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Aspirator
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That_one_ant_guy
, Sep 12 2021 11:32 AM
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#1 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 11:32 AM
Does anyone know were to get an ant aspirator for honey pots?
#2 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 11:34 AM
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#3 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 11:35 AM
#4 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 1:30 PM
umm honeypots have formic acid if I'm not wrong.
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#5 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 3:10 PM
https://www.bioquip....ogNum=1135A&P=2
Same product as Tarheels, but it appears to be a few pennies cheaper.
Edited by gcsnelling, September 12 2021 - 3:11 PM.
#6 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 3:55 PM
oh yeaumm honeypots have formic acid if I'm not wrong.
#7 Offline - Posted September 12 2021 - 4:47 PM
I've seen people connect gasoline filters to aspirators for ants with acid
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#8 Offline - Posted September 13 2021 - 2:30 AM
The filter does nothing to protect against the formic acid, it does protect against inhaling small particles.
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#9 Offline - Posted September 13 2021 - 1:13 PM
I've inhaled formic acid before. It's pretty sour.
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#10 Offline - Posted September 13 2021 - 11:15 PM
I've inhaled formic acid before. It's pretty sour.
Yummy.
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#11 Offline - Posted September 26 2021 - 12:47 AM
#12 Offline - Posted September 26 2021 - 7:42 AM
Has anyone tried this thing? I've seen it on eBay for a while and I'm really tempted to get it.
Looks ok, but i'd put some fluon around the edge of the collection vial. Couldn't hurt to give it a try. Where is it shipping from?
Edited by PetsNotPests, September 26 2021 - 7:43 AM.
Ants are Pets, not Pests.
-Camponotus sansabeanus
-Camponotus US-CA02
-Camponotus vicinus
-Formica podzolica
-Monomorium spp.
-Pogonomyrmex californicus
-Solenopsis spp.
#13 Offline - Posted September 27 2021 - 11:58 PM
It comes from China
#14 Offline - Posted September 28 2021 - 5:42 AM
It comes from China
Yeah, kinda expected that. If shipping isn't too bad, then give it a try!
Ants are Pets, not Pests.
-Camponotus sansabeanus
-Camponotus US-CA02
-Camponotus vicinus
-Formica podzolica
-Monomorium spp.
-Pogonomyrmex californicus
-Solenopsis spp.
#15 Offline - Posted September 28 2021 - 6:22 AM
If you're cheap like me, get a d r u g bottle and create two hole in the lid slightly smaller than the tubing of your choice. Have one long one and one short tube. The smaller one will be where you s u c k, and the longer one is the one you point at the ants and brood, and they get s u c k e d. On any end of the short tube hot glue a peice of cloth or something similar to the end (make sure its fine so smaller ants won't be swallowed by you). I used an old t-shirt and folded it to add l a y e r s. After that flip the cap so the inside bit is facing you, and put the tubes in from there (after dunking them in hot water to make them s o f t). Make sure that the cloth side of the smaller one is on the inside. From there add hot glue around it so it stays and there's no cracks, and then put the lid on and it should be good. This works pretty good in my opinion, but of a pain to suck in sometimes. I caught my Myrmica this way so...
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#16 Offline - Posted October 30 2021 - 11:19 AM
oh yeaumm honeypots have formic acid if I'm not wrong.
yeah add a fuel filter or ur throat's gonna hurt like hell lol
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#17 Offline - Posted October 30 2021 - 11:26 AM
Has anyone tried this thing? I've seen it on eBay for a while and I'm really tempted to get it.
Looks pretty useful! aspirating, minus the whole getting dust into ur throat part
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