Ant Anesthesia Research
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:37 pm
Hi all,
This post is for researching how long it takes to ‘knockout’ an ant in the freezer. It is to help people freezing their ants reduce the risk of killing them.
The time till the ant is knocked out in the freezer differs from species to species as the more body mass their is to freeze the longer it takes. Some small ants can be knocked out in 30 seconds, whereas some can go in 2 minutes.
If you have read the other topic where some one was asking about ‘Ant Anesthesia’, you will know why I am doing this.
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=5548
If you would like to participate, please just test a queen and worker of a species of ant, and post times (times being the time it takes to knock out the ant.
Example:
Species: xxxxx xxxxxx Queen Time: xx Worker Time: xx
This post is for researching how long it takes to ‘knockout’ an ant in the freezer. It is to help people freezing their ants reduce the risk of killing them.
The time till the ant is knocked out in the freezer differs from species to species as the more body mass their is to freeze the longer it takes. Some small ants can be knocked out in 30 seconds, whereas some can go in 2 minutes.
If you have read the other topic where some one was asking about ‘Ant Anesthesia’, you will know why I am doing this.
http://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=5548
If you would like to participate, please just test a queen and worker of a species of ant, and post times (times being the time it takes to knock out the ant.
Example:
Species: xxxxx xxxxxx Queen Time: xx Worker Time: xx