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- Sat Oct 06, 2018 9:01 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Workers dying, dead in nest.
- Replies: 8
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Re: Workers dying, dead in nest.
They are probably dying to stress an or are unable to find the food you gave them. That colony is way too small to be put in that formacarium. At that stage, you should probably keep them in a testube or a miniature nest. Normally, ants prefer to be jammed packed rather than spacious.
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:05 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Queen Extracting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1673
Re: Queen Extracting
They probably couldn't handle the move. It's probably too late to move her again so just keep her in the set up. Just make sure to stress her out as little as you can. The best way to do this is by checking her at most weekly, and when you check her, do it in the dark with a red flashlight. Also how...
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:57 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Protein jelly for feeding ants
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3251
Re: Protein jelly for feeding ants
Try getting that stuff from ants depot. I believe that some colonies will take the jelly but other more stubborn colonies will try to avoid it. I wouldn't use it as a primary source of food but its up to you. I got two jelly packets and my ants (besides my camponotus) accepted it but its not their f...
- Fri Oct 05, 2018 5:35 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Getting an ant colony out of a pot
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1405
Getting an ant colony out of a pot
Hey so I recently purchased a plant from my local nursery. I put it in my room and was surprised to find its soil teeming with life. It is full of millipedes, spring tails, and an ant colony. I think its a pheidoli colony with very small workers. I was wondering if there was any way to move them int...
- Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:24 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Formica ants in class
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1799
Formica ants in class
I offered to get and take care of an ant colony for my biology teacher. So I bought a formica subsericea colony. But I could use some help on caring for them. 1. When I got the colony, it was 9 workers strong and no brood (I think they ate it) is there any way to help increase their egg production? ...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:09 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Mini Eco- system Terrarium
- Replies: 1
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Mini Eco- system Terrarium
Hey, so I have spent about two weeks making this terrarium[https://i.imgur.com/6MjFfTA.jpg][https://i.imgur.com/JsI9Ak8.jpg][https://i.imgur.com/mYxeYj2.jpg][https://i.imgur.com/fhJ82Lh.jpg] [https://i.imgur.com/O4ST1vK.jpg]. It's a 36 gallon tank which has a gravel draining layer. I plan to put ani...
- Fri Aug 10, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Hibernating Ants in a Terrarium
- Replies: 1
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Hibernating Ants in a Terrarium
So I plan to make a forest themed terrarium full of plants, insects and hopefully a lizard or something. One of the insects I wanted to keep were ants I was thinking about putting in C. Chromdia and or Lasius Neoniger . The tank I plan to use is about 50-75 gallons and should consist of animals nati...
- Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Ants not hibernating
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1917
Ants not hibernating
Virginia is warming up and the ants have stopped hibernating. Also, the coldest place I can put them is well over 10c. Should I just take them out of hibernation?
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:41 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Hibernating ants outside
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1808
Re: Hibernating ants outside
thanks for the heads up!
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:37 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Hibernating ants outside
- Replies: 2
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Re: Hibernating ants outside
I keep camponotus castaneus and lasius neoniger.