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So many poor queens
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 am
by Cheesefish77
I have a very large yard with various potted plants that encircle my entire house, so when I have to go out to water them every day, I usually go in the early morning to beat the heat. Unfortunately, I'm in the peak of T. immigrans nuptial flight season, so there are queen ants roaming all over the house. I've ran out of test tubes for them, and there is no way I could take the time to rescue all of them, so every morning I end up flooding and washing away queens trying to find a safe place.
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:41 pm
by AntsDakota
Cheesefish77 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 am
I have a very large yard with various potted plants that encircle my entire house, so when I have to go out to water them every day, I usually go in the early morning to beat the heat. Unfortunately, I'm in the peak of T. immigrans nuptial flight season, so there are queen ants roaming all over the house. I've ran out of test tubes for them, and there is no way I could take the time to rescue all of them, so every morning I end up flooding and washing away queens trying to find a safe place.
Ants can survive under water for a hours, so they probably made it.
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:48 pm
by TheRealAntMan
AntsDakota wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:41 pm
Cheesefish77 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 am
I have a very large yard with various potted plants that encircle my entire house, so when I have to go out to water them every day, I usually go in the early morning to beat the heat. Unfortunately, I'm in the peak of T. immigrans nuptial flight season, so there are queen ants roaming all over the house. I've ran out of test tubes for them, and there is no way I could take the time to rescue all of them, so every morning I end up flooding and washing away queens trying to find a safe place.
Ants can survive under water for a hours, so they probably made it.
What ant can survive underwater for hours??????
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:32 pm
by AntsDakota
TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:48 pm
AntsDakota wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 4:41 pm
Cheesefish77 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 am
I have a very large yard with various potted plants that encircle my entire house, so when I have to go out to water them every day, I usually go in the early morning to beat the heat. Unfortunately, I'm in the peak of T. immigrans nuptial flight season, so there are queen ants roaming all over the house. I've ran out of test tubes for them, and there is no way I could take the time to rescue all of them, so every morning I end up flooding and washing away queens trying to find a safe place.
Ants can survive under water for a hours, so they probably made it.
What ant can survive underwater for hours??????
Another forum member said that when submerged underwater, ants go into an inactive state that conserves oxygen, and they wake up when dried off.
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:26 am
by antnest8
also according to the video fire ants vs water the brood and ants have hairs that sometimes keeps the water tension away from them and makes a small air bubble.
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:34 am
by TheRealAntMan
antnest8 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:26 am
also according to the video fire ants vs water the brood and ants have hairs that sometimes keeps the water tension away from them and makes a small air bubble.
But the air bubble doesn’t last forever and will eventually breach. While ants have defenses against water, ants aren’t made for surviving under the water for long periods of time.
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:36 am
by antnest8
yes sadly they aren't. it would be cool though!
Re: So many poor queens
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:28 pm
by PwnerPie
Don't give up hope! Ive had an ant drown in a test tube, cleaned out that test tube and put it in a new one. It got up a few days later and everything was fine! I don't know if it is the same for all species, this one was a Myrmica.