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- Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:46 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: What ant is this
- Replies: 1
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Re: What ant is this
approximate size please
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:41 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Found in California, Rosemead ID please
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Found in California, Rosemead ID please
Size: <~1 cm> When: 8/21/23 9:50 pm Where: Rosemead California USA, City Appearance: black Behaviour: Hasn't moved in 30 mins Picture(s): <Please add pictures via an imgur.com link or as https://i.imgur.com/79JOBUJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KxIRR3z.jpg Additionally: <Please add anything that you think...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:36 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Molesta colony small
- Replies: 6
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Re: Molesta colony small
Another worker just died while foraging. One of the queens left the chamber and went above ground. I saw the worker attempting to pull the queen ant back into the nest. This queen had a smaller gaster, most likely due to the other ants not feeding her. This colony originally started out with 7 queen...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:38 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Molesta colony small
- Replies: 6
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Re: Molesta colony small
Update that colony died out that year. But this summer I did managed to catch more queens, they are housed in the same container but with new sand and they have 5 workers with 5 queens. I still have NO IDEA what to feed them, bc they rarely eat. I always see one workers or sometimes even a queen wan...
- Wed Jun 03, 2020 8:48 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Molesta colony small
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2827
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Molesta colony small
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2827
Molesta colony small
I've had a small solenopsis molesta colony for about a year now. I caught them last year in June and have been raising them until now. However, they never had a colony boom. The queen constantly has about 18 workers or less this entire time. I never had a decrease in workers or increase in workers. ...
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Ants not eating food or exploring
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3342
Re: Ants not eating food or exploring
During this time of the year some temperature drops and ants go into hibernation. its best to leave them alone for a while but regularly check for updates. As the temperature increases your ants will be more active.
- Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:49 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Terrarium overpopulation, but not what you think
- Replies: 1
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Terrarium overpopulation, but not what you think
I have a terrarium currently holding a small pheidole pilifera colony. The tank is pretty big about 14 inches by 8 inches. I added some succulents and cacti among other things, I also added in some pill bugs and spring tails. Theres also some millipedes and centipedes in the tank with a other small ...
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:36 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: Can ants survive on mealworms?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18258
Re: Can ants survive on mealworms?
Can I feed my pheidole piliferia ants dried store bought meal worms.
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:40 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Ants hanging outside tube.
- Replies: 1
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Ants hanging outside tube.
I have some ants hanging outside their testtube setup in a box, does that mean there's not enough space in the tube and should i move them.