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[BugFinder]

This is cool, I had to share it with you incase you hadn't alrleady seen it.  This guy must have plenty of colonies to take risks like this, but if they pay off, talk about a really unique formicarium!!   https://www.youtube....h?v=-yPL0hlyZZg

 

Are all Crematagastor colonies arborial, or just that sp?   Those ants in the trees were sooooo cool!!

 

What do you guys think?

[AntsExodus]

I've seen arboreal crematogaster in my area drinking some sap from leaves but that is all I have seen.

[CheetoLord02]

I mean, keeping multiple species together in a vivarium isn't anything new. I've personally had a vivarium with 3 or 4 different colonies with no issues. (Formica pallidefulva, Camponotus nearcticus, Temnothorax curvispinosus, Temnothorax americanus). It was fun to watch the Temnothorax raids, and the ants all got along, even drinking honey from the same dish at the same time. Calling it a "formicarium" in the topic title instead of a vivarium is misleading, though, since it sounds more like he shoved 3 colonies into an AC hybrid nest together and it worked 

[BugFinder]

I don't think it's misleading at all.  A formicarium, an aquarium, and a terrariam are all types of vivaria.

Edited by BugFinder, May 5 2020 - 10:20 PM.