Ants using new formicarium as trash room

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KaputRey
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Ants using new formicarium as trash room

Post: # 79922Post KaputRey
Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:40 pm

Hello so my camponotus colony has gained quite a few workers and since they are a larger kind it's getting a bit tight for the brood and ants in a test tube. I've hooked it up to a new more proper formicarium they haven't moved in yet but instead are just puting insect parts that they've already eaten inside. is this a good thing? Are they planning to move soon or are they just calling that part a waste area of the nest. If anyone can let me know what to do then I would be happy since I don't want the colony to live in a test tube forever.

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Re: Ants using new formicarium as trash room

Post: # 79926Post SYUTEO
Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:20 pm

That usually means the formicarium is too big, though when the colony get bigger, they will eventually move it outside. Do keep an eye for mold in there.

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