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			<title><![CDATA[ What are these? Ghost Ants ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9192/t/What-are-these-Ghost-Ants.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://imgur.com/NkAUW">http://imgur.com/NkAUW</a>
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They are tiny, white and their abdomen is big, almost like spiders.
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Thanks for your help<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif" alt="image">
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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (hardiel)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:09:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re-identification request - new photos (big) ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9185/t/Re-identification-request-new-photos-big-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In <a title="this" target="_blank" href="http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/8776">this</a> post, Doctorant and Myrmecos2 both thought my colony looked like Formica
neorufibarbis. In the months since that post, the colony has resided in vertical sand nest and I have acquired a macro lens. ( Canon EF 100mm, f/2.8 )
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Would you like to render a reconsidered opinion, based on these new photos?
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WHERE: near Seattle, living in/under a rotting timber which also contained many termites.... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ First colony - Species ID ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9176/t/First-colony-Species-ID.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all!
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My name is Renan, I`m Brazilian and I live in São Paulo state, so it`s early summer now and the temperature variates from 27 to 32oC all day long. The average
temperature during winter stays around 20oC degrees. <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif" alt="image">
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The pool in my backyard has always been a trap for queens and males after mating flights and I`ve captured one lady today. However, I`m having trouble on
identifying the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ ID&#39;d Queens (Pictures/Photographs) ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9175/t/ID-39-d-Queens-Pictures-Photographs-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hello everyone, I pretty much gave up on anting because it&#39;s real hard to come by real ants other than invasive species such as Argentines in my area. But
today I went over to a friend&#39;s house and surprisingly found 2 queens in the really cold temperature. I found them crawling out of the ground around 2PM in
Long Beach CA (SoCal). They were so extremely small that I had almost mistaken them for workers until I had a closer look. They are around 4mm, they&#39;re
really tiny. Anyone... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:05:06 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A weird queen ant... ID needed ): ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9168/t/A-weird-queen-ant-ID-needed-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry, if I lack any descriptions, but I can&#39;t take a photo of it as the picture gets blurred when I tried to. I found this queen ant that flew into my
house crawling on the floor, and I live quite near to a small forest, in Singapore. She has the colour of an army ant, it&#39;s very deep orange/red and has
quite a big head, almost the same size as the thorax, and her abdomen is about 2 times longer than the head+thorax and around 1/2 thinner than both... I&#39;m
serious. She moves around... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:51:03 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ant Queen found in wood ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I found a ant in a log with one worker, she has a large head and large teeth, she has a red center section and other two are black, what kind of ant is this,
im in Pennsylvania and i&#39;m also wondering what kind of set up should i put her in after the tube stage ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Are there fire ants.  Solenopsis invicta in the San Francisco bay area? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I was wondering.  If Solenopsis invicta gets as far north as Oakland and San Francisco?  And is the species common there?
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ants: marching soldiers or disciplined drivers? ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9139/t/Ants-marching-soldiers-or-disciplined-drivers-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hindu.com/seta/2009/11/19/stories/2009111950011200.htm">http://www.hindu.com/seta...ies/2009111950011200.htm</a>
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&quot;Courtesy, compassion: Incoming cargo-laden ants always have the right of way.
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<br>
At the recently held annual meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Professor Debashish Chowdhury of IIT Kanpur spoke on his work on non equilibrium
statistical mechanics, which was inspired by the way ants move about in groups. His lecture,... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (antdude)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Finding Ants in Fall/Winter ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9145/t/Finding-Ants-in-Fall-Winter.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I am very new to this hobby, but I was wondering if there was anything regionally in the Northeast USA (PA) that was still active and that could be collected,
or even looked for, in our current weather conditions (high of ~60 F during the days)?
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I plan on building my first formicarium tomorrow, but I was hoping that I wouldn&#39;t have to wait until next spring/summer to stock it.
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This is about on par with my discovery of a hobby (the exact wrong time of year).
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<br>... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (thekyle)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Orphan Army Ants Join Nearby Colonies ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9134/t/Orphan-Army-Ants-Join-Nearby-Colonies.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here is the <a title="article" target="_blank" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091104122532.htm">article</a> -- I found it in Science Daily. ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (engwinner)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Going to be releasing my Formica ants (Southern California) ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9127/t/Going-to-be-releasing-my-Formica-ants-Southern-California-.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Not sure if this fits more here, or keeping ants...as this is more about releasing a colony rather than keeping one, and a good location for them.
