New Mexico ants or Southern, AZ ants?
i'm thinking of heading off to new mexico this winter (with the wife, so obviously i won't get to do all anting). anyone know how the anting is in that area? i was also thinking of dropping by the...
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thankee, mrmacophyl.too bad there isn't any atta in new mexico (according to the web, all 40 colonies of atta mexicana is in the organ pipe monument)...just found out it's 485 miles or so from...
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Hmmmm that sucks, well try the Chiricahuas/Portal instead.. not quite as far.. but way neat area." The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not...
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found a downloadable document, very thorough treatise (including keys) on new mexican ants...by William Mackay and Emma Mackay from Texas.on left hand side here:www.utep.edu/leb/antgenera.htmas i...
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"tetramorium has southern arizona covered" Ha! Not hardly! It's an awfully big place, with an awful lot of ants.Re: Southern AZ in the winter time - you will almost certainly want to hit lower...
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thanks.i believe i actually have been to that museum. i took a bus to tucson from LA in 1990 or so, then rented a car and drove around by myself trying to find Pheidole militicida (i read that it was...
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ok, i know i am being a bug, after consultations with the wife, it looks like a new option looks to be texas, in the san antonio area first, then Big Bend national park to the west.anyone here with...
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I have never done the texas run, but there is certainly great potential there. No question Neivamyrmex are a possibility although during the winter months who knows. Since you asked earlier, I tend to...
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thanks, mrmacophyl...you have a point about parks, and looking around in other places may be just as rewarding. this big bend though is 801,000 acres! very remote type area, with the few towns around...
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Big Bend would be cool, and there is a Pogonomyrmex which is named P. bigbendensis, cool. The area would indeed be worth looking at.Genuswise Texas is the most diverse, However Arizona has more...
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Wow, yes, Big Bend would be pretty cool. It looks as though you still might have low temps ( www.nps.gov/bibe/weather.htm ), but there's probably a ton of stuff to see even if it is chilly.
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the list of ants is here:fasims.tamu.edu/nativeexotic/you will need to download a plugin to view the maps (they should have just used a java applet!), but you can view the list of ants and what county...
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tetramorium:well, it says:"temperatures along the Rio Grande can be 5-10 degrees higher (than the average). Sunshine is abundant most of the year. Infrequent and brief periods of cloudy weather may...
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kalimant: Yeah, we should e-mail the Webmaster to change it. I noticed the page hasn't been updated since 1999. /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |o o| |...
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as you guys know, i don't do traficking in live ants, but i do collect specimens in alcohol. usually, i do not collect such things as formicine, dolichoderine, or even small myrmicines, but for this...
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Well you know I'd be interested in army ants. *L*. Should not be a legal issue of any kind unless from parks etc as mentioned earlier. Even if you see few ants it will be a nice trip. Just getting...
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no problem, but no telling whether i'll see any of those...i'll try though, make sure to turn over any odd rock ("hold the scorpion anti-venom, please!").i meant traficking in preserved ants you know...
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Sounds like a great trip kalimant!I live further north than the area you're planning to visit, in Texas, but so far we're already having unseasonably cool weather for this time of year.Which is...
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uh, good...i HATE cold weather, and the rain will definitely spoil anting. last time i was in san antonio was during a plant physiology meeting...it was august, and it was so humid and hot no one...
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I hope you see some Atta texana, I've never seen them.San Antonio in August, yes, the heat is unbearable,I HATE the heat, Love the cold, sounds like I should be living in NJ & you in Texas, huh?...
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