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Things that killed your ants

Started By M_Ants , Jun 28 2020 1:56 PM

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#41 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted November 23 2020 - 5:43 PM

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Oh and new way to kill your ants: let them fight other ants.

I lost another M. mexicanus, the crucial adopted nanitic, probably because she fought and killed another M. mexicanus a couple days ago.

Similarly, when Tetramorium escaped and invaded other ant colonies, there was a high casualty rate up to 3+ days later.

 

P.S. I am not advocating ant fights. It just happened unexpectedly a few times :(


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Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli

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Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive);  Lasius sp.

 

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Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa

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#42 Offline sebcho - Posted November 26 2020 - 8:11 AM

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 when you give your ants feeding insects do you pop them in the freezer alive or dead 


#43 Offline Vendayn - Posted November 26 2020 - 8:22 AM

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#44 Offline ExponentMars - Posted November 28 2020 - 12:26 PM

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for me it would be I gave them too large of a formicarium, thus causing them to pile up garbage, which lead to fatal mold outbreaks that decimated their population every time it hit :c


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#45 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 2 2020 - 3:34 PM

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Uhh... Me? Not really. They mostly just weaken and die. I think my plastic test tubes have some toxic fumes or something. My Tetras died because I didn't bring them to my cabin upstate and they probably got dehydrated and starved. My Mini Hearth never came with a syringe, and when I asked for one Mack gave me one with no needle  :rolleyes:


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#46 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted December 3 2020 - 6:10 AM

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Uhh... Me? Not really. They mostly just weaken and die. I think my plastic test tubes have some toxic fumes or something. My Tetras died because I didn't bring them to my cabin upstate and they probably got dehydrated and starved. My Mini Hearth never came with a syringe, and when I asked for one Mack gave me one with not needle  :rolleyes:

most of my early ants died because i moved them into a formicarium too early, and they did not have enough water.


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#47 Offline Idontexist - Posted December 10 2021 - 11:08 AM

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My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen
My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen
My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen

#48 Offline M_Ants - Posted December 10 2021 - 11:52 AM

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Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

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#49 Offline Chickalo - Posted December 10 2021 - 12:29 PM

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I once had a Pogonomyrmex occidentalis colony who's queen died from stress alone.  The table I had them was shaky-ish, but apparently enough to kill them.  Now I only use sturdy furniture (two stools, a bookcase, and a bedside table I made in TechEd).  But yeah, from other people's experiences I've seen that they're just really sensitive, since I kept them heated and they had moisture-o-plenty.  I'm ordered another colony a few weeks back, no clue on when they're going to arrive.

 

So yeah if you have P. occidentalis keep in mind that they're sensitive (so quirky smh)


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シグナチャーです。예.

 

#50 Offline eea - Posted December 10 2021 - 5:32 PM

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keeping ants in a drawer


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#51 Offline antsriondel - Posted December 12 2021 - 2:59 PM

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#52 Offline m99 - Posted December 12 2021 - 11:12 PM

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Being C. pennsylvanicus queens  :whistle:

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.


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#53 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted December 14 2021 - 3:14 PM

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Being C. pennsylvanicus queens  :whistle:

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.


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#54 Offline antsriondel - Posted December 14 2021 - 4:19 PM

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that sucks :(


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#55 Offline m99 - Posted December 15 2021 - 7:44 PM

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Being C. pennsylvanicus queens  :whistle:

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.

 

 

That's a big bummer. It definitely turns crazy sticky once it dries.


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#56 Offline antsriondel - Posted December 16 2021 - 8:22 AM

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Being C. pennsylvanicus queens  :whistle:

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.

 

 

That's a big bummer. It definitely turns crazy sticky once it dries.

 

yep :(


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