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Do Tetras and Pogonomyrmex really destroy Ytong?

Started By OhNoNotAgain , May 27 2020 5:28 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted May 27 2020 - 5:28 PM

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So I'm looking at some THA formicaria, and considering the Type I. I've gotten mostly Type III in the past.

What are your thoughts on Tetramorium and Pogonomyrmex chewing through Type I? Does it happen?

 


Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 27 2020 - 6:26 PM

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Tetras: yes.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#3 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 27 2020 - 6:57 PM

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Pogonomyrmex: ten times bulkier and stronger than Tetras, so probably.

"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

#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 27 2020 - 7:02 PM

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I foresee a large Tetra colony gnawing away at the space between the glass and formicarium until they had a breach.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#5 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted May 27 2020 - 7:43 PM

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Wow, okay, what are other species aside from Tetras, Pogonomyrmex, and "Messor" (according to THA site) that would chew through Ytong?

Just wondering.

 

Thanks all!!!


Edited by OhNoNotAgain, May 27 2020 - 7:43 PM.

Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 28 2020 - 2:37 AM

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Crematogaster would chew through it faster than a toilet paper sale.
Camponotus could, too, if the colony was large and crowded.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#7 Offline Antkid12 - Posted May 28 2020 - 3:39 AM

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Maybe some big Pheidole majors could too.


Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 

#8 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted May 28 2020 - 9:42 AM

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Crematogaster would chew through it faster than a toilet paper sale.

 

Haha just think, 1 year ago no one would have found that line hilarious like I do now  :lol:

Okay thanks everyone! I guess I'm just going to have to stick with Type III THAs. I really do not need another Tetra breakout, nor do I want Camponotus doing their trademark panicking all over the dining room. 

And the thought of stinging Pogonomyrmex everywhere would almost make me want to welcome in a mass of Argentines. But not quite.


Edited by OhNoNotAgain, May 28 2020 - 9:43 AM.

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Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#9 Offline CheetoLord02 - Posted May 29 2020 - 8:59 AM

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Maybe some big Pheidole majors could too.

Pheidole actually aren't known to chew through ytong. Idk what it is, they just never seem to actually do it, even though they easily could. I've never heard of anyone having an issue with Pheidole in ytong. Solenopsis on the other hand, will absolutely destroy ytong. You definitely need a sturdier nest to hold them.


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#10 Offline Mettcollsuss - Posted May 29 2020 - 12:34 PM

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I foresee a large Tetra colony gnawing away at the space between the glass and formicarium until they had a breach.

Mine have been slowly digging a tunnel just under the glass of their type III, so I assume a type I would be even easier to chew out of.


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#11 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted May 29 2020 - 4:11 PM

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Pogonomyrmex: ten times bulkier and stronger than Tetras, so probably.

Actually, I take that back. Mine definitely could make tunnels in a type 1 (they already have cratered the outworld of their type 3 Palladium trying to gather substrate to put in their nest).
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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

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