<br>
<br>
My Formica francoeuri have gotten to the point where I can longer take care of them easily. They seem to have a really specialized diet. That is, insects that
are really small. Pinhead crickets work (anything larger they ignore) and fruit flies work...which is only things I have easy access to...but now its to the
point where they are... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Vendayn)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:11:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Absurdity, and a snazzy new way to present recently described species of ants ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9117/t/Absurdity---snazzy-new-way--present-recently-described-speci.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ An utterly absurd article about something ants definitely do not have or do:
<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http%3A//www.asknature.org/strategy/679517306e815ab19b4b04ba75a543eb">http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http%3A//www.asknature.org/strategy/679517306e815ab19b4b04ba75a543eb</a>
<br>
<br>
And this may be the wave of the future for ant taxonomy! -- Link from the myrmecos blog that I originally intended to post here:
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<a target="_blank"... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Doctorant)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Autumnal ant flights ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9116/t/Autumnal-ant-flights.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m sure many have seen evidence of these lately, with the warm weather following raininess in much of eastern North America.
<br>
<br>
Here&#39;s a nice account posted by some folks who study birds: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091022.html">http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek091022.html</a> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Doctorant)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Not sure what species any guesses ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9115/t/Not-sure-what-species-any-guesses.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I found 2 of these queens  around 2 and a half weeks ago. She is laying eggs and are now larvae, she is very very small, that yellow line paper is smaller that
most, if you can use that for scale.
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Any ideas, I live here in Phoenix
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<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/azgrower12/PA150706.jpg" alt="image">
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<img src="http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/azgrower12/PA150705.jpg" alt="image">
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thanks
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:02:39 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ants eat acorns ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9111/t/Ants-eat-acorns.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Well today I was raking my lawn when I noticed squirrels collecting acorns and such.  I started to think acorns are basically seeds and must have carbs or good
nutrition if squirrels eat them.  So I decided to break open an acorn and feed the crushed insides to my ants.  My Pheidole started dragging in chunks as soon
as I dropped them in and began crushing them up inside the nest.  If anyone else would like to give this a try, as I have only tried it on one colony since my
others are... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (elmnt)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ United Kingdom (UK)&#39;s 7ft hairy northern wood ant nests get global positioning system (GPS) addresses to stop them being destroyed. ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9106/t/United-Kingdom-UK-39-s-7ft-hairy-northern-wood-ant-nests--gl.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6501302/7ft-ant-nests-get-GPS-addresses-to-stop-them-being-destroyed.html">http://www.telegraph.co.u...hem-being-destroyed.html</a>
and <a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/8342215.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/h...england/tyne/8342215.stm</a> (has a 51 seconds video).
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stone Ants ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9105/t/Stone-Ants.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://colfaxrecord.com/detail/134273.html">http://colfaxrecord.com/detail/134273.html</a> ...
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Question about a colony producing a single alate at the wrong time of year?(Includes a large picture) ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9103/t/Question---colony-producing--single-alate---wrong-time--year.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I was preparing my Aphaenogaster colony I&#39;ve had since May for hibernation when I made a disturbing discovery. I had removed the lid to add some water to
their nest when I found what I thought was the queen dead. Disappointed I got prepared to dig through the remaining colony to remove all the brood to give to
my other Aphaenogaster colony. Before I moved one spoon full of sand I removed the plastic cap I keep the wet cotton ball in. Much to my surprise there was the
queen alive and well.... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Chuck)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Are Pogonomyrmex subdentatus queens fully claustral or semi-claustral? ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9096/t/-Pogonomyrmex-subdentatus-queens-fully-claustral--semi-claus.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve read Robert A. Johnson&#39;s Notes from Underground on Pogonomyrmex. He notes some species are fully claustral while others are obligate foragers
during the founding stage. However, he doesn&#39;t list whether <span style="font-style: italic;">Pogonomyrmex subdentatus</span> is fully or semi claustral.
I&#39;ve tried giving my queens a few Kentucky Blue Grass seeds, but they move them to the opposite end of the test tube and ignore them. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:39:24 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Interactive 3D Ant Pheromones Simulation by ForgeFX ]]></title>
			<link>http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/9095/t/Interactive-3D-Ant-Pheromones-Simulation-by-ForgeFX.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ <a target="_blank" href="http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/ants/ants.htm">http://www.forgefx.com/ca...icehall/ph/ants/ants.htm</a> (<a title="Adobe Shockwave" target="_blank" href="http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/">Adobe Shockwave</a> required to use).
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