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Is it Okay to use Playdoh as a virtual claustral chamber for a queen ant?

Started By AntsSoutheast , Sep 29 2020 1:06 AM
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#1 Offline AntsSoutheast - Posted September 29 2020 - 1:06 AM

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Planning to mold one into a claustral chamber then place it into a test tube. That way the queen will feel more comfortable. Also planning to stick dirt into the Playdoh(the brand) so it will look natural. :D  ;)  :D


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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:18 AM

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Not really necessary. What species are you doing this for?
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#3 Offline AntsSoutheast - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:29 AM

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Solenopsis Geminata. I just want to make the queen feel home.


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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:31 AM

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She’ll be totally fine in a standard test tube set up, plus you’ll be able to onserve more. I think Playdoh is liable to mold, as well.
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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.

#5 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted September 29 2020 - 5:27 AM

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Totally unnecessary. This is an incredibly easy species to found. 


#6 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 29 2020 - 7:34 AM

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I agree, a test tube setup is best.
But can you actually make formicariums with Playdoh??
My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#7 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 29 2020 - 7:50 AM

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Modeling clay would be better.


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#8 Offline ponerinecat - Posted September 29 2020 - 12:34 PM

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Playdoh is an incredibly weak material. Ants can just chew through.


#9 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 29 2020 - 12:44 PM

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Playdoh is an incredibly weak material. Ants can just chew through.

But it could be easy to make a kind of formicarium for it, if you were to put a big chunk of playdoh in a fluon barried box, you could let the ants carve their own chamber, kind of like a dirt box. Just a idea.


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My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen

#10 Offline Zeiss - Posted September 29 2020 - 1:27 PM

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Playdough also will dissolve with water.  Not a good material to use at all.


#11 Offline TechAnt - Posted September 29 2020 - 2:01 PM

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Playdough also will dissolve with water.  Not a good material to use at all.

Oh, welp some ideas die hard, or die dissolving.


My Ants:
(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~100 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x2) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~45 workers, 1 Queen
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