Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
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Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
Greetings ACAF,
I am posting to reach out to anyone who has experience with Carebara diversa. They are notoriously difficult to keep and sadly as some of you may know, I lost a colony in the past.
If I were willing to try again, is there anyone out there who has managed to keep them over a long term, e.g. over a year? If so, please email me as I have some questions.
mikey@AntsCanada.com
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I am posting to reach out to anyone who has experience with Carebara diversa. They are notoriously difficult to keep and sadly as some of you may know, I lost a colony in the past.
If I were willing to try again, is there anyone out there who has managed to keep them over a long term, e.g. over a year? If so, please email me as I have some questions.
mikey@AntsCanada.com
Thank you! Ant love forever!
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Re: Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
You've got mails Mikey.
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
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Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
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Re: Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
Just read a little about these, sounds like they have an interesting hunting/foraging technique in the wild! Would it even be capable to have an out-world that allowed for their "trunk trails"?
Hope you find the info you need so you have the confidence to keep these again, I'd like to see one of those new 4k videos of them down the road.
Hope you find the info you need so you have the confidence to keep these again, I'd like to see one of those new 4k videos of them down the road.
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I gave him all the informations of a german antstore who got them in their cataloge but I also had to translate it for him.It should give him a lot of informations but sadly I haven't recieved an answer yet. :/
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
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Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
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Re: Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
I've successfully kept Carebara Diversa and other subspecies of Carebara for many years. They are prolific and actually very easy to care for once you understand their requirements & weaknesses.
My main colony is in the hundreds of thousands (ir not, millions) and has produced thousands of alates- I have alates flying every other night. I have also given away many founding queens and colonies to the local community in Singapore.
My experiences are recorded in my blog: https://www.carebaradivesa.com. I hope it is a useful aid to those wanting to keep this amazing species.
My main colony is in the hundreds of thousands (ir not, millions) and has produced thousands of alates- I have alates flying every other night. I have also given away many founding queens and colonies to the local community in Singapore.
My experiences are recorded in my blog: https://www.carebaradivesa.com. I hope it is a useful aid to those wanting to keep this amazing species.
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Wow having someone here with a whole blog about this species is quite helpful. I think that AntsCanada now will have all the informations he need. At least if he checks his forum regularly.
Doing some proper research is the best way to start an antcolony.
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
Currently not keeping any ants anymore.
Need help or want to help? https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=18153#p70566
Currently not keeping any ants anymore.
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Only briefly looked at your blog, it's impressive
Keeper of:
Temnothorax curvispinosus x2
Camponotus nearcticus
Brachymyrmex depilis
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Founding:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus herculeanus
Temnothorax curvispinosus x2
Camponotus nearcticus
Brachymyrmex depilis
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
Founding:
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Camponotus herculeanus
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Re: Help Needed For Carebara diversa Care
So does this mean that the Titans are coming back too?AntsCanada wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 6:54 amGreetings ACAF,
I am posting to reach out to anyone who has experience with Carebara diversa. They are notoriously difficult to keep and sadly as some of you may know, I lost a colony in the past.
If I were willing to try again, is there anyone out there who has managed to keep them over a long term, e.g. over a year? If so, please email me as I have some questions.
mikey@AntsCanada.com
Thank you! Ant love forever!
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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Cool website. I wish they lived in SD now.carebaradivesa wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:11 amI've successfully kept Carebara Diversa and other subspecies of Carebara for many years. They are prolific and actually very easy to care for once you understand their requirements & weaknesses.
My main colony is in the hundreds of thousands (ir not, millions) and has produced thousands of alates- I have alates flying every other night. I have also given away many founding queens and colonies to the local community in Singapore.
My experiences are recorded in my blog: https://www.carebaradivesa.com. I hope it is a useful aid to those wanting to keep this amazing species.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25
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