How to move a colony

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UTxCipo
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How to move a colony

Post: # 81165Post UTxCipo
Tue Aug 17, 2021 4:20 am

Hi folks, I'm a newbie in the world of ants keeping, I live from a while with a small ants colony in my house, I think they live in a crack in the wall...

They are few and before the colony grow I would to force it to go in a terrarium/formicarium.

Is there any way to do this?

If the colony would grow too much without control we can't live no more together.. :|

Theantkid
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Re: How to move a colony

Post: # 81245Post Theantkid
Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:54 pm

What type of ants are they use antweb to help identify them.
Here's their link : https://www.antweb.org
Theantkid, Keeper of Formica subsericea/The Black Knights, Queen name, Black and Gold.

UTxCipo
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Re: How to move a colony

Post: # 81291Post UTxCipo
Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:24 am

Sorry but I can't find them, they seems all the same...

Mine are little, workers are about 2mm in total, they are black. They are the most common ant here where I live (near Oglio river, Italy)

Thanks

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Antloverhuman
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Re: How to move a colony

Post: # 81332Post Antloverhuman
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:23 am

Can you post some pictures? It would be easy to identify them that way. If you know what ants they are, you can fo some research to see what kind of nest they like i.e. dry or humid. So that way you can either build a nest or buy one with certain conditions which the ants like, give them some time and hopefully they will move in your nest :)
Ants I have-
camponotus compressus colony- the shadow warriors.
Pls just let me have a tetramorium colony

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