but this is the first time I've handled them. Maybe more handling will "encourage" them to excrete toxins. I do try to handle with care!

Here are a few poor photos of 1 of my 5 immature Spirostreptidae species #6. These are from Madagascar. Adults max out at either 7 or 10 inches. Colors are very bright yellow and orange. Too bad my bad photos hide the colors! They normally coil flat. This one decided to be different and...

P. diversus is a great species and would be cool to keep. Lots of amazing behaviours to watch. But you would need a HUUUUUGE set-up for them. We're talking a room sized set-up. Definately not a species you will be able to keep in a small plaster nest. Yen, bring back lots of ants for me. Dead...

Let me know what species you find this spring! Our swarms usually occure in late July to mid-August. Just depends when the monsoons decide to hit. What are the more commonly found species in your area?

Very nice set-up! While I build mine with hydro-stone, I still prefer the more... "natural" dirt set-ups. Did you microwave the soil before putting it in? Also, using distilled water for hydration will slow the appearance of algea. Neither will stop it though. PA has some cool ant species. Lots...

Hey Yen, Great looking nests. Glad to see we finally corrupted you with ants!!

Yes you can use dirt for the nest. Most native ants will happily dig right in. But keep in mind that ants generally don't like having light in the colony chambers. So they will try to build rooms away from the side of the container. Unless your set-up is too thin for the ants to hide, they will...

Don't dream too long! Get started on that farm today. Obviously you will want to start a bit smaller then an entire wall. Where are you located? Unfortunately you probably missed the mating flights if you live in the US. But you can start researching available species in your area and find when...

Here is another good book. It is a "guide" book that covers all the genera of ants currently found in the US. Great color photos as well. But it does not give much info on many specific species. But it does list a lot of refferences you can look up for more detailed info...

Are you thinking of "The Ants of New Mexico"? If so, I'll email you a copy. It's only about 400 pages :P The book I gave him in Tucson was "The Ants" and you can get a copy here...

Me too :lol: That's probably why none of my hydro-stone set-ups are as cool as the one in that link. Nowhere near as large either. But one day I hope to build a huge set-up. I get tired of having to let my Pogo colonies loose after only a couple years.

Good catch there Survivor7. I had completely forgotten about that "book". But don't rush out to find it. Alas, it is so basic it is not worth the effort to find. It is printed by "AntStore" in Germany. The store will not ship ANYTHING to the US. I had an ant friend in Sweden order the book and...

Sweet Ismart! How are your orange pogos doing? 1 of my orange queens has her first worker!

The best web site for info on ant keeping is "The Ant Farm" at: http://antfarm.yuku.com/ Simply enter the genus and species name of the ant of interest into the search engine. You will probably get pages and pages of posts to read. But be advised of 3 things regarding that site: 1) Don't use...

Your doing better then I have then. I never got workers with D. insanus. I have tried that species every year since 2004 and failed each time. Good to hear your's are doing so well. I suspected the P. desertorum would do great for you. It is a tough species. My last colony of them came from a...

Very cool colonies Yen! Off to a very good start. Are you having as good results with P. rugosus and Pogo. orange? One of my "oranges" appears to have pupa already.

We are fortunate in that the Hobo has not made it this far South. Well... it has not been identified this far South. I do recommend that you buy some mouse glue boards and place them in strategic locations to try to trap the spiders. Then take and post photos!

I like that principal! I agree with everything he/she stated. Sounds very familiar as I went to DoD schools in Europe. We did not have ANY esteem building garbage. We also did not have much in the way of after school clubs or activities besides sports. No special treatment or accomadations for...

Very cool posting Phil. My expereince was a bit different though. I bought a couple adult female mantids from a young member in Germany. The package arrived 3 months late. When I got it, it was wrapped in "Opened by USPS, Colorado" tape. The 2 females were of course dead. But I don't think they...

I searched through all the Phasmid texts I have and found this: Common on range grasses, but they also feed on burroweed (Haplopappus) and varius species of Sphaeralcea. From J.R. Helfer, 1987, "How to Know the Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches and Their Allies" Range grasses, burroweed...