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#481 Offline betterForm - Posted February 2 2020 - 5:41 AM

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Mini formicarium.

 

This is my remix Starter Formicarium © dspdrew... ;)  (y)

 

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#482 Offline Rozema - Posted February 21 2020 - 1:45 AM

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#483 Offline Boog - Posted March 8 2020 - 8:35 AM

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Here's my grout nest extension I worked on while my carpenter ants were in diapause. I'll be attaching it soon and also will be updating my build blog in a couple days HERE.

 

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I tried to improve upon my last design and also give more surface area for the ants to hang from while maximizing viewing. I partitioned a section of the bottom half of the container to hold water which should evaporate upward through a hole covered with a screen I made at the bottom chamber.

 

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I mixed vermiculite into the grout mix when I poured the mold for the nest. I had a thin board that blocked the one half from the grout pour so that I could take out the nest fairly easily once it dried. I then used a saw and mitre box to cut the chambers out in a uniform manner. I then epoxied the back walls with white sand. I made stalactites out of Milliput two-part expoxy and also epoxied them in place along with white sand to form the ceilings of the chambers. I used construction adhesive to glue the nest in place. I made sure to soak the grout nest beforehand so that the curing process fully occurred. The nest was worked on over several months so that the nest could fully cure, I want to make sure that it's safe for the ants.

 

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Queen Elizabeth and her colony had a nearly 5 month diapause, I put them into the garage in October. There was about a half dozen workers that didn't make it, I had to clean out the bodies after the ants cleaned out their nest. Here they're well fed on fruit flies and byFormica Sunburst Nectar and some hummingbird nectar mix.

 

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I also upgraded my outworld from last season with some more fake greenery and some additional floating shelves to have options for feeding areas. I also added an additional vent and an extra exit for future extensions.

 

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I was looking at the blister packaging that my Dremel tool bits were in and I thought the shapes would make interesting feeders. I poured some plaster/vermiculite mix into them and used those molds to make these feeders for insects parts. I epoxied the top level smooth and adhered sand, gravel, and fake plants to it with PVA glue and construction adhesive to help blend them into the layer of substrate I have in the outworld. This was the first time using them and the ants were already full from their last feeding so their activity was subdued. I'll be playing with mixing around feeders to help break up the monotony of feeding in a small area.

 

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The small bowl was also a plaster mold of plastic packaging I repurposed for a feeder. I then dremeled out a bowl shape and laid out a smooth layer of epoxy for the area that holds the food. My ants like the honeydew melon and mealworms, the cricket pieces were mainly ignored. I've got to test out more feeders in the future so follow my builds thread to see what's happening!


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#484 Online ANTdrew - Posted March 8 2020 - 9:05 AM

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#485 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 8 2020 - 9:54 AM

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I wish they were for sale........
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#486 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted March 8 2020 - 11:32 AM

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I wish they were for sale......

Totally agree. You should think about it.


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#487 Offline AntsBC - Posted March 8 2020 - 1:28 PM

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Made some out worlds over the past few weeks.  Some of them have large indents; those are for test tubes.  The circular indents are for water bottle caps; I use them to feed my ants liquids.  The caps which are situated in the grout are feeding trays.

 

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#488 Offline LaTun - Posted March 9 2020 - 7:30 AM

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The future outworld of my Serviformica rufibarbis colony.

 

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Its nothing fancy just some loose sand, a piece of driftwood, some building material for the ants and a small feeding bowl for carbohydrates.

The test tube is going to be placed at the back behind the driftwood.
Once the colony outgrows their test-tube I will attach this farm via the plugged extension port on the left.

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#489 Offline Technomyrmex - Posted March 9 2020 - 11:48 AM

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What material is inside for them to dig in? Also how do you hydrate it?



#490 Offline LaTun - Posted March 9 2020 - 12:06 PM

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It is something similar to floral foam.
The ants can easily dig in it, but you don´t have to deal with dirty glass as much as with a sand-clay mixture.
For the first time, I hydrated half the nest by removing the lid and just pouring water in.
Later when the ants are in there is a  tiny hole at the bottom of each side panel, there I can put a syringe through and water the nest.


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#491 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:03 PM

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My mini plastic cup and sponge founding formicariums-

 

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#492 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:14 PM

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What do you use that for?


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#493 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:27 PM

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They’re homemade nests.
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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#494 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:40 PM

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Oh wow, do the ants dig in the sponges? Never seen that kind of nest before. Looks like a cheep nest too. 


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#495 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:42 PM

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No, the sponges are for hydration. They really aren’t any different than cotton in test tubes, except they don’t hold back an entire water reservoir.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#496 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:45 PM

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I got 20 plastic cups at HyVee for two dollars and the sponges at Ace for a dollar. So I can make 20 formicarium for under 5 dollars.

"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#497 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:45 PM

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Nice! I bet they are pretty cheep to make right?


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#498 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted March 11 2020 - 2:48 PM

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I got 20 plastic cups at HyVee for two dollars and the sponges at Ace for a dollar. So I can make 20 formicarium for under 5 dollars.


"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#499 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted March 11 2020 - 6:25 PM

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Oh cool, I was just asking because I could recommend that to people who don't have a lot of money to spend on formicariums.  


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