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by PwnerPie
Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:18 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Camponotus flights yet??
Replies: 31
Views: 17013

Re: Camponotus flights yet??

The flights seem to be most likely for Campo at least if it hits 80. This next weekend (after the 4th) is looking promising.
If you want more up to date data on this, join the discord.
by PwnerPie
Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:23 pm
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Raw honey, bad for ants?
Replies: 24
Views: 29363

Re: Raw honey, bad for ants?

Correct. Though it's difficult to control where bees fly. It's possible they fly to some area that was being sprayed
by PwnerPie
Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:09 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Should I set my colony free?
Replies: 13
Views: 7040

Re: Should I set my colony free?

Picture of the setup? How are you heating them? What's the ambient temperature?
by PwnerPie
Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:05 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: No eggs for months.
Replies: 16
Views: 9884

Re: No eggs for months.

Make sure there is a warm spot on the test tube (heat cable or something). Definitely feed her!!! Honey was good, but give her a cricket leg or something as well. 4 main things for laying: warmth, full, dark, humidity. If she was infirtle she would have died or laid male eggs by now. Sounds like she...
by PwnerPie
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:18 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Nuptual flights in Vancouver area
Replies: 3
Views: 3011

Re: Nuptual flights in Vancouver area

Does anyone know if there are any nuptual flights going on currently in the Vancouver area? If not, does anyone know when the nuptual flights generally begin for the species living around Vancouver? Last year, I found only 4 tetramorium immigrans queens in late August and they all were found on my ...
by PwnerPie
Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:17 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Camponotus flights yet??
Replies: 31
Views: 17013

Re: Camponotus flights yet??

Hi everyone, I live in Washington state, USA and I really want to keep the genus camponotus. Has anyone seen them flying yet? Also, what are the ideal conditions and places to look for newly mated queens? Hey - hop on the ant keeping Discord. We have been tracking nuptial flights there. Campos flew...
by PwnerPie
Thu May 09, 2019 1:55 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Washington State nuptials?
Replies: 4
Views: 3045

Re: Washington State nuptials?

Camponotus flying in Snoqualmie today! Go get your Campos!
by PwnerPie
Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:29 pm
Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
Topic: Camponotus flights yet??
Replies: 31
Views: 17013

Re: Camponotus flights yet??

It is far too cold for ants to fly in WA. It needs to be steady in the upper 60s to get any sort of reliable flights. From what I am seeing, the next 10 days will not reach that temperature. Hopefully we get higher temperatures in 11 days! haha.
by PwnerPie
Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:35 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Do ants do anything for pure pleasure?
Replies: 1
Views: 1567

Re: Do ants do anything for pure pleasure?

Some ants really look like they are enjoy themselves when they are getting cleaned. Look like me when someone scratches my back really well, falling over and such. So that's something. Haha. Generally anything that we enjoy is there for an evolutionary reason, ants aren't selfish enough to abuse stu...
by PwnerPie
Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:45 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: [HELP] My Camponotus barbaricus queen died less than 3 days after having her, what did I do wrong?
Replies: 3
Views: 2379

Re: [HELP] My Camponotus barbaricus queen died less than 3 days after having her, what did I do wrong?

If you heated the entire tube then yet you cooked her. With heating, you can only heat a small part of their home. I only use heating cables so I can be specific where I heat them, then I only heat the entrance of the test tube so the ants can move the brood closer or further away as needed