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Do brachymyrmex dig?

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 7:52 pm
by Theantguy13
So for Xmas my grandparents got me a standard vertical ant farm in which you fill with dirt/sand and water. I was thinking I could provide food on top of the sand and water as usual, the only thing is, I only have two colonies that I need to put into formicaria (but not for awhile) 1 being a brachymyrmex sp. The other being a pogonomyrmex rugosus, which im pretty sure is infertile, at least for normal workers. So my question is, do brachymyrmex dig? I mean I know all ants dig but only some are very elaborate diggers... *cough* pogonomyrmex *cough*.

Re: Do brachymyrmex dig?

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:10 pm
by Batspiderfish
The only way to tell if a queen is infertile is if she raises brood that turn out to be males.

Re: Do brachymyrmex dig?

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 8:44 pm
by Batspiderfish
Brachymyrmex might prefer not to dig into sand, because of their small size. Pogonomyrmex (the ants these things are designed for) are pretty large, so I don't know how fine the sand is.

Re: Do brachymyrmex dig?

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:20 am
by Theantguy13
What about dirt?