Re: Atta cephalotes bicolor
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:49 pm
Yes, I think the subspecies name for these is isthmicola but I am finding it hard to track down anything firm just now. Watch this space.
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Things were going so well during that imagined conversation. You had established your affection with "Darling", you told her you were considering getting another colony, not asking her if it was OK. She had said the ridiculous comment about you already having one (when is one ever enough?). You had pointed out the reasonable fact that they were a different colour and even made a suggestion about a location for them. God, what do these women want from us!!! And then, just when we were almost at 'mission accomplished' you interrupted your wife's imminent departure as she packed her case. A better, far more sensible ending to your scenario would be to keep damn quiet as she packs and then leaves, hence clearing the necessary space in the afore mentioned bedroom for your new colony of Atta. Richard, you may be keen on these ants but I can tell you, in a similar fashion to some martial arts, that there are levels of dedication above where you are now that you must aspire to. The imagined wife leaving scenario is a classic test and you have failed, my young apprentice. You need to revisit this at some stage in the future and end your story in a bedroom so packed full of ants that all of the women who now visit you, now your wife has gone, are having to wait in the hall as you spend the evening watching your super colony of Atta from your single bed.RichardP wrote:I can already see the conversation with my wife:
Me: Darling, I'm thinking about getting another leaf cutter ant colony.
Her: But you've already got one.
Me: I know, but these are a slightly different colour. We could keep these in the bedroom.
Her: (rustling)
Me: Why are you packing that bag?
I still want some though
Ha, ha.. V.funny... The only downside of this is that I actually quite like my wife... other than that I'd go for it...Acromyrmexbob wrote:RichardP wrote:Things were going so well during that imagined conversation. You had established your affection with "Darling", you told her you were considering getting another colony, not asking her if it was OK. She had said the ridiculous comment about you already having one (when is one ever enough?). You had pointed out the reasonable fact that they were a different colour and even made a suggestion about a location for them. God, what do these women want from us!!! And then, just when we were almost at 'mission accomplished' you interrupted your wife's imminent departure as she packed her case. A better, far more sensible ending to your scenario would be to keep damn quiet as she packs and then leaves, hence clearing the necessary space in the afore mentioned bedroom for your new colony of Atta. Richard, you may be keen on these ants but I can tell you, in a similar fashion to some martial arts, that there are levels of dedication above where you are now that you must aspire to. The imagined wife leaving scenario is a classic test and you have failed, my young apprentice. You need to revisit this at some stage in the future and end your story in a bedroom so packed full of ants that all of the women who now visit you, now your wife has gone, are having to wait in the hall as you spend the evening watching your super colony of Atta from your single bed.
My guess would be, that they got theirs from Costa Rica. The ones from Costa Rica seems to have not such a strong constrast.
and with third party photo hoster is the risk, that from one to the other day, the photos are not longer available!Acromyrmexbob wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:17 pmYou have to use a third party picture storage account to do this I think. If you cant upload the pics themselves then the second best option is to post links to them but it is always best to have the pics on here to see. Makes everything neater!