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Camponotus Pennsylvanicus

Started By hope2eat , Jun 12 2015 12:41 PM

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#1 Offline hope2eat - Posted June 12 2015 - 12:41 PM

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Hello guys!
I have couple questions that i reallu want to know. How big does c. Pennsylvanicus colony grow up to?? Right now I have two queens in a test tube set up and I'm having difficult deciding which formicarium I should buy. I'm debating between THA nucleus 4x8 or the AntsCanada omni nest(the original one instead of vertical due to people having a lot of complaints even though it does look cool lol) I've read that keeping camponotus species is hard due to ants keeping food in their nest and having a lot of fungus problems. Is this true? Please help me out.
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#2 Offline Crystals - Posted June 12 2015 - 1:22 PM

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Camponotus usually grow quite slowly, usually less than 40 workers in the first year.  As long as they fill at least 1/2 of the nest I find they do not usually store garbage in the nest. 

 

I can't really give an opinion of those nests since I tend to make my own nests.  So that I can easily upgrade the nest size to suit the colony size.  http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/


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#3 Offline drtrmiller - Posted June 12 2015 - 2:26 PM

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How many ants do you have? Just two queens?  It is always recommended to start with a smaller preformed formicarium nest, because as Crystals mentioned, larger nests tend to entice ants to create trash piles in the nest, which can lead to mold.




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#4 Offline AntsNY - Posted June 12 2015 - 5:58 PM

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Any tips on how to make two Camponotus Pennsylvanicus queens get along and play nice?

 

I got 2 queens with a bunch of pupae each in two seperate tube setups.

 

Is a combined nest possible? 


#5 Offline Ants4fun - Posted June 13 2015 - 11:36 AM

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Not with this sp. Strictly one queen.
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