Tetramorium Queens caught!
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Tetramorium Queens caught!
Hello,
I finally caught some queens during a nuptial flight a few days ago. I have a total of 4, and one of them already has a batch of eggs. About how long does is take for a colony to get big enough to be transferred to a formicarium set up? I just want to know so I can have one ready for them.
I finally caught some queens during a nuptial flight a few days ago. I have a total of 4, and one of them already has a batch of eggs. About how long does is take for a colony to get big enough to be transferred to a formicarium set up? I just want to know so I can have one ready for them.
Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
Tetromorium colonies usually start up fast. My colony of them took at least 4 and a half months before I moved them into a formicarium and by then they had at least 40-50 workers.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
HI there! I have a colony of tetramorium, several hundred strong. You can check my journal and see how long it took for each stage if you like!
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1173
Also feel free to ask me any questions you have related to tetramorium!
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1173
Also feel free to ask me any questions you have related to tetramorium!
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
I've caught 4 tetramorium queens in Nevada (Carson City area). Three of them already have brood (though one of them only has three, and may be injured - she may not make it), the fourth I just caught tonight, so hasn't had much time to lay eggs.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
What do you do before they get to that size?
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
at least 4 and a half months...is what was said earlier above. I will let you know in a few months time when mine are matured enough to move.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
Right, but what do you do when they are in a test tube and they don't have 40-50 members? (Sorry, I'm a beginner)jordonbigelow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:13 pmat least 4 and a half months...is what was said earlier above. I will let you know in a few months time when mine are matured enough to move.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
So, you can move your ants into a formicarium when they have 20-50 ants. During the test tube phase of their life, place the tube in an outworld with a barrier, and wedge a piece of drinking straw in between the exit cotton and the side of the test tube. This is so that the workers can go in and out easily without having an open test tube which would make them uncomfortable. You can place their sugar and protein in the outworld near the entrance of the straw. For sugar use honey, sugar water, fruit juice, ect. For protein use crickets, mealworms, fruit flies. ect. You can ***** with cooked meat, but it should not be their main source of protein.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:55 amRight, but what do you do when they are in a test tube and they don't have 40-50 members? (Sorry, I'm a beginner)jordonbigelow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:13 pmat least 4 and a half months...is what was said earlier above. I will let you know in a few months time when mine are matured enough to move.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
- SamuelMamuel
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
What if they can't kill the mealworm?idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:14 amSo, you can move your ants into a formicarium when they have 20-50 ants. During the test tube phase of their life, place the tube in an outworld with a barrier, and wedge a piece of drinking straw in between the exit cotton and the side of the test tube. This is so that the workers can go in and out easily without having an open test tube which would make them uncomfortable. You can place their sugar and protein in the outworld near the entrance of the straw. For sugar use honey, sugar water, fruit juice, ect. For protein use crickets, mealworms, fruit flies. ect. You can ***** with cooked meat, but it should not be their main source of protein.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:55 amRight, but what do you do when they are in a test tube and they don't have 40-50 members? (Sorry, I'm a beginner)jordonbigelow wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:13 pmat least 4 and a half months...is what was said earlier above. I will let you know in a few months time when mine are matured enough to move.
Colonies:
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
--Tetramorium Caespitum
--Camponotus pennsylvanicus
--Formica Sp.
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Re: Tetramorium Queens caught!
Buy a pack of mealworms, and stick them in the freezer for a couple hours. when your ants need protein, pull a mealworm out, cut it into a couple pieces and stick it in their outworld.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:40 pmWhat if they can't kill the mealworm?idahoantgirl wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:14 amSo, you can move your ants into a formicarium when they have 20-50 ants. During the test tube phase of their life, place the tube in an outworld with a barrier, and wedge a piece of drinking straw in between the exit cotton and the side of the test tube. This is so that the workers can go in and out easily without having an open test tube which would make them uncomfortable. You can place their sugar and protein in the outworld near the entrance of the straw. For sugar use honey, sugar water, fruit juice, ect. For protein use crickets, mealworms, fruit flies. ect. You can ***** with cooked meat, but it should not be their main source of protein.SamuelMamuel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:55 am
Right, but what do you do when they are in a test tube and they don't have 40-50 members? (Sorry, I'm a beginner)
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
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