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Started By Leo , Oct 1 2016 5:36 PM

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#1 Offline Leo - Posted October 1 2016 - 5:36 PM

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I need some serious help i had her for 1 month but she has not laid a single egg. she is rejecting the testube and the dirt box she just wanders around this one is her dead sister

 



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#2 Offline Canadian anter - Posted October 1 2016 - 6:16 PM

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Hie do you know it's a sister?
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#3 Offline Leo - Posted October 1 2016 - 6:19 PM

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cos i caught them together


#4 Offline Leo - Posted October 2 2016 - 5:06 AM

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well i moved her to a new testube she seemed to have relaxed and settled down now


#5 Offline Leo - Posted October 2 2016 - 9:24 PM

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well she is probably infertile cos she is curled up and dead in her testube :(


#6 Offline Leo - Posted March 11 2017 - 5:19 PM

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hello,

 

just woderin is $60 for 2 odontomachus queens and 20 workers a good deal?


#7 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted March 11 2017 - 5:41 PM

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Are you buying them? If so that is a STEAL. If you are selling them, man you got ripped off.


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#8 Offline Superant33 - Posted March 11 2017 - 6:47 PM

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YES

#9 Offline Leo - Posted March 11 2017 - 6:59 PM

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buy

Are you buying them? If so that is a STEAL. If you are selling them, man you got ripped off.

that's why i use taobao  :lol:  :lol:


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#10 Offline Leo - Posted March 13 2017 - 12:29 AM

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The ants are here! Quite large and not am single dead in so happy

#11 Offline Leo - Posted March 13 2017 - 2:25 AM

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should i make 2 colonies in case somthin happens or should i leave them?


#12 Offline Serafine - Posted March 13 2017 - 6:17 AM

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Odontomachus are semi-claustral. They need food during their founding stage, before they layed eggs and while they raise their first larvae. And they're pretty picky with what they accept as prey.
 

should i make 2 colonies in case somthin happens or should i leave them?

It doesn't make much sense to separate them when they're already together. Also that would split the worker force and more workers are always better for a colony. And it would probably stress the hell out of the colony.

Edited by Serafine, March 13 2017 - 6:20 AM.

We should respect all forms of consciousness. The body is just a vessel, a mere hull.

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#13 Offline Canadian anter - Posted March 13 2017 - 6:32 AM

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Are you buying them? If so that is a STEAL. If you are selling them, man you got ripped off.

Actually it seems a little pricey for taobao
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#14 Offline Leo - Posted March 13 2017 - 8:39 PM

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Are you buying them? If so that is a STEAL. If you are selling them, man you got ripped off.

Actually it seems a little pricey for taobao

 

actually kinda yes


well i filled a test tube half with sand and we will see how that goes


#15 Offline thosaka - Posted March 13 2017 - 9:18 PM

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Those jaws are really beautiful and intimidating at the same time.


#16 Offline Leo - Posted March 13 2017 - 11:00 PM

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the ants are attracted to light and won't get in the test tubes, they have 1 larvae 


#17 Offline Leo - Posted March 14 2017 - 4:23 PM

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how can i convince them to move into the testube


#18 Offline Leo - Posted March 15 2017 - 1:20 AM

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the queens are in the testube but the majority of the workers are still outside


#19 Offline thosaka - Posted March 15 2017 - 3:05 AM

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Keep the outside completely dark and the test tube extremely bright and wait 48 hrs?

#20 Offline Leo - Posted March 15 2017 - 3:10 AM

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:lol:  (y)


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