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Thank you, I did some looking and it seems to be the case, just need to determine if I want to keep her, she has a few eggs already. Hello Size: under 12mm, maybe 10mm When: 6/26/23 2100 PSDT Where: bathroom sink, city location, central valley, California USA Appearance: yellow with stripped abdomen...

Hello Size: under 12mm, maybe 10mm When: 6/26/23 2100 PSDT Where: bathroom sink, city location, central valley, California USA Appearance: yellow with stripped abdomen Behaviour: <Please mention how she behaves after being put inside a testtube setup for more about 20-30 Minutes> Picture(s): https:/...

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Thanks for your reply,
right now I do not have any clean up creatures. I want to get some, but my current ant is a harvester ant that requires pretty dry setup.
I'm not sure how springtails would survive in such a dry area.
I'll give it some thought.

Hello, Have a harvester ant colony in a 2n1 Ant tower large. I read that the recommendation is to change out their nest area once a year. For natural ones not so often. Is the 2n1 Ant Tower in the first category? Or is because it uses their natural dirt and they have an outworld I do not need to cha...

Thank you for the reply,
I hope so, I just got worried as it was in the "Trash" dump area and out of the nest.

Hi, I have a newly formed colony of Pogonomyrmex. Since June/july. They are in a large ant tower and have access to an outworld. I have a extra tube with cotton and water for water, which they also use for trash dump (easy for me!) However, the other day I noticed one ant trying to drag my queen (80...

Thanks for the replies, I will look into getting a better nest setup.

Hi,
Thank you for your response.
Just to clarify, you mean to keep the water trough half full correct?

Hi, I have a Pogonomyrmex queen, who now has about 8-9 workers. I have an Ant Tower large. I understand the basics of the tower, the water trough in question. Last time I filled it, it saturated the dirt way to much, and I believe Pogo need around 15-25% humidity in the nest for seed storage. What i...

Ok thank you!!
Yah, I would assume the males will be more numerous soon, it's just now I saw these.
Last Friday I didn't see anything.