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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
Harvester queen ants
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<blockquote data-quote="yen_saw" data-source="post: 162270" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>Completely understood! Besides, it is very much depend on luck, and feasible collecting period usually only last for few hours, after that the queen ants have dug deep where retrieving it will be lot more challenging.Thanks Chris. Knowing where to find the grass mantis helps but really it was luck and a pair of keen eyes that count the most.Thanks Leeann. It is really not too far from the Hwy 6 Post Office, at Bear Creek Park next to the golf club. There are plenty of harvester ant nests around the park. But the ever annoyed fire ants are taking over their habitat. I saw many harvester queen ants being killed by fire ants during collecting, not a good sight.For anyone interested to read more. I have included some observations while collecting queen ants for this species.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://usamantis.com/06-26-2011_Pbarbatus.html" target="_blank">http://usamantis.com/06-26-2011_Pbarbatus.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://usamantis.com/06-27-2011_Pbarbatus.html" target="_blank">http://usamantis.com/06-27-2011_Pbarbatus.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yen_saw, post: 162270, member: 12"] Completely understood! Besides, it is very much depend on luck, and feasible collecting period usually only last for few hours, after that the queen ants have dug deep where retrieving it will be lot more challenging.Thanks Chris. Knowing where to find the grass mantis helps but really it was luck and a pair of keen eyes that count the most.Thanks Leeann. It is really not too far from the Hwy 6 Post Office, at Bear Creek Park next to the golf club. There are plenty of harvester ant nests around the park. But the ever annoyed fire ants are taking over their habitat. I saw many harvester queen ants being killed by fire ants during collecting, not a good sight.For anyone interested to read more. I have included some observations while collecting queen ants for this species. [URL="http://usamantis.com/06-26-2011_Pbarbatus.html"]http://usamantis.com/06-26-2011_Pbarbatus.html[/URL] [URL="http://usamantis.com/06-27-2011_Pbarbatus.html"]http://usamantis.com/06-27-2011_Pbarbatus.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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