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Ants at end of outworld port
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NZAntKeeper
, Dec 25 2016 4:51 PM
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#1 Offline - Posted December 25 2016 - 4:51 PM
Some ants are at the end of the outworld port which is not being used so it's plugged with cotton what does that mean? Does it mean anything?
There was more in there before about 7 or 6 of them and they were actually in the port this time they weren't because I disturbed the nest
There was more in there before about 7 or 6 of them and they were actually in the port this time they weren't because I disturbed the nest
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-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
#2 Offline - Posted December 25 2016 - 7:51 PM
so I'm guessing behind the cotton is nothing? if so the ants are checking it out since they can feel the air moving through it. or the are planning an escape.
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#3 Offline - Posted December 25 2016 - 8:10 PM
If there is nothing behind it, they can sense the airflow and are most likely guarding it. Camponotus are especially sensitive to airflow changes, and it appears you may have Camponotus but the picture isn't quite clear enough to be sure.
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#4 Offline - Posted December 26 2016 - 1:10 AM
Oh ok thanks also these aren't camponotus they are nylanderia I think
My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ
Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
#5 Offline - Posted December 26 2016 - 11:51 AM
Oh ok thanks also these aren't camponotus they are nylanderia I think
can you try posting a close up clear pic of them?
Owner of MichiganAnts, a YouTube Channel dedicated to all my Michigan colonies found and raise in my backyard
https://www.youtube.com/MichiganAnts
https://twitter.com/MichiganAnts
https://www.facebook.com/MichiganAnts/
Keeper of:
Camponotus Pennsylvanicus
Camponotus Noveboracensis
Tetramorium
#6 Offline - Posted December 26 2016 - 1:48 PM
That's about the best I can get
Edited by DylanTheAntKeeper, December 26 2016 - 1:50 PM.
My Youtube Channel
https://m.youtube.co...R--GtDfJdaJjWpQ
Species I have kept or are keeping
-Nylanderia sp?
-Pheidole sp
-Pachycondyla Castanea (I didn't catch the queen sadly)
-Monomorium Antarcticum
-Iridomyrmex sp
-Ochetellus Glaber
-Amblyopone Australis
#7 Offline - Posted January 1 2017 - 3:52 PM
My red harvesters are very sensitive to airflow too!
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