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by AdamKnapp
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:08 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Hibernating ants outside
Replies: 2
Views: 1791

Hibernating ants outside

Is it fine if I keep my ants outside for hibernation? It is the only way I can hibernate them. Thanks!
by AdamKnapp
Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:06 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Hibernation
Replies: 1
Views: 1578

Re: Hibernation

Normally the right temperature is 10c or below
by AdamKnapp
Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Hibernating ants outside
Replies: 2
Views: 1917

Hibernating ants outside

Hello! I have no means of hibernating my ants. I can't keep them in the fridge and a don't have a cold enough room to store them. Could I keep them outside assuming they are protected from the elements? Also, when they start hibernating should I keep food in their test tube? I gave them a bunch of f...
by AdamKnapp
Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Hibernating Ants Outside
Replies: 2
Views: 2016

Hibernating Ants Outside

Hello! I have no means of hibernating my ants. I can't keep them in the fridge and a don't have a cold enough room to store them. Could I keep them outside assuming they are protected from the elements? Also, when they start hibernating should I keep food in their test tube? I gave them a bunch of f...
by AdamKnapp
Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:45 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Should I hibernate my ants now?
Replies: 1
Views: 1691

Should I hibernate my ants now?

Should I hibernate my ants now? I currently have a camponotus castanues colony that has been eating a lot of food recently but now, they don't go to their out world anymore. I also have lasius neoniger queen (Thnx for helping me ID her). Btw i live in Va Usa. Thanks :D
by AdamKnapp
Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:27 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Hibernation
Replies: 3
Views: 2680

Re: Hibernation

btw i live in virginia. thanks! :D
by AdamKnapp
Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Hibernation
Replies: 3
Views: 2680

Hibernation

Should I hibernate my ants now? I currently have a camponotus colony that has been eating a lot of food recently but now, they don't go to their out world anymore.
by AdamKnapp
Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:23 pm
Forum: General Ant Talk
Topic: Whats a good macro setup?
Replies: 1
Views: 1880

Re: Whats a good macro setup?

if you want a cheap one, get a marco cam for you phone on amazon. I just got one and it works great
by AdamKnapp
Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:21 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: What queen is this
Replies: 2
Views: 1946

What queen is this

Hey i posted this a while ago but I kept getting mixed answers so I will try again. I found this queen on a beach in Virginia. It has been over a month since I caught her but she hasn't seemed to laid any eggs. [https://imgur.com/j24VT1E][/https://imgur.com/nmoJgtX] [https://imgur.com/bEIcrbw][https...
by AdamKnapp
Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:22 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: Camponotus Castaneus Help
Replies: 1
Views: 1236

Camponotus Castaneus Help

Hello! A little more than a week ago my c. castaneus queen had her first worker! Now she has about 4-5 workers and I don't know what to do. They started to do some cotton pulling(3 days after the first nanitic) so I gave them honey but they kept on cotton pulling. So I gave them a cricket leg (today...