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What should I buy to put my extracted Camponotus colony in?

Started By sweetgrass , Oct 19 2018 9:31 AM

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#1 Offline sweetgrass - Posted October 19 2018 - 9:31 AM

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I don't know how to estimate how many ants?  There is a queen.  A winged queen? who just removed her wings.  A pile of larvae.

 

From my reading of posts people seem to prefer the Tar Heels products.  Is this what I should go with?  What type of formicarium should I get for them.

 

Thank you


#2 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 19 2018 - 9:45 AM

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Do a rough estimate. If you are going with THA, I highly recommend their Fortress nest. Also, what species of Camponotus are they?

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#3 Offline sweetgrass - Posted October 19 2018 - 11:30 AM

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Not sure what species yet.  Lots going on at my place so haven't gotten a good close up pic yet.

 

i contacted Tar Heels  He recommended the Stronghold which is a type of fortress, or a nucleus III

 

So I went with the Stronghold type.  


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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 20 2018 - 5:42 AM

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Yeah, you pretty much can't go wrong with THA. Good luck with the colony.


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#5 Offline sweetgrass - Posted October 20 2018 - 10:24 AM

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I posted 4 pics of these Camponotus ants on the ID thread


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