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Messed up ant move


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#1 Offline AdamL - Posted April 12 2020 - 6:44 AM

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I have a 11 worker formica colony I attempted to move in to a small formicarium to I dumped them and there 3 larva and 4 eggs in to a plastic container with the nest in the contanier but they won't move in I got worried they would have no water so there's a test tube with water in the container so not there all huddled in a corner enyhelp would be use full, thanks.

#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted April 12 2020 - 7:11 AM

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Maybe you could try moving the test tube closer to their temporary gathering site and give them a better chance of discovering it.

"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





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