Atta Texana Home
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Atta Texana Home
Hello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Nope, test tubes won't work for these. I recommend reading all of this. Very helpfulAntmanboy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:31 pmHello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
https://www.formiculture.com/topic/15532-cheetos-ultimate-guide-to-leafcutter-ants%E2%84%A2/
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Sorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.Antmanboy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:31 pmHello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I’m just a normal ant keeper living in a tropical area.
Owning:
Messor Structor
Camponotus spp.
Colobopsis Leonardi
Founding:
Two Solenopsis Geminata Queens
Owning:
Messor Structor
Camponotus spp.
Colobopsis Leonardi
Founding:
Two Solenopsis Geminata Queens
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Re: Atta Texana Home
I am not aware what LCA does, but Cheeto(The person who wrote the guide) has kept all genera of leaf cutter ants sucessfully including Atta, Trachymyrmex, and Acromyrmex. A deli cup with plaster base is recommended. Also, make sure to catch lots of queens as these queens have a very small success rate, something around 3/100antsofTH wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:15 amSorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.Antmanboy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:31 pmHello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you! I'm sorry it's been a while . I haven't really logged on recently. If I do decide to start a colony I'll keep all of this in mind!SolenopsisKeeper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 12:25 pmI am not aware what LCA does, but Cheeto(The person who wrote the guide) has kept all genera of leaf cutter ants sucessfully including Atta, Trachymyrmex, and Acromyrmex. A deli cup with plaster base is recommended. Also, make sure to catch lots of queens as these queens have a very small success rate, something around 3/100antsofTH wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:15 amSorry if I’m late, But just to put it, Test Tubes are too small for them. They should stay in a container setup or something similar. Look at LCA’s (Lights Camera Ants) channel, he owns Atta Texana too. Over on his channel you should find how he keeps his Atta Colonies.Antmanboy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:31 pmHello friends! I saw many beautiful Atta Texana queens during the summer and I am planning to try to catch some next year. Would a tubs and tubes setup work for their colony? How would I move their fungus garden to the setup? Should I just link up their founding cup to the setup? If the tubes and tubes doesnt work what should I keep them in? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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