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Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:32 pm
by Cale3459
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:58 pm
by AntsOnTheCoast
The images are not loading for me, reasons unknown but I don't think you should chip the wood off the tree in attempt to find the queen. It could potentially kill the queen in doing so, or hurt some brood. Just expose the bucket to light, and provide a better home (Like a hole in the ground) and place some sort of food there.
That's all I can say, and I'll be sure to check this again when I get home and possibly get the image working.
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:59 pm
by Martialis
These are Aphaenogaster, by the way.
Provide better living conditions or move the wood from the bucket into a formicarium's outworld.
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:16 pm
by Cale3459
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:58 pm
The images are not loading for me, reasons unknown but I don't think you should chip the wood off the tree in attempt to find the queen. It could potentially kill the queen in doing so, or hurt some brood. Just expose the bucket to light, and provide a better home (Like a hole in the ground) and place some sort of food there.
That's all I can say, and I'll be sure to check this again when I get home and possibly get the image working.
The point was that either the colony was being sprayed and killed or I removed it. I chose to remove it with the chance of recovering the queen. I never try to collect a wild colony unless the colony is going to be killed regardless.
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:19 pm
by Cale3459
Martialis wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:59 pm
These are
Aphaenogaster, by the way.
Provide better living conditions or move the wood from the bucket into a formicarium's outworld.
There is way too much wood to put in an outworld. I may attempt to get a 10 or 20 gallon fish tank and dump it all in there with a fluon barrier at the top so I could spread the wood out. There is probably 3 gallon worth of rotten wood in this bucket. Also thanks for the ID
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:50 am
by AntsOnTheCoast
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:16 pm
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:58 pm
The images are not loading for me, reasons unknown but I don't think you should chip the wood off the tree in attempt to find the queen. It could potentially kill the queen in doing so, or hurt some brood. Just expose the bucket to light, and provide a better home (Like a hole in the ground) and place some sort of food there.
That's all I can say, and I'll be sure to check this again when I get home and possibly get the image working.
The point was that either the colony was being sprayed and killed or I removed it. I chose to remove it with the chance of recovering the queen. I never try to collect a wild colony unless the colony is going to be killed regardless.
Well of course I got that part.
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:16 am
by Cale3459
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:50 am
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:16 pm
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:58 pm
The images are not loading for me, reasons unknown but I don't think you should chip the wood off the tree in attempt to find the queen. It could potentially kill the queen in doing so, or hurt some brood. Just expose the bucket to light, and provide a better home (Like a hole in the ground) and place some sort of food there.
That's all I can say, and I'll be sure to check this again when I get home and possibly get the image working.
The point was that either the colony was being sprayed and killed or I removed it. I chose to remove it with the chance of recovering the queen. I never try to collect a wild colony unless the colony is going to be killed regardless.
Well of course I got that part.
Just making sure you caught that part since your recommended not hacking into the tree to remove the colony
obviously that is a terrible idea if you are just trying to get a colony. Hopefully I was able to capture the queen without hurting her but in the event I was unable to or if I killed her removing the rotten wood she was doomed anyway. Fingers crossed that I got her. Did you ever get the photos to load?
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:28 am
by Potato
exposure to light I guess
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:30 pm
by AntsOnTheCoast
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2017 8:16 am
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:50 am
Cale3459 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:16 pm
The point was that either the colony was being sprayed and killed or I removed it. I chose to remove it with the chance of recovering the queen. I never try to collect a wild colony unless the colony is going to be killed regardless.
Well of course I got that part.
Just making sure you caught that part since your recommended not hacking into the tree to remove the colony
obviously that is a terrible idea if you are just trying to get a colony. Hopefully I was able to capture the queen without hurting her but in the event I was unable to or if I killed her removing the rotten wood she was doomed anyway. Fingers crossed that I got her. Did you ever get the photos to load?
Oh, I did. Did you mean breaking up the small barks in the bucket? Haha, I thought you were actually going to chip off the wood from the tree! Silly me. Anyways, just wait for a day or two. If there is any decrease or increase in ants, it'll more likely mean that there is a queen or there isn't. However, surely there's some brood under all that from their old home.
Honestly, if the workers seem restless and they have enough resources, it probably means they are looking for their queen.
Re: Getting ants to move out of a bucket
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 5:05 pm
by Martialis
AntsOnTheCoast wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:30 pm
Honestly, if the workers seem restless and they have enough resources, it probably means they are looking for their queen.
I disagree there. Ants will often act this way when stressed, not necessarily because of a lack of their queen.