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Antmanboy
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75563Post Antmanboy
Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:04 pm

Hey guys my colonies well. I dont remember if I have posted here before. Anyway there doing well. I hope your colonies do well.

By the way if you want to check out my feeding experiments log!:https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=19740

Good luck everybody!

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LaSiUsNiGeR
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75567Post LaSiUsNiGeR
Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:46 pm

is this place only for people who have camponotus?
if yes i have lasius... but i do want to keep camponotus maybe i can catch one or buy one. i think there is a gan farmer with camponopus near me
new to ant keeping
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75587Post Antmanboy
Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:57 pm

I recommend camponotus very highly.They are my favorite ants and I love them.Go for em :lol:

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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75588Post AM1C39
Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:03 pm

Camponotus are easy to keep and have giant workers this is why a like them.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]

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LaSiUsNiGeR
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75597Post LaSiUsNiGeR
Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:59 pm

hmmm i see camponotus is a popular species i will do some research on it(care sheets). i heard they grow slow(thats not a problem). is a ant tower big enough?
new to ant keeping
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg

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Post: # 75600Post AM1C39
Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:51 pm

It will be big enough for the 1st and 2nd year maybe even the 3rd.
My current colonies:
-Miniature Military(formica neogagates)
-Black Hearts(crematogaster cerasi)
In search of new camponotus colony
[Have a look at antmaps.org]

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LaSiUsNiGeR
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Re: Welcome to the Camponotus Crew!

Post: # 75609Post LaSiUsNiGeR
Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:22 am

I have done some research on Camponotus and Camponotus ligniperda is the only Camponotus native to nl. Belgium(close to nl) has Camponotus fallax Camponotus herculeanus Camponotus ligniperda Camponotus piceus and Camponotus vagus. I'm choosing between these two countries because there the closest to NL(and NL itself). any recommendations?
new to ant keeping
keeper of:
a cat(mile the 2nd say as: mí lè)
a lasius niger colony( the garden gradians )
youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCWES89VR55rKS3tElXYMsfg

Antmanboy
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Post: # 75612Post Antmanboy
Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:32 am

AM1C39 wrote:
Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:51 pm
It will be big enough for the 1st and 2nd year maybe even the 3rd.
Yeah for a while but you will eventually have to expand it mabye the 2nd year.Thats just my guess

QJH2023
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Post: # 75661Post QJH2023
Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:52 pm

Image i woke up my ants! excited for ant keeping 2021
keeper of: 41xCamponotus novaeboracensis, Crematogaster spp. and unidentified species and tapinoma sessile

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Post: # 75664Post Alaydia
Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:32 pm

Mine are awake as well, sort of. I have been using wild ants as my guide, since I only keep native ants. Was out Wednesday when the weather was in the high 50's and saw some wild girls, so I took my colonies out of the fridge. Since the tube was about dry, I put them into the outworld of a mini omni nest and plugged up the cells beyond the outworld (it's attached to the nest). I expected them to go into one of the cells beneath the outworld, but the queen (Xena) seems to have set up in one corner of the outworld near the opening to the nest under a piece of moss. Meh, no reason she can't settle in right there if she wants to. She only has about a dozen workers, so I had plugged off all but about a test tube's worth of room, so maybe she just likes the open space after her tube? Her workers have already explored the nest (and pulled on the cotton, the little snots, I had to make sure the other cells were well blocked), but now they're all camping under the moss in the outworld. Maybe Xena is just an outworld kind of girl? Anyway, the point of all this rambling is that they seem to be mostly snoozing. C. Penn is listed as nocturnal, although I've seen them awake at all hours, but day or night, they're mostly snoozing. Did I maybe wake them too soon? I hope I didn't cause them any harm!
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Main interest is C. Pennsylvanicus, interested in most native ants to my area.

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