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Started By cooIboyJ , Jul 26 2024 11:10 AM
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#61 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 23 2024 - 11:37 AM

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I don’t think so but I froze the fly over night. Plus the main reason I don’t think it’s treated is because there are four ant colonies and tooo many bugs to count.

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#62 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 23 2024 - 12:32 PM

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Well hope not.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

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Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#63 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 23 2024 - 1:57 PM

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The whole world is thankfully not covered in pesticides. Nature parks are safe. Anywhere near a farm or golf course probably is not.
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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.

#64 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 23 2024 - 2:11 PM

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It’s just a little neighborhood park.

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#65 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 23 2024 - 3:58 PM

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Still probably fine.
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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.

#66 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 23 2024 - 4:22 PM

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The ants have been eating the fly like crazy; they LOVE it. I mean, this is understandable because up till now they have only had fish food for protein.

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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#67 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 23 2024 - 5:00 PM

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Look in my mantis journal to see how to make an easy fly trap with an old plastic water bottle.
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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.

#68 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 23 2024 - 5:41 PM

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It'd be easier if you gave them an outworld. They'd move into the new test tube as soon as the old one dries out. No need to stress them out, just let them move out when the conditions actually become unsuitable.

Do you think that they have enough workers to do a tubs and tubes setup??? The worker count right now is 13-14 workers.

 

Yes. I would say immediately after they get workers is a good time to introduce them to a tubs & tubes.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#69 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 24 2024 - 10:22 AM

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What makes catching bugs at my park so easy is that there are these poles lining the park and the poles each have a light in them and the bugs are attracted to the lights. So me and my friends go out and catch bugs all evening with my test tubes.


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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#70 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 25 2024 - 6:15 AM

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I have my colony some lizard jelly I got from petco and they gobbled it up really quick.


I’ve also bought two byformica liquid feeders and a container for the outworld. The container is airtight because the ants can get past talcum powder barriers from past experience and I don’t want to buy fluon. The container is pretty nice and I’m going to drill a hole and stuff it with cotton so the ants can breathe. If anybody has any recommendations for a cheap barrier that Brachymyrmex patagonicus can’t get past then that will help a lot.

Edited by cooIboyJ, August 25 2024 - 6:35 AM.

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Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#71 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 27 2024 - 12:38 PM

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They have totally run out of water so i taped a new test tube to the old one so they have some water.

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#72 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 28 2024 - 6:19 AM

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A piece of fish food i gave them started to mold so i took it out with some tweezers but now they don't have any water because i took the new test tube off the old one. Does lizard jelly have enough liquid in it to sustain the colony for a few days until my container ima use as an outworld arives? (the container comes on august 31 - september 2).


Edited by cooIboyJ, August 29 2024 - 7:53 AM.

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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#73 Offline GOCAMPONOTUS - Posted August 28 2024 - 6:38 AM

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You can try to mush it up leaving more liquid.


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Currently keeping: 2 C.vicinus colonies.2 C.sansabeanus. 1 C.leavissimus. 2 C.Ca02. 1 V.pergandei. 4 T.immigrans.1 F.pacifica. 1 C.hyatti

1 M.ergatognya

 

 

 

 

Trying to get my hands on :C.modoc,A.vercicolor, and Any Honeypots

  

 

 

#74 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:32 AM

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A piece of fish food i gave them started to mold so i took it out with some tweezers but now they don't have any water because i took the new test tube off the old one. Does lizard jelly have enough liquid in it to sustain the colony for a few days until my container ima use as an outworld arives? (the container comes on august 13 - september 2).

Edit: I did not realize the byformica feeders were arriving later ignore my post


Edited by Ants_Dakota, August 29 2024 - 6:56 AM.

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#75 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:33 AM

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A piece of fish food i gave them started to mold so i took it out with some tweezers but now they don't have any water because i took the new test tube off the old one. Does lizard jelly have enough liquid in it to sustain the colony for a few days until my container ima use as an outworld arives? (the container comes on august 13 - september 2).

Possibly, though it wouldn't be a bad idea to put a moistened cotton ball in as well if you don't have immediate access to a byFormica feeder. You should get some though.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis

#76 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 29 2024 - 6:36 AM

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I used an eye dropper to moisten the cotton ball that was holding back water.

“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#77 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 29 2024 - 7:53 AM

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I bought some by formica liquid feeders with my container but it is taking a while for everything to get here.


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Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#78 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 29 2024 - 10:59 AM

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You don’t need to update journals multiple times a day.
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Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#79 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 30 2024 - 2:30 PM

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I almost drowned all of the ants so I’m back to hooking up a new test tube, though this time using a different method; I hooked the old test tube up to the new one with a bit of airline tubing from my aquarium.

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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

#80 Offline cooIboyJ - Posted August 30 2024 - 6:52 PM

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My byformica liquid feeders just came. Now just have to wait for my outworld container to come.

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“You’ll survive” -wise man.
Currently keeping:
Brachymyrmex patagonicus

Solenopsis invicta

Crematogaster sp.

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