What's your opinion on getting a mature colony from the wild
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What's your opinion on getting a mature colony from the wild
I have broken apart logs and found the queen and all the workers in there. Do y'all think it would be ok to get the queen and some workers for a formicarium
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3 tapinoma sessile
6 ghost ants
8 acrobat ants
2 striped carpenter ants
3 tapinoma sessile
6 ghost ants
8 acrobat ants
2 striped carpenter ants
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Re: What's your opinion on getting a mature colony from the wild
It's not the best way, but it should work, although some ants don't adjust to captivity well, so if they start having problems in their formicarium, either release them or move them to a natural setup.
"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
Re: What's your opinion on getting a mature colony from the wild
I thought it would and I mostly keep all mature colonies in a natural set up
Keeper of
3 tapinoma sessile
6 ghost ants
8 acrobat ants
2 striped carpenter ants
3 tapinoma sessile
6 ghost ants
8 acrobat ants
2 striped carpenter ants
Re: What's your opinion on getting a mature colony from the wild
I've only done that once as a "rescue" because the colony was in a small dead tree at risk of being destroyed by farm machinery. They didn't like captivity until I essentially recreated their original wood bark environment, then they perked up and started foraging etc.
Incidentally, I can't identify their species but they seem similar to Camponotus subbarbatus.
Incidentally, I can't identify their species but they seem similar to Camponotus subbarbatus.
Keeper of Camponotus:
C. pennsylvanicus, C. subbarbatus, C. nearcticus
C. pennsylvanicus, C. subbarbatus, C. nearcticus
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