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Queen ant too big for test tube

Started By Shinywooloo , Aug 30 2023 8:48 PM

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#1 Offline Shinywooloo - Posted August 30 2023 - 8:48 PM

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I've recently caught a giant camponotus queen, and she keeps falling and slipping in her test tube and I have to tilt it to get her back on her feet. Is there any alternatives I should use?

#2 Offline ChenZ - Posted August 30 2023 - 9:20 PM

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Tar heel ants mini hearth is a really good one, works like a charm for my Camponotus CA02. I believe those Petri dish-plaster type starter formicarium works too

#3 Offline AntsCali098 - Posted August 31 2023 - 6:48 PM

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Agreed. THA mini hearth or arthropod antics formisquarium

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#4 Offline ANTdrew - Posted September 1 2023 - 2:11 AM

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Test tubes also come in bigger sizes.

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#5 Offline Leo - Posted September 1 2023 - 9:25 PM

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I mean if she's just having problems staying upright rather than say, being unable to turn around in her tube, you could just put a thin layer of soil/sand so she has a better foothold