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- Mon Apr 29, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Trap jaw ants have mites
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1230
Trap jaw ants have mites
My trap jaw ants have mites *Odontomachus monticola*. I tried alcohol, grapefruit seed extract, lemon therapy but theese cures are don't help. I can't buy predatory mites... what can i do??...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:29 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3078
Re: Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
Yeah they have more queen at 1 colony.ClashOwenBash wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 4:01 pmWow that's quite short. Are they polygynous or something?Nocommentstd wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:26 amOk so i got the answers. The queen lifespan is 3-5 year.
- Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3078
Re: Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
Ok so i got the answers. The queen lifespan is 3-5 year.
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Humidity Level
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1705
Humidity Level
Okay guys, i get a Polyrhachis Dives colony and they requied 60% humidity. I keep them in a container and a nesting test tube and a drinking test tube. The top of the container has a hole for the ventilation. I put a mesh for make a barrier. The humidity level in the container is 30%. But my questio...
- Mon Oct 29, 2018 6:02 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3078
Polyrhachis dives queen lifespan
Sorry guys i know this is not an ant keeping question but this is maybe the best section of the forum where i can ask this question. I buy a Polyrhachis dives young colony (with 8-15 worker) and i want to know how much the lifespan of the queen!
Sorry for my bad english language!
Sorry for my bad english language!
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:09 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: Protein for ants
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2772
Re: Protein for ants
And this way isn't harmful for ants?ClashOwenBash wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:38 amAnts sometimes accept protien sources such as cooked chicken or wet dog food.
- Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:45 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: Protein for ants
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2772
Protein for ants
The winter and the hibernation time are coming and i wan't to add some protein for the last time. The pet store is far away from me and i can't buy insects. I search for insects in my garden, but i don't found anything. Are you guys know any alternative ways to feed my ants with protein?
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:06 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The food and the test tube
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3035
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:51 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The food and the test tube
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3035
Re: The food and the test tube
The best way I can think to do it would be to put the test tube in a larger tub / container with a barrier on the top to keep them inside. This allows you to unplug the cotton and the ants can run around without fear of losing them. Carefully lift the cricket above the ants inside the tube and remo...
- Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:25 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: The food and the test tube
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3035
The food and the test tube
Hi! I moved my ants into another test tube maybe 2 weeks later. My ants are collected the eggs the middle of the test tube... I fed they with a piece of cricket. They put the cricket to the watering cotton... i don't know how to get out the cricket... i fed they 6 day later... How can i get out the ...