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Started By Queen , Aug 14 2021 7:34 PM

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#1 Offline Queen - Posted August 14 2021 - 7:34 PM

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Would you consider this nest to be overflowing, and as such, requires a new nest or attachment to expand space?

 

Species is C. fragilis

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#2 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted August 14 2021 - 7:40 PM

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Would you consider this nest to be overflowing, and as such, requires a new nest or attachment to expand space?

 

Species is C. fragilis

I would say wait a little bit longer but do it soon


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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2021 - 2:44 AM

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You have time. Perhaps get a new nest for after diapause.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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#4 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 15 2021 - 9:01 AM

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You have time. Perhaps get a new nest for after diapause.

I don’t think C. fragile hibernate, but I may be wrong.
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#5 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 15 2021 - 9:59 AM

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Gotcha. I didn’t read carefully, and they kind of looked like castaneus.
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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.

#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted August 15 2021 - 10:25 AM

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Get a tar heel ants fortress. One step up from the mini hearth and has lots of space.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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