What is happening
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Re: What is happening
Maybe stress, camponotus can be very finicky for some reason and die offs are very common with small colony's. It happened to me, your not doing anything wrong as far as i can tell. Just make sure you check on them as little as possible, like once a week.
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Re: What is happening
Someone had stated somewhere on the forum that the ants may not like having their food put directly into their test tube. I think it may have been Jadeninja9 or Serafine. I think by putting their food directly inside, it stresses them out. Maybe that might have caused them to attack their own siblings? As Antsrule suggested, maybe giving them an outworld to forage might be a good idea.AntOblivion wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:17 pmSo what's happening to the workers? They're being fed enough of protein and sugars...
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Re: What is happening
I wonder if they are getting enough food. There was someone else who only fed his colony of 25 workers, 1-3 fruit flies a week. I was like you gotta feed them way more than that lol.
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Re: What is happening
Well they reject food alot, i gave them a cricket leg after they haven't been fed for awhile and they tossed it in the trash...Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:39 pmI wonder if they are getting enough food. There was someone else who only fed his colony of 25 workers, 1-3 fruit flies a week. I was like you gotta feed them way more than that lol.
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Re: What is happening
Interesting. you should try other foods. Mealworms and spiders. My Camponotus colony only eats mealworms lol. They also used to eat mothsAntOblivion wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:47 pmWell they reject food alot, i gave them a cricket leg after they haven't been fed for awhile and they tossed it in the trash...Jadeninja9 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2017 8:39 pmI wonder if they are getting enough food. There was someone else who only fed his colony of 25 workers, 1-3 fruit flies a week. I was like you gotta feed them way more than that lol.
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1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
1x Camponotus Hyatti
1x Lasius alienus colonies
1x Tetramorium immigrans
Re: What is happening
Yeah connect them to an out-world and try different foods in the out-world.
With all the things ants can do, you wonder, who rules the planet
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Pheidole sp.
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