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hi i am new to Camponotus Crew https://i.imgur.com/ZlWLNBS.jpg need help with specie identification for this pic :?: :?: :?: This must be Camponotus aborable-us because that photo is super cute. :lol: it hurt when she bit me :oops: :oops: :oops: Must've been a love bite. 200% :P

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FaranFromPakistan wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:16 am

hi i am new to Camponotus Crew





need help with specie identification for this pic

This must be Camponotus aborable-us because that photo is super cute.

Thank you sartwell for this valuable insight! I have plenty of experience building bioactive vivariums for a variety of frogs, but that only gets me so far. I've been interested in ants for a couple years now but have never kept them until just last week or so. I dont have the hands on experience s...

The main issue is that unless the formicarium is built as a vivarium small colonies won't benefit from all the microbes and other cleaners (decomposers like springtails, nematodes) and the ants themselves won't be well equipped to manage a space like that. The other component is that in even if you ...

Holy cow! I disappeared for 2 days and 💥 We have such an awesome crew! First someone really needs to teach me how to quote multiple people in one post. Welcome back Broodmonkey!! I am loving all these yellow coloured Camponotus queens!! Stunning! I wish we could get them here too! Kherafox-I’m sorr...

Redhotwaffles wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:25 pm

Thank you! I will get her a heating cable and I’ve already committed to not checking on her for two weeks so she can be in the dark.

Sounds like a plan, best of luck! I'll keep a look out for the results of your labor

Heyyy, welcome home! Your queen is a beaut and congrats on the major, glad to be able to get eyes on a fellow nova colony

Hey Redhotwaffles, My first note is that in my experience 71 degrees is a bit chilly for Tetramorium, they normally nest close to the surface under rocks or pavement which absorb heat from the sun and radiate it into their nest. Their choice of nesting habits and my personal experience shows them as...