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#1 Offline M_Ants - Posted July 24 2023 - 12:03 PM

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I've had subterranean termites in a test tube setup for years now and they are probably due for a new one or at least new toilet paper. It's the setup where you just compact wet toilet paper till it fills the test tube. How do I add more or get them out safely into a new setup?

Edited by M_Ants, July 24 2023 - 12:30 PM.

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Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 24 2023 - 3:05 PM

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My thought would be to try gently pulling out the whole mass of TP they live in and transfer it into something larger like a petri dish, or a wider test tube with new TP in it.
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#3 Offline M_Ants - Posted July 24 2023 - 3:12 PM

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My thought would be to try gently pulling out the whole mass of TP they live in and transfer it into something larger like a petri dish, or a wider test tube with new TP in it.


I'm afraid they'll get injured. They have tunnels on the edges.

Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor andrei

Crematogaster sp. 

Pogonomyrmex cf cali and rugosus

Various Pheidole

C. yogi 

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