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avantasia
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hybrid nest mini

Post: # 72459Post avantasia
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:36 pm

Can I grow camponotus species in a hybrid nest mini?

Currently, the initial colony of Camponotus japonicus is raised.

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Re: hybrid nest mini

Post: # 72468Post JDub420
Wed Jul 22, 2020 9:39 am

I would also like to know this. After a test tube portal setup for Campo's, what's next? I was under the impression that the hybrid nest mini had tunnels too thin for large campo's but could be wrong. I know the regular sized hybrid nest is too large until there is a decent sized colony already.

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Re: hybrid nest mini

Post: # 72481Post NKantsalberta
Wed Jul 22, 2020 8:26 pm

Honestly I would start with a test tube portal, with an added tube, then move on to a larger nest. The mini will be too small for carpenters. IE; for the queen, and once majors arrived. I would use them for my Lasius, myrmica and formica however.
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Re: hybrid nest mini

Post: # 72503Post JDub420
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:51 pm

But what nest after using a couple tubes with the portal? I would think the regular hybrid nest would be too big. The omni nests are basically dynamic with how you can block off areas, but they're pretty much all out of stock and have not seen/heard when they might be back, if at all.

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Re: hybrid nest mini

Post: # 72525Post NKantsalberta
Fri Jul 24, 2020 7:40 am

In the end, its up to you. I would leave them a choice when attaching the nest, either they stay in a test tube, or they move into the mini. They'll find a spot that most suits them, campos do squeeze into narrow chambers in wood in the wild. I keep mine in plaster formicaria with one large chamber so I do not have hands on experience with them in AC nests. If youre worried about them using the excess space of the larger hybrid nests for waste, keep the test tube portal attached, and they in theory should bring their waste out into it, especially if you use one already and empty it out frequently. Campos like a nice clean house.
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Re: nest mini

Post: # 72765Post QJH2023
Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:38 am

JDub420 wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:51 pm
But what nest after using a couple tubes with the portal? I would think the regular hybrid nest would be too big. The omni nests are basically dynamic with how you can block off areas, but they're pretty much all out of stock and have not seen/heard when they might be back, if at all.
I just bought the regular sized hybrid nest and I just let them get to 30 workers and it was fine and then 3 months later they had 200+ workers so yeah...
keeper of: 41xCamponotus novaeboracensis, Crematogaster spp. and unidentified species and tapinoma sessile

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