- So i have recently started ant keeping with a new pheidole queen with eggs only, so shes in a test tube. I wanted to know if pheidole sp. like a all-in-one formicarium thats desert themed so all sand, or if thy require soil or anything specific?
All help is very much appreciated, thank you
First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE
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First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE
Established Colonies:
- 1x Pheidole Sp.
- 2x Camponotus Sp.
- 1x Pheidole Sp.
- 2x Camponotus Sp.
Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE
Hi i am keeper of pheidole ant.All i know about them is
1) Multiple Queen
2) Minors and Majors
3) Escape Masters
4)Easy to keep
5)Love Protiens and sugars
6) Moisture Lover
Some Advices:
1) never provide moisture in outworld
2)Never feed honey in tube,because minors can fall in and die(my 3 minors died )
3) Never let them take back Cockroach or other protien back to the nest,it could get moldy,solution to this is to feed them in this countainer by doing small holes in it,through which ants can pass but no cockroach could. Link of bottle picture: https://www.google.com.pk/search?q=small+plastic+bottle&oq=small+plastic+bottle&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.14402j0j7&client=ms-android-qmobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=zlS6jQ-6B619zM%3A
4) never throw them in nest,before 20 workers born
5) AC products are expensive,so buy a nest online from aliexpress,ebay,amazone,e.t.c
6)Dont get fall in love with them,beware they are super cute.
Watch AntsCanada videos on Pheidole ants.u are gonna love them and learn from them
And i am living in a country where 80% people are greenhorn,not even *** SPAM *** of class 10,so sorry about my grammar and somewhere my spellings too
It took 30 mins to write this post.if i didn't helped you,plz forgive me
1) Multiple Queen
2) Minors and Majors
3) Escape Masters
4)Easy to keep
5)Love Protiens and sugars
6) Moisture Lover
Some Advices:
1) never provide moisture in outworld
2)Never feed honey in tube,because minors can fall in and die(my 3 minors died )
3) Never let them take back Cockroach or other protien back to the nest,it could get moldy,solution to this is to feed them in this countainer by doing small holes in it,through which ants can pass but no cockroach could. Link of bottle picture: https://www.google.com.pk/search?q=small+plastic+bottle&oq=small+plastic+bottle&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.14402j0j7&client=ms-android-qmobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=zlS6jQ-6B619zM%3A
4) never throw them in nest,before 20 workers born
5) AC products are expensive,so buy a nest online from aliexpress,ebay,amazone,e.t.c
6)Dont get fall in love with them,beware they are super cute.
Watch AntsCanada videos on Pheidole ants.u are gonna love them and learn from them
And i am living in a country where 80% people are greenhorn,not even *** SPAM *** of class 10,so sorry about my grammar and somewhere my spellings too
It took 30 mins to write this post.if i didn't helped you,plz forgive me
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood ...(2 Queen)
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Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE
Personally I would say that if you can afford AC products, they're well worth the investment. Hybrids are very inexpensive considering the quality and size.
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: First time ant keeper, NEED HELP PLEASE
u only see AC products
Keeper of Pheidole Pallidula with about 15-20 workers and bunch of brood ...(2 Queen)
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