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- Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:30 am
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Tetramorium sp.E journal
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18083
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
They have loads of brood and are eating 5 fruit flies a day! I give them a cap of honey that gets half drinked everyday. Those girls are hungry!
- Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: New Forum Members
- Topic: Updates from a Danish noob
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18883
Re: Updates from a Danish noob
My ants have 10 workers and eat 5 fruit flies a day. Remember you can’t over feed a colony. It just depends on how hungry they are!
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:17 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Why is the forum inactive lately?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4147
Re: Why is the forum inactive lately?
During the winter I only come on here once a month!
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: red tint?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3507
Re: red tint?
MOVE HER ASAP! That is the bacteria Serratia marcescens, it is very harmful to ants. It killed my queen with eggs. So move her to a fresh tube! its been 5 hours since i attached the old test tube to the new one via cloth and tape, but the queen refuses to move, the 3 workers were happy with the new...
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Tetramorium sp.E journal
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18083
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Here is a photo of the queen!
- Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:40 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: red tint?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3507
Re: red tint?
MOVE HER ASAP! That is the bacteria Serratia marcescens, it is very harmful to ants. It killed my queen with eggs. So move her to a fresh tube!
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:58 pm
- Forum: Ant Species Identification Center
- Topic: What ant is this?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1255
What ant is this?
She is 5 mm and I’m in Massachusetts.
- Mon Aug 27, 2018 10:49 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Could corn starch work as a barrier?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3240
Could corn starch work as a barrier?
I would use baby powder but there are studies it can give you cancer. So I stay far away from baby powder. So could corn starch be used as a barrier?
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Tetramorium sp.E journal
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18083
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Sorry for the photo my dad took it because I’m on vacation! Just last night I was looking at Pheidole queens and thinking “Hey these look like my tetramorium queen!” What size are Pheidole queens? There isn't an exact size for them but the average species size is about the same as the one you have ...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:24 pm
- Forum: Ant Journals, Videos, and Blogs
- Topic: Tetramorium sp.E journal
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18083
Re: Tetramorium sp.E journal
Sorry for the photo my dad took it because I’m on vacation! Just last night I was looking at Pheidole queens and thinking “Hey these look like my tetramorium queen!” What size are Pheidole queens? There isn't an exact size for them but the average species size is about the same as the one you have ...