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by CANant
Tue May 03, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Have you used Zoomed Creatures Creature Soil
Replies: 2
Views: 2162

Re: Have you used Zoomed Creatures Creature Soil

I did end up buying it and I’m happy with it. Seems safe since my C. Penn colony is thriving and have loaded a fairly good amount of it into the nest.
by CANant
Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:55 am
Forum: AntsCanada Equipment & Accessories
Topic: AC test tubes cracking?
Replies: 13
Views: 12033

Re: AC test tubes cracking?

Yes they replaced mine as well. I haven’t had any of the new ones crack yet but it may be from winter diapause and the temperature being cold effects the tube integrity. I with they had glass options that fit the AC system. All you have to do is put a kleenex over the top of them. Poke a hole and pu...
by CANant
Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:15 am
Forum: AntsCanada Equipment & Accessories
Topic: AC test tubes cracking?
Replies: 13
Views: 12033

Re: AC test tubes cracking?

8 out of the 10 AC Test Tubes I purchased now have long cracks going parallel with the tubes. They usually only crack that one way for me. (I looked up this topic about 6 months ago, and couldn’t find too much information on it. But more, and more of my test tubes started getting cracks in them.) F...
by CANant
Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:22 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

Just a quick update. Nothing too exciting going on really. I have 2 more Pennsylvanicus queens now. That makes 3 new this year plus my colony of course. I’ve been seeing a few other queens. Very small black one and even smaller reddish brown ones but I can’t collect every one I find plus I am only i...
by CANant
Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:51 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

:shock: Last night we were too busy to clean up from dinner so this morning I started to clean and get this I found another Pennsylvanicus queen in my frying pan!! :o Poor girl was covered in oil. I am glad she got stuck in there because I don’t want a nest of camponotus loose in my house! Eek! She ...
by CANant
Fri May 29, 2020 11:18 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

CabboAntsGuy wrote:
Fri May 29, 2020 11:09 am
I just caught another queen a few minutes ago bringing my total to five campos.
That’s awesome! Is she a Pennsylvanicus Queen?
by CANant
Thu May 28, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

Congrats, it's an... egg? Nice to see that so early on. Yes 3 eggs. Both queens I have caught have produced eggs within a few days. Won’t know if she is fertile until I see nanitics. She’s in a test tube with water on one side and a cotton plug to seal the tube opening. I have a heat cable running ...
by CANant
Thu May 28, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

The new queen is doing well. Just did a quick peek too make sure she was ok and look what I discovered!
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by CANant
Wed May 27, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

I don’t really want two of the same so I may sell or trade her later once she has some nanitics. Thats my approach to it as well, but I don't know who I would give or sell them to. I know I could join the Gan Project but I'd rather just do things myself and find people on the forums. Now we both ha...
by CANant
Wed May 27, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
Topic: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony
Replies: 118
Views: 209940

Re: My journey keeping a Camponotus Pennsylvanicus Colony

I don’t really want two of the same so I may sell or trade her later once she has some nanitics. Thats my approach to it as well, but I don't know who I would give or sell them to. I know I could join the Gan Project but I'd rather just do things myself and find people on the forums. Now we both ha...