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- Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:54 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: The only ants I saw in Maui
- Replies: 2
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Re: The only ants I saw in Maui
Anoplolepis gracilipes
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:28 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12949
Re: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
Odontomachus are predatory ants and eat mostly insects in the wild.
She needs protein to lay eggs so feed her only with insects and from time to time you can add a small drop of sugarwater.
She needs protein to lay eggs so feed her only with insects and from time to time you can add a small drop of sugarwater.
- Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:23 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12949
Re: Need help in identifying if its a queen ant
Odontomachus are hard to raise from a single queen. Also queens are semi claustral and come out to forage during the founding stage. The queen should be fed every 2 or 3 days with small insects and it is better to provide her with a small outworld. And they don't do well without substrate so its go...
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:02 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: A Queen? Melbourne - Australia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3568
Re: A Queen? Melbourne - Australia
Camponotus sp. worker.
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:16 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: ID BRAZIL
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6207
Re: ID BRAZIL
If they are leaf cutters there is a chance they have dropped their fungus pellet and can not start a fungus.
If so you can get a small peace of fungus from a wild colony and give it to them.
From these photos I can't see what species they are but in Brazil you can find other easier to keep species.
If so you can get a small peace of fungus from a wild colony and give it to them.
From these photos I can't see what species they are but in Brazil you can find other easier to keep species.
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:09 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Feeding Queens
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3222
Re: Feeding Queens
No need to clean. After she has finished eating just remove the cotton.
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Feeding Queens
- Replies: 7
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Re: Feeding Queens
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- Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:00 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: is This an Egg??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3907
Re: is This an Egg??
No need to feed her until the first workers.
Good luck!
Good luck!
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:19 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: ID BRAZIL
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6207
Re: ID BRAZIL
I can't clearly see but maybe some sort of leaf cutter? Maybe Acromyrmex?
And yes they are queens!
And yes they are queens!
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:58 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: Need help identifying some queens i caught!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4047
Re: Need help identifying some queens i caught!
You might have found her foraging after the nuptial flight at that time she has probably dug a founding chamber and left her fungus pellet there. The only thing you can do is get a small peace of fungus from a mature colony and hopefully she will start caring for it.