JamesJohnson, on 21 Aug 2021 - 12:53 AM, said:
This might seem a bit dumb of a question, but how do you dump your ants from test tubes? Whenever I try to dump, the ants always stick to the cotton/sponge water barrier, resulting in me having to do it by hand (or well, forcep), which is hard (or well, more specifically more tedious) with smaller species of ants.
tilt the test tube up side down and some fall out but the rest of the colony and brood will still be there. I then hit the test tube and you gotta have a good grip. Then they all go in. Sometimes the test tube may leak but be careful. If there is still brood sitting there just use a q-tip to get the remaining brood out. Make sure you fluff out the q-tip a bit to it won’t squish the brood. I dump them into a plastic container with baby power around it.
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