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Pictures of Formicariums and Outworlds

Started By Crystals , Sep 26 2013 9:06 AM
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#301 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 19 2017 - 10:50 AM

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Are these your "dirt" set ups? The.. ....oh....3d printed mega water reservoir'd set up isn't going away is it?

 

Not sure what you're talking about.


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#302 Offline sgheaton - Posted April 19 2017 - 11:07 AM

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Ugh...Trying to find things you've done is very hard. Get some better organization man! 
I'll find direct links and post the question better than I did the first time. 


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#303 Offline MarkNewgent - Posted April 19 2017 - 9:53 PM

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I would like to buy one. I got my mail order formicarium from amazon.com. It is extremely small and just isn't that good.

#304 Offline dspdrew - Posted April 20 2017 - 5:52 AM

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I would like to buy one. I got my mail order formicarium from amazon.com. It is extremely small and just isn't that good.

 

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#305 Offline Amanda - Posted April 21 2017 - 5:42 PM

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Made a few different designs, hope y'all like them (all ytong). I'm located in North Carolina
They all have magnetic nest lids, vented attached foraging areas, and water chambers with 150 micron screen for humidity control. 
 
Medium sized formicarium

with some Red LED lights installed in the nesting area (hahaha)

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#306 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted April 22 2017 - 2:27 PM

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Made a few different designs, hope y'all like them (all ytong). I'm located in North Carolina
They all have magnetic nest lids, vented attached foraging areas, and water chambers with 150 micron screen for humidity control.



with some Red LED lights installed in the nesting area (hahaha)

founding nest


foraging areas attached











Holy crap!!!! So pretty! How did you get a hold of Y Tong

Edited by Alabama Anter, April 22 2017 - 2:28 PM.

YJK

#307 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted April 22 2017 - 2:29 PM

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My natural nest for my Solenopsis richteri.
Made two little ponds. Sand and dirt will settle in.




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#308 Offline Amanda - Posted April 22 2017 - 5:20 PM

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Made a few different designs, hope y'all like them (all ytong). I'm located in North Carolina
They all have magnetic nest lids, vented attached foraging areas, and water chambers with 150 micron screen for humidity control.



with some Red LED lights installed in the nesting area (hahaha)

founding nest


foraging areas attached










 

Holy crap!!!! So pretty! How did you get a hold of Y Tong

 

A plant closed down in Florida awhile back and I was able to get a hold of quiet a lot of it. 

Thank you!


#309 Offline waruna - Posted May 9 2017 - 7:44 PM

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Oecophylla smaragdina  Close up

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#310 Offline brian - Posted May 10 2017 - 5:18 AM

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#311 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted May 10 2017 - 1:22 PM

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Awesome video :)


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#312 Offline T.C. - Posted May 11 2017 - 10:17 AM

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Awesome video, but what they are dragging is a queen. I would of took it assuming it wasn't too late. Poor girl. :( Still, a cool video none the less. :P
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#313 Offline Miles - Posted May 11 2017 - 2:48 PM

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Why was this video posted here? 


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#314 Offline T.C. - Posted May 11 2017 - 3:07 PM

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Why was this video posted here?

I wondered that too, but no harm done I guess. At least it was a good video.
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#315 Offline iXvXi - Posted May 12 2017 - 1:43 PM

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I'll take better pictures if anyone is interested. The 3d printed nests as well.
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#316 Offline brian - Posted May 12 2017 - 8:40 PM

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I'll take better pictures if anyone is interested. The 3d printed nests as well.

Yes, please  I'm interested to see those orange nests on the inside and how you keep them wet and there design.  :)


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#317 Offline Barristan - Posted May 12 2017 - 10:11 PM

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I prefer quite simple and cheap setups for my formicariums and nests. This is the outworld of my Camponotus nicobarensis colony:
 

Outworld Top View
 
Basically it's a flat plastic box filled with and and the piece of dead wood is going to be their new nest. Currently the major part of the colony still lives in the test tube but they are building a new one inside the wood:
 
Nest building
 
The top of the piece of wood is used as a feeding platform:
 
Feeding platform
Drinking sugar water

 

The outworld is secured by a layer of dry talcum powder. I chose such a flat box since I wanted to be able to make good photos and videos of the ants without having glass between the ants and the camera. With this setup I can get really close. Maybe I will connect more such flat boxes with some kind of wooden bridges but currently the space is more than enough for that small colony.


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#318 Offline waruna - Posted May 12 2017 - 10:46 PM

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who knows this ant name

this video taken by me but i don't know this ants name

https://youtu.be/V1oMaay6TUs


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#319 Offline T.C. - Posted May 13 2017 - 7:13 AM

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who knows this ant name
this video taken by me but i don't know this ants name


Post this stuff elsewhere. This thread is specifically for pictures of formicaria. If you need an ID go make a thread in the ID section. :)

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#320 Offline ctantkeeper - Posted May 13 2017 - 9:49 AM

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I prefer quite simple and cheap setups for my formicariums and nests. This is the outworld of my Camponotus nicobarensis colony:
 

 
 
Basically it's a flat plastic box filled with and and the piece of dead wood is going to be their new nest. Currently the major part of the colony still lives in the test tube but they are building a new one inside the wood:
 
 
 
The top of the piece of wood is used as a feeding platform:
 
 
 

 

The outworld is secured by a layer of dry talcum powder. I chose such a flat box since I wanted to be able to make good photos and videos of the ants without having glass between the ants and the camera. With this setup I can get really close. Maybe I will connect more such flat boxes with some kind of wooden bridges but currently the space is more than enough for that small colony.

 

I'm not usually a fan of "natural nests", but this is a pretty cool idea. Keep us updated on the colony's progress. Maybe you can make a journal some time :)


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