Tiny bugs with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
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Tiny bugs with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
So, I was moving my small colony of Camponotus pennsylvanicus ants (1 queen, 7 workers, bunch of eggs with some large larva) from a rather... big set up (2 Ant Towers, 1 using the sand provided, and one with soil, connected with a fresh thing of water Im trying to move them into.) and I got their main tube out with their workers, queen and brood, when I saw some small brownish termite looking things in there. I have no clue what they are but must have been there for a bit cause there were quite a few of them. They don't seem harmful to the colony but I just want to make sure due to the fact that this colony is my only successful one to this day.
Re: Tiny bugs with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
They might be ant loving crickets, these crickets won't do any harm to your colony.AntTaco wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:28 pmSo, I was moving my small colony of Camponotus pennsylvanicus ants (1 queen, 7 workers, bunch of eggs with some large larva) from a rather... big set up (2 Ant Towers, 1 using the sand provided, and one with soil, connected with a fresh thing of water Im trying to move them into.) and I got their main tube out with their workers, queen and brood, when I saw some small brownish termite looking things in there. I have no clue what they are but must have been there for a bit cause there were quite a few of them. They don't seem harmful to the colony but I just want to make sure due to the fact that this colony is my only successful one to this day.
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Re: Tiny bugs with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Wow! Ant-loving crickets, you're super lucky, I'd love to have some of those!
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Current colonies:
Campnotus sp.
Dream ants:
Carebara castanea, Cephalotes, Atta texana
Calyptomyrmex, Discothyrea mixta, Melissotarsus spp.
Proatta, Rhytidoponera aspersa, Gigantiops ... actually, most ants.
Current colonies:
Campnotus sp.
Dream ants:
Carebara castanea, Cephalotes, Atta texana
Calyptomyrmex, Discothyrea mixta, Melissotarsus spp.
Proatta, Rhytidoponera aspersa, Gigantiops ... actually, most ants.
Re: Tiny bugs with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony
Ant loving Crickets... sounds cool. Will probably give the ants that tower back once they leave their old test tube.
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