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[Canadant]

Hello experienced anters, fellow geeks, nature nuts, I have a camponotus novaeboracensis colony in its 3rd year. I have some winged males this year! Cool.

Question: I have some ants gathering outside of the formicarium in the outworld. It's under a stick in the back corner. Formicarium too small? Seems like there is room. Hmmm....

Thoughts?

Also, whAt do you feed your c. Novaeboracensis?

Sincerely,

Canadant

[rbarreto]

Hello Canadant, its perfectly normal for them to be gathering in the outworld like that. Camponotus love to do that. As for the novae I feed mine superworms, mealworms and fruit flies for protein. Then I give them some organic honey.

[Canadant]

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...

Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

[TennesseeAnts]

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...
Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

Don't do this anymore... Your males could transmit viruses and/or fungus and parasites to native populations, causing problems for the ecosystem.

[MonsieurMaru]

 

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...
Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

Don't do this anymore... Your males could transmit viruses and/or fungus and parasites to native populations, causing problems for the ecosystem.

 

wait... what do you do during this then? i can't possibly just let them loose in my house..

[TennesseeAnts]

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...
Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

Don't do this anymore... Your males could transmit viruses and/or fungus and parasites to native populations, causing problems for the ecosystem.

wait... what do you do during this then? i can't possibly just let them loose in my house..

You have two options. Either kill the males, as they are useless to the colony, or leave them be and let the workers do it. Either way, the males die and are fed back to the larvae.

[MonsieurMaru]

 

 

 

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...
Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

Don't do this anymore... Your males could transmit viruses and/or fungus and parasites to native populations, causing problems for the ecosystem.

wait... what do you do during this then? i can't possibly just let them loose in my house..

You have two options. Either kill the males, as they are useless to the colony, or leave them be and let the workers do it. Either way, the males die and are fed back to the larvae.

 

ohhh, what about the female queen alates?

[TennesseeAnts]

My males left the nest today!! I took them outside and they took off. My colony grows...
Anting has been a great experience for me. If only Google existed in the 80's.

Don't do this anymore... Your males could transmit viruses and/or fungus and parasites to native populations, causing problems for the ecosystem.

wait... what do you do during this then? i can't possibly just let them loose in my house..

You have two options. Either kill the males, as they are useless to the colony, or leave them be and let the workers do it. Either way, the males die and are fed back to the larvae.

ohhh, what about the female queen alates?

They get their wings taken off either by themselves, or the workers and get demoted to worker and help the workers cut up food.

[Unfrozen]

if you have any smaller colonies you can use them as food