How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
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How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
I consider getting some high quality toolboxes as additional nesting space for my Camponotus at some future point, how hard do they need to be? Is regular hard plastics okay? Does it need to be acrylic? Is softer plastics bad?
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
Anyone?
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
Hello Serafine,
Camponotus sp.can chew through cork, but deffinitely not plastics. ABS, PET and other tipycal plastics are fine.
Camponotus sp.can chew through cork, but deffinitely not plastics. ABS, PET and other tipycal plastics are fine.

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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
I would reccomend glass over plastic.
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
Firestar any reason in particular for that? I've never had an issue with Campotonus and plastic and I've housed colonies off and on for years. Current setup is a hybrid nest and the only issue I'm having is them pulling at the cotton balls.
Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
I would be careful with softer plastics. I had a camponotus queen escape from a soft plastic container by chewing through it. I found her soon after but it still scared me. Go with glass or hard acrylics.
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
Can they chew through cotton?
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
god yes, they pull at cotton and can get out that way, just add extra
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
If you go with plastic go with hard acrylics and the like. I had a camponotus pennsylvanicus queen chew through two different tupperware containers and escape. (I was waiting for test tubes in the mail and she was in a sealed cabinet so all i had to do was put her back in a container)
Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?
Interesting topic. What about plastic test tubes? Are they okay? Made of some hard and transparent plastic.
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