Just posted three Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Colonies to the GAN project, one a year old, two from this year's flight. Hopefully I can spread some ant love
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- Sun Aug 04, 2019 3:17 pm
- Forum: The GAN Project (Global Ant Nursery)
- Topic: Chicago Camponotus GAN
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3212
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:25 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Yellow water!?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2080
Yellow water!?
I recently gave my two hibernating Camponotus Pennsylvanicus colonies (still in tubes) fresh tubes. One of the tubes is as it should be. White cotton, clear water. The other however has gone yellow and I have no idea why or what could have caused it. Help??
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Feeding dry dog food to ants
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5861
Re: Feeding dry dog food to ants
My camponotus enjoyed dry catfood until about 15 workers, then they lumped it with their trash.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:23 am
- Forum: Formicariums and Ant Setups
- Topic: Test tube cleaning
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4141
Re: Test tube cleaning
Cheap wood BBQ skewers from any big box store/dollar store. Stick the pointy end into the cotton, and twist the cotton out like a wine cork.
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:17 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: ants carrying mealworm to the eggs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4001
Re: ants carrying mealworm to the eggs
Plus protein sources are primarily for the larva (to grow big and stronk) and the queen (to fuel egg production)
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:39 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Native Ants in Chicagoland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2806
Re: Native Ants in Chicagoland
No problem. Here's a peek at my queens and their living quarters. The foil is taken off the tubes for visibility sake.
https://flic.kr/p/NkJGXJ
https://flic.kr/p/NkJGXJ
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:24 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Native Ants in Chicagoland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2806
Re: Native Ants in Chicagoland
I've currently got two Camponotus colonies at about 10-15 workers each. They are large, haven't been able to climb passed my babypowder barrier (both colonies are in a Tubs & Tubes set up for ease of feeding and maintenance). While I'm very much new to antkeeping(caught my queens in Aurora this spri...
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:12 am
- Forum: General Ant Talk
- Topic: Camponotus/Tapinoma Queen, I'm in big trouble.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4024
Re: Camponotus/Tapinoma Queen, I'm in big trouble.
Another option is to contact local schools and see if they would be interested in having an ant farm (the proper non-gel kind). If you can get to and from the schools in question without screwing up your normal day to day schedule, you can also volunteer to help care for the colony. If a school agre...
- Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:14 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Our Camponotus Colony
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3042
Re: Our Camponotus Colony
Just checked it on my end, still worked for me. Is there another way of attaching it?
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:30 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Our Camponotus Colony
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3042
Re: Our Camponotus Colony
My wife's Galaxy S7. We were very surprised by the quality as well. It was really cool to see everything not only in person, but to also glance down to see so much detail.