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by RaylaIsBest
Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:14 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Hibernation with no workers?
Replies: 1
Views: 1380

Hibernation with no workers?

Hello everybody! So essentially about 2 months ago near mid/late august, I captured a Lasius Niger queen. I placed her in a test tube setup and all was going well. The eggs were taking a while to hatch, but I assumed it was just cause my room was quite cold. However, yesterday I realized that I had ...
by RaylaIsBest
Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:57 pm
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: Relocated queen diet
Replies: 4
Views: 2068

Re: Relocated queen diet

im sorry to hear that. It is indeed important to wait until they have AT LEAST 20 workers before moving into ant farms, the more the maerrier
by RaylaIsBest
Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:46 pm
Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
Topic: anst wont eat?
Replies: 3
Views: 1473

anst wont eat?

So I have a campanotus colony with 7 workers. They are in a fresh water test tube with an AC portal and a sugar water test tube. I feed them once a week, usually half of a cricket or some legs. but about a month ago I notcied they kind of stopped eating. I am still replcaing the food every week so i...
by RaylaIsBest
Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:14 pm
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: Did I find two carpenter queens today??
Replies: 6
Views: 3516

Re: Did I find two carpenter queens today??

omfg I just read this and was like HOLY CRAP 15 CENTIMITERS WHAT IS TAHT EVEN POSSIBLE im sorry, I love ants, but a 15 cm one would not be in my radar of "cool". But then I looked at the photos, and It was ment to be mm and im like oh kkkkk that makes sense lmao :D
by RaylaIsBest
Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:54 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Ants wont eat/mold
Replies: 2
Views: 910

Re: Ants wont eat/mold

I cant edit it for some reason and frogot to add pics. Is very late. Will add tmr.
by RaylaIsBest
Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:39 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Ants wont eat/mold
Replies: 2
Views: 910

Ants wont eat/mold

hi! I have a carpenter ant colony, and I have them situated in two test tube tapes together with hoes in tape for air. They are fine, but there is alot of mold in the first test tube, and they refuse to move into the new one, even after multiple sessions of shining a bright light on their current te...
by RaylaIsBest
Sat Aug 21, 2021 6:22 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: please I need help colony wont move >_<
Replies: 2
Views: 1043

Re: please I need help colony wont move >_<

thanjks so much! m less stresed now, and they seem to be doing fine with just keeping the two testtubes connected (:
by RaylaIsBest
Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:15 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: please I need help colony wont move >_<
Replies: 2
Views: 1043

please I need help colony wont move >_<

Again, I am so very sorry for asking so many questions but the past week has been quite stressfull and you guys have been super helpfull, so thank you! if you dont know, I have a carpender ant colony with 7-8 workers. They were in a test tube set up, but it got moldy so I moved them into a new one t...
by RaylaIsBest
Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:59 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Advice?
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

Re: Advice?

I put a cricket in it, butill try some honey (:
by RaylaIsBest
Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Advice?
Replies: 7
Views: 2448

Re: Advice?

ye ive tried that. It didnt work tho