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[OwlThatLikesAnts]

I recently bought these, do you guys have ideas for what I could make with them?

Use it for cryptic species! I use it for them, or you could do the same thing that GOCAMPONOTUS suggested but instead of drilling a hole, you can make a small ditch that dips under one of the sides of the Petri dish as an enterance

[Artimusclydeperez]

Look at the new nest I made for my psueomyrmex Apache colony cuz they out grew there current !
The old one was one wall the new one is 4 walls and a bottom that they can use to quickly get to any wall.

This is sooo easy to make for any one with tree dwelling ants that don’t need nest hydration. It’s balsa wood $15 on Amazon gets u a ton. A clear acrylic cube $24 on amazon gets u 20+ depending on size
And I used a dremel but u can literally use a knife to carve the nest out if u don't have one try it out!

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[ANTdrew]

I built this all in one formicarium for my quickly growing Pheidole pilifera colony. I used an old mini-helmet display case from Hobby Lobby as the mold and formed the chambers using damp sand. This was my first time using Ultracal 30. It expands much less Hobby Lobby Perfect Cast, but it took *way* longer to set. I had to break the mold container to get the nest out, but I was able to slide it into a new container.

Edited by ANTdrew, January 12 2025 - 4:57 PM.

[Artimusclydeperez]

That looks really nice. And looks to have a ton of space! I really like the 3 tiny entrances you made

[ANTdrew]

Thank you! I just drilled with a tiny bit since these are small ants. I wanted to make little fake ant hills out of plaster, but it didn’t work out nicely.

[Artimusclydeperez]

I built this all in one formicarium for my quickly growing Pheidole pilifera colony. I used an old mini-helmet display case from Hobby Lobby as the mold and formed the chambers using damp sand. This was my first time using Ultracal 30. It expands much less Hobby Lobby Perfect Cast, but it took *way* longer to set. I had to break the mold container to get the nest out, but I was able to slide it into a new container.

That came out so nice! Looks like there is a ton of room and I really like how the entrance holes look it’s just pleasing to look at haha