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Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 8:53 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
Kool, I'll definately give it a go then. I was planning on experimenting with it anyway as I have 2 Camponotus subbarbatus colonies and try to see if I could tell a difference between them if i feed one with it and the other with something else.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:45 am
by Theantguy13
Hey Cale, great journal, I'm so jealous. Just wondering if you had any recommendations for heating cables, lamps,etc. because I live in a region where it can get as hot as 120 F or as low as 23 F (both have happened this year O_O)
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:04 pm
by Cale3459
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:12 pm
by Theantguy13
RIP
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:54 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
At least you still have the other 3. Last time I checked on my to they were both doing good. One still has eggs, maybe small larvae (didn't look long emough), and the the other already has one pupa I could see maybe 2. It's been almost a week so I'm going to check on them tonight. Can't wait till I have my first worker. I really want a Camponotus castaneus queen so bad lol.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:07 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
Check out my Camponotus subbarbatus journal. Go to the last two or three posts I made and you will see how good they are doing. The very last post is a video I took last night with a new macro lens I got for my phone. I've got to get better lighting and also get better using it but it's a really cool video I think. The detail is amazing.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:35 pm
by Cale3459
Theantguy13 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2017 11:45 am
Hey Cale, great journal, I'm so jealous. Just wondering if you had any recommendations for heating cables, lamps,etc. because I live in a region where it can get as hot as 120 F or as low as 23 F (both have happened this year O_O)
Sorry, I meant to respond to this earlier but forgot after I made my post. I use a small reptile lamp above the area where I keep my nests. I have a small reptile thermometer and humidity gauge next to the nests and I keep it right around 80 degrees. I have a ZooMed reptile heating cable. It's the smallest one they make. It doesn't create a lot of heat but enough for them to get closer or farther away depending on what they choose.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:55 pm
by Theantguy13
dude thanks so much, I actually was looking at zoomed products today XD
Anyway that helps a lot so thanks man.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:29 pm
by xTNxANTMANx
I use the exact same products myself. I've got the smallest heat cable you can get (i have 3 actually) and they do a perfect job with heating the nests. I also have a heat mat, which is the mini, that I use to keep my feeder insects at a good temperature as well. I've got a digital thermometer that I keep right around the center of where all my aunts are and I tried to keep it between 75ºF and 80ºF. If it gets colder than like 70ºF that's when I turn my heat cable on. Dubia roaches are a tropical species so I try to keep them around the same temperature all the time, roughly 80ºF. Zoomed products are affordable and are good to have.
Re: Cale's Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:16 pm
by jsantswag
cool! i just got my third ant queen of the season, and is exactly that carpenter ant. ( its my first year of taking on ant keeping
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