Vacation

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GBonneau
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Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada

Vacation

Post: # 45457Post GBonneau
Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:04 am

Hi, im going on a 9 days vacation, what should i do before i leave for my 50 worker formica fusca colony before i leave?

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CashTheEntomoligist
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Location: Us, Texas

Re: Vacation

Post: # 45460Post CashTheEntomoligist
Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:40 am

Hello This Is A Weird Tip But Feed Them 2x Or 3x Extra
Keeper Of: Pogonomyrmex barbatus Queen 2x
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr Queen 2x
Dorymyrmex Queen 2x
Dream Species: Pheidole Spp. (Big Headed Ant)

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idahoantgirl
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Re: Vacation

Post: # 45462Post idahoantgirl
Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:02 am

Ideally if you have a friend or neighbor to watch them that would be great, but for such a small colony and for so short a time I would just put extra food in the outworld and make sure they have enough humidity. Make sure you give them a test tube of water and a testtube of sugar water. Protein is not quite as important so I wouldn't worry about them eating it all before you come back.
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

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