How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

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Serafine

How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 14595Post Serafine
Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:04 am

I consider getting some high quality toolboxes as additional nesting space for my Camponotus at some future point, how hard do they need to be? Is regular hard plastics okay? Does it need to be acrylic? Is softer plastics bad?


Martin

Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 14636Post Martin
Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:32 pm

Hello Serafine,
Camponotus sp.can chew through cork, but deffinitely not plastics. ABS, PET and other tipycal plastics are fine. 8-)

Firestar987654321

Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 15928Post Firestar987654321
Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:31 am

I would reccomend glass over plastic.

Cale3459

Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 15930Post Cale3459
Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:46 am

Firestar any reason in particular for that? I've never had an issue with Campotonus and plastic and I've housed colonies off and on for years. Current setup is a hybrid nest and the only issue I'm having is them pulling at the cotton balls.

LaLeeRhys

Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 26493Post LaLeeRhys
Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:26 pm

I would be careful with softer plastics. I had a camponotus queen escape from a soft plastic container by chewing through it. I found her soon after but it still scared me. Go with glass or hard acrylics.

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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 26495Post Jadeninja9
Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:32 pm

Can they chew through cotton?
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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 26938Post DrDramaticElk1
Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:15 pm

god yes, they pull at cotton and can get out that way, just add extra
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LaLeeRhys

Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 30444Post LaLeeRhys
Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:34 am

If you go with plastic go with hard acrylics and the like. I had a camponotus pennsylvanicus queen chew through two different tupperware containers and escape. (I was waiting for test tubes in the mail and she was in a sealed cabinet so all i had to do was put her back in a container)

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Re: How good are Camponotus at chewing through plastics?

Post: # 35172Post Ataklena
Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:25 am

Interesting topic. What about plastic test tubes? Are they okay? Made of some hard and transparent plastic.
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