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[Ants_Dakota]

also RIP Queen Persephone 2020-2020

 

They are quite common where I live even the rare ones I could catch no problem but they usually don’t swarm and you will only find 2 or 3 in one year because they stay near the nest they came from.

if only i could trade you some lasius. we have so many...

 

if I could trade you some tetremorium for lasius.........

sorry. we have way to many tetramorium. i would take crematogaster...

[Antkeeper01]

Acrobat ant queen has declared hibernation time.

name suggestions for her also?

[Antkeeper01]

So all of my queens are dead, but one the "aphaenogaster" queen so yesterday night Ant_dude suggested that it may be Manica and now that i look at it i realize that it is so any tips on keeping them?

[Ants_Dakota]

So all of my queens are dead, but one the "aphaenogaster" queen so yesterday night Ant_dude suggested that it may be Manica and now that i look at it i realize that it is so any tips on keeping them?

dead, or hibernating?

[Antkeeper01]

dead execpt for the manica queen

[Ants_Dakota]

dead execpt for the manica queen

oh no! what happened!

[Antkeeper01]

youtube tutorials

[Kaelwizard]

youtube tutorials

But most are made by known ant keepers. Don’t blame it on them.

[Antkeeper01]

welp at least if i hadn't tried one of the nordic ants tutorials my tetras would be alive

Edited by Antkeeper01, November 9 2020 - 12:39 PM.

[Kaelwizard]

welp at least if i hadn't tried one of the nordic ants tutorials my tetras would be alive

Which one? What were you trying to do? Tetras are not very easy to kill.

[Ants_Dakota]

 

welp at least if i hadn't tried one of the nordic ants tutorials my tetras would be alive

Which one? What were you trying to do? Tetras are not very easy to kill.

 

very hard to kill. in fact, i am still trying to eliminate them from my yard!

[Kaelwizard]

 

 

welp at least if i hadn't tried one of the nordic ants tutorials my tetras would be alive

Which one? What were you trying to do? Tetras are not very easy to kill.

 

very hard to kill. in fact, i am still trying to eliminate them from my yard!

 

Mine died because I left for a week, but that's about the only way to accidently kill a captive colony easily.

Edited by Kaelwizard, November 10 2020 - 9:02 AM.

[Antkeeper01]

today i went down to standley lake and captured a springtail culture things are finally looking up for me also Nickanter thx for the advice the manica queen is doing really well

[Antkeeper01]

the springtail culture died, but the manica queen has like 7 eggs

[steelplant]

You might have more luck hunting springtails in a compost bin lid.

[Devi]

I must say, I am curious because it seems like every colony you aquire dies within a few weeks...  What are you feeding them, and what are they living in?

[Ants_Dakota]

I must say, I am curious because it seems like every colony you aquire dies within a few weeks...  What are you feeding them, and what are they living in?

that is a good question. try to clean your test tubes out thoroughly with vinegar and baking soda, and to give your ants a liquid feeder with water for them to drink. many of my ants died in my early ant keeping years because of no access to fresh water.

[Kaelwizard]

This is how I was for the last couple years, but this year I improved. Part of it is that I am pretty much unable to hydrate my mini hearth because I have no syringe (I asked for one but Mack gave me one with no needle?!)

[Devi]

Yeah, that is DEFINETLY not right...  Was it in the box still?  It may have gotten mislodged from the reservoir and is in the box somewhere.  If not, I would email Mack at tarheelants@gmail.com (I think, not totally sure) and he will get back to you soon.  He has had great customer service, at least for me.  I'd let him know, and he will (maybe) send you one, or you can buy one for $5 usd.  Definitely get one before you put ants in though.  It wouldn't really work without that key hydration tank.  

[Antkeeper01]

I must say, I am curious because it seems like every colony you aquire dies within a few weeks...  What are you feeding them, and what are they living in?

well there were only like 10-20 springtails and the were in dirt and then i dumped them out into water an tried to collect them from the water but only like 5 remained.