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CabboAntsGuy wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:09 am

you need a picture of the queen

to late the ants are polyrhachis semiinermis they are rare so im keeping them

Yow guys I caught a small colony of polyrachis semi inermis that has no eggs nor larvae but has 3 queens and since they are unknown to biologist and it doesnt have many records too so I was aking how should I feed them?why do the workers eat the eggs every time a queen lays egg?btw the queens are ma...

Hey guys im from philippines I fohnd black ants most likely the same as a black crazy ant but they are more like black weaver ants the problem is the queens they are almost the same as the worker can u I dentify it for me guys?

Hi, I am very new to ant-keeping. My son and I received a carpenter ant queen in a ready made test tube set-up. We have had her for two almost two weeks and I'm seeing things that are quite alarming. The face of the cotton wool has turned almost completely black. I don't know if this is mould or so...

Just put them inside your house AntsCanada kits have very low chance of ants escaping so yeah don't worry.

Welp im new at ant keeping about a year already and I dont have problems like yours.all of my colony is a success so yeah u just need to wait dont offer them food or you will stress them out if u clean the new test tube.

TherealIABAST wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:37 am

I’ve been doing that, they barely react and certainly haven’t started moving.

It may take a while though patients is important in ant keeping.

Actually no need to give them food just cover the new test tube with a cloth leave the old test tube over and shind then with bright light use an LED saving light so it doest produce much heat.

TherealIABAST wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 08, 2020 8:16 am

The woods are your best bet, near a stream or river or really any body of water, hell, go to the nearest swimming pool and you’ll find TONS!

Welp actually we dont have a river here on our part of the philippines nor a swimming pool the nearest is about a few miles so sad but we do have many trees

I’ve never tried this, but see if you can make a trap for them! Soak a log or a plank of rotted wood or something and put it next to a tin of water. The water should atract queens and the log is perfect for a camponotus nest. Put a camera there and check the footage daily. If you see a queen go int...