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- Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:53 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen
- Replies: 46
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen
Nice having a hard time getting mine past the founding stage. I hope you have a huge colony
- Wed Jun 06, 2018 9:48 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: Raw honey, bad for ants?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 29858
Re: Raw honey, bad for ants?
Do not feed your queens raw unprocessed honey. Little incite, bee keepers use a special powder to keep mites and ants out of there hives. This powder is poison to the ants, so when you feed raw honey it contains small amounts of said powder until its processed. The powder is harmless to humans and b...
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: NC ants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5402
Re: NC ants
They are flying everywhere up on the mountain here. Campo and Tetra. Asheville N.C.
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:21 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Help me! From: Kentucky!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2501
Re: Help me! From: Kentucky!
Almost anywhere just keep looking I found all my queens within 20 ft of my house, look under rocks, wood, leaves that have matted flat. Wood ants fly at night turn on a porch light sit around and wait you might be surprised what you find.
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:45 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: camponotus pennsylvanicus x3 journal
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8173
Re: camponotus pennsylvanicus x3 journal
Not sure what happened she was running around all day holding one front leg up reason unsure. Then this am, what I had feared happened. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/211697580361515008/453650035289358346/IMG_20180605_011611.jpg :cry: :cry: :cry: So we shall try again :| https://cdn.discorda...
- Tue Jun 05, 2018 3:55 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Help me! From: Kentucky!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2501
Re: Help me! From: Kentucky!
Depends on what you are looking for. For wood ants looks behind loose bark on trees or stumps. I normally use the fire dept parking lot at dusk the lights draw them.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:03 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Colony doesn't leave old nest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2639
Re: Colony doesn't leave old nest
Ants prefer dark and humid, best way to get this environment is to cover the nest.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:39 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Colony doesn't leave old nest
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2639
Re: Colony doesn't leave old nest
Uncover the test tube, wet the formicarium that you want them to move into. Cover the formicarium so its dark, when the tube starts to dry out they will move just takes time and patience. Light will cause them to hunt a new nest it will take some time before they will move.
- Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:29 am
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: 5/25/18-Parma/MI/USA- Unwanted workers in child swing
- Replies: 3
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Re: 5/25/18-Parma/MI/USA- Unwanted workers in child swing
Wash the swing set in warm vinegar water, 2nd coat areas where you do not want the ants with wd-40. Allow time to dry soak ropes as well. This will cause them to not come back and takes some time for it to wash off.
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:59 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: antnest's Prenolepis Imparis Journal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3603
Re: antnest's Prenolepis Imparis Journal
Update please and thank you