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- Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:32 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Will it harm if your colony moves around a lot?
- Replies: 1
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Will it harm if your colony moves around a lot?
I have lepisiota Capensis colony which is in a wooden formicarium and I see some mold. Would it be fine to switch between wooden formicarium as they do best in these. http://imgur.com/a/hBOLC Also should I keep an extra one available for them at all times a just in case the mold gets dangerous when ...
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Ive caught Ponera. We're in for a wild, probably short, ride.
- Replies: 5
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Re: Ive caught Ponera. We're in for a wild, probably short, ride.
Not necessarily I feed my three queens small little flies I catch in my natrual setup with phiedole in. They have been with me for 2.5 - 3 months and I think one has larvae but she doesn't let me see her babies
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:10 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: All about Trap Jaw Ants
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3349
Re: All about Trap Jaw Ants
They love small soft bugs that a single worker would easily be able to carry into the nest. I think about 2 months from egg to worker and colonies get between 200 and 1000 workers. They also like substrate
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 9:06 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Can already established queens restart the founding stage.
- Replies: 5
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Re: Can already established queens restart the founding stage.
I fed them some honey and the queen in the outworld left and went into the nest and fed the other queens. They are semi claustrial queens.
- Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:08 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Can already established queens restart the founding stage.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2461
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:01 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Can already established queens restart the founding stage.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2461
Can already established queens restart the founding stage.
So I know fully claustrial queens can't but can semi claustrial queens? I had a colony of cardiocondyla with many workers and for some reason I saw 3 queens in the outsole and in the nest all the workers were dead. Can I put the queens in the same tube or can I even put them in tubes so they can rep...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:45 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: Sugarwater and Honeywater ratios
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5206
Re: Sugarwater and Honeywater ratios
Not sure about honey but with sugar just put it in in till solution is really sweet.
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:43 am
- Forum: Ant Diet & Nutrition
- Topic: NEW Camponotus colony diet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3911
Re: NEW Camponotus colony diet
Feed them a cricket let it a small insect just be sure to break it into small pieces.
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:06 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Could hypoponera be polygenous?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1386
Could hypoponera be polygenous?
So I caught a third hypoponera eduardi queen yesterday, the other 2 I've had about 3 months now. Could I keep 2 in the same tube. (The new one and an old one together)
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:28 am
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Could hypoponera be molygenous?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4300
Re: Could hypoponera be molygenous?
Sorry I woke up 15 minutes before typing that