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Pictures of Formicariums and Outworlds

Started By Crystals , Sep 26 2013 9:06 AM
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#901 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 15 2024 - 1:45 PM

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I guess, but then you won’t see the ants in the nest.
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#902 Offline eea - Posted October 15 2024 - 9:06 PM

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After I seal all the gaps, would this works as a lid and an out world?

 

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The container could get scratched up or stained over time from sand in the nest or food stains, overall this is good looking design. (y)


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#903 Offline Voidley - Posted October 16 2024 - 4:55 AM

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Here is a wooden nest that I made from a sawed-in-half piece of wood, into which I then dremeled out chambers. It is currently housing a small colony of Camponotus chromaiodes. Although the nest is a bit large for them, they already seem much happier in a wooden nest compared to a test tube, and hopefully they will grow into it. Attached I have a DIY outworld connected via some vinyl tubing. It's super cool seeing how there is one worker that almost always guards the entrance connected by tubing. The outworld itself I made out of stepped display box. I flipped the lid upside-down and added a hole covered with wire mesh. The main rock formation inside is inspired by some THA outworlds. I created it by breaking up a failed plaster nest into chunks, hot gluing them into a desired shape, and then covering all the seams with thick Perfect Cast applied with my finger. I'm not sure if I'll use this method in the future since it took quite a bit of time, but I'm pretty happy with how this one came out.

 

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#904 Offline Artimusclydeperez - Posted November 14 2024 - 6:29 AM

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This is my pseudomyrmex Apache set up they really like it balsa wood is incredibly easy to work with and they continue to expand their tunnels them selves you can see the growth from one picture to the next

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#905 Offline Artimusclydeperez - Posted November 14 2024 - 11:01 AM

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Here is a wooden nest that I made from a sawed-in-half piece of wood, into which I then dremeled out chambers. It is currently housing a small colony of Camponotus chromaiodes. Although the nest is a bit large for them, they already seem much happier in a wooden nest compared to a test tube, and hopefully they will grow into it. Attached I have a DIY outworld connected via some vinyl tubing. It's super cool seeing how there is one worker that almost always guards the entrance connected by tubing. The outworld itself I made out of stepped display box. I flipped the lid upside-down and added a hole covered with wire mesh. The main rock formation inside is inspired by some THA outworlds. I created it by breaking up a failed plaster nest into chunks, hot gluing them into a desired shape, and then covering all the seams with thick Perfect Cast applied with my finger. I'm not sure if I'll use this method in the future since it took quite a bit of time, but I'm pretty happy with how this one came out.

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I would be worried about the line of dry rot that’s right in the center they can dig that out I would assume maybe resin on the top and bottom to stop an eventual escape ?

#906 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted November 15 2024 - 11:24 AM

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This is my pseudomyrmex Apache set up they really like it balsa wood is incredibly easy to work with and they continue to expand their tunnels them selves you can see the growth from one picture to the next

That looks insanely good, and wow that colony is being productive right now!


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#907 Offline Artimusclydeperez - Posted November 16 2024 - 10:25 AM

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This is my pseudomyrmex Apache set up they really like it balsa wood is incredibly easy to work with and they continue to expand their tunnels them selves you can see the growth from one picture to the next

That looks insanely good, and wow that colony is being productive right now!
Thank you I appreciate that! And yes they devour honey and I was feeding them termites but then I realized they will hollow out a pre killed Dubai in an hour ‍♂
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#908 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted November 16 2024 - 3:10 PM

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This is my pseudomyrmex Apache set up they really like it balsa wood is incredibly easy to work with and they continue to expand their tunnels them selves you can see the growth from one picture to the next

You should start a journal! I love pseudomyrmex sp!


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#909 Offline Artimusclydeperez - Posted November 16 2024 - 8:16 PM

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This is my pseudomyrmex Apache set up they really like it balsa wood is incredibly easy to work with and they continue to expand their tunnels them selves you can see the growth from one picture to the next

You should start a journal! I love pseudomyrmex sp!
maybe I will
I just cought a pretty large leptogeny elongata colony I want to figure out a nice way to exhibit them they are nomadic and specialize in isopods it’s pretty cool they open up the belly then put the larva inside and they eat it like giant bowl of food lol
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