New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
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New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Hi I am Theodore. My wife and I are new to ant keeping and this forum. We currently have a camponotus pennsylvanicus colony with a small brood, 6 minor workers, and their queen. We just received our omni nest vertical small in the mail today. Our camponotus have already started moving their trash from the test tube into the out world. We are very excited to see them move into their new home.
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Welcome and congrats!Neo82172 wrote:Hi I am Theodore. My wife and I are new to ant keeping and this forum. We currently have a camponotus pennsylvanicus colony with a small brood, 6 minor workers, and their queen. We just received our omni nest vertical small in the mail today. Our camponotus have already started moving their trash from the test tube into the out world. We are very excited to see them move into their new home.
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: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Slow starting species,but great starter colony. Congrats and good luck on the great hobb6 of ant keeping .
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Hey Theodore! It is great that your wife and you both like the ant keeping hobby. I foresee great things coming from Sainte Genevieve Missouri
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. Our camponotus pennsylvanicus have yet to leave their test tube does anyone have any tip on getting them to move?
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
actually, I would not suggest moving your colony into such a big space until they are at least 20 workers strong. It may lead to the death of your colony
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
I agree with idahoantgirl. I know we all want them to move from a test tube into a new setup, but it is best to keep them in a test tube as long as they fit comfortably. I had a colony in a test tube for over a year before moving them out. I have lost small colonies by being impatient and "forcing" a move into a larger space too soon.Neo82172 wrote:Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. Our camponotus pennsylvanicus have yet to leave their test tube does anyone have any tip on getting them to move?
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
I was wondering, does this depend on the size of the species? Say I had found new founding solenopsis molesta queens. Because they have tiny workers would you leave them in the tube set up longer so they get a bigger workforce going? I have an established colony I found and in the very small formicarium I made them they still only occupy one chamber.ooper01 wrote:I agree with idahoantgirl. I know we all want them to move from a test tube into a new setup, but it is best to keep them in a test tube as long as they fit comfortably. I had a colony in a test tube for over a year before moving them out. I have lost small colonies by being impatient and "forcing" a move into a larger space too soon.Neo82172 wrote:Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. Our camponotus pennsylvanicus have yet to leave their test tube does anyone have any tip on getting them to move?
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Yes, I would probably leave them in until they got a little cramped, or at a minimum, offer them a new space, but don't do much to encourage the move. I recently sold a Monomorium minimum colony, which is a very small species. They had around 100 workers and were still in a test tube setup attached to a Test Tube Portal.nightxwolf88 wrote:I was wondering, does this depend on the size of the species? Say I had found new founding solenopsis molesta queens. Because they have tiny workers would you leave them in the tube set up longer so they get a bigger workforce going? I have an established colony I found and in the very small formicarium I made them they still only occupy one chamber.ooper01 wrote:I agree with idahoantgirl. I know we all want them to move from a test tube into a new setup, but it is best to keep them in a test tube as long as they fit comfortably. I had a colony in a test tube for over a year before moving them out. I have lost small colonies by being impatient and "forcing" a move into a larger space too soon.Neo82172 wrote:Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. Our camponotus pennsylvanicus have yet to leave their test tube does anyone have any tip on getting them to move?
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
idahoantgirl wrote:actually, I would not suggest moving your colony into such a big space until they are at least 20 workers strong. It may lead to the death of your colony
Thank you for the advice we thought about that which is why we bought the omni vertical so we could limit the size by closing off the upper floors. They do seem pretty cramped in the test tub our test tubes, we have "SEOH 16 X 125mm Plastic Test Tubes" and between the water and cotton balls they are on top of each other.
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