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UmbrellaCorp
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Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 78133Post UmbrellaCorp
Mon May 31, 2021 10:00 am

Hello, I am new to ant keeping and I have the ant tower large. Up to recently my queen, workers(20ish) and brood lived in the the test tube with the water. A week back I bumped the test tube off knocking them all to the floor. I successfully collected everyone including the queen up and back into the tower but now they have all went into hiding in there sandy tunnels where I can't see them anymore (understandably)
My concern is they haven't been coming out as much anymore and are not to interested in the crickets anymore when I put them in. What can I do or is this normal since I disrupted them. I don't want to starve them too

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Re: Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 78136Post AM1C39
Mon May 31, 2021 11:09 am

They will not let themselves die by starvation, either they are not hungry or they have been eating without you knowing.
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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Re: Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 78143Post UmbrellaCorp
Mon May 31, 2021 6:42 pm

Thank you for your feedback

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Re: Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 78201Post UmbrellaCorp
Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:52 am

What do they like to eat the most? What's the best thing to feed help help a healthy growth of the colony

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Re: Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 78202Post AM1C39
Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:58 am

lots of insects, honeys and fruits.
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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Re: Help with my camponotus ants

Post: # 80482Post CombinedHalo467
Sat Jul 31, 2021 1:22 pm

i hv a wild camponotus colony in a tree in my backyard and last year they went underground in september ad didnt come back up till this year is that a possibility gl
A prenolepis imparis colony with repletes and a big queen also 10 chickens and 1 annoying brother.

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