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[Gregory2455]

Because I am here in a hotel scuba diving until Monday?

[Alza]

lockwood valley road has neivamyrmex leonardi 

[Gregory2455]

I already found the location of one, but thank, I wil have to look that location up, problem is they are nomadic, and never stay in one place, also take Drew's advice and don't hijack someone's topic.

[Gregory2455]

I feel a deep rage within. As I came home today, from a weekend of scuba diving, I found no trace of the large colony in their test tube/foraging container. They disappeared into thin air. I have no idea where they could have gone, there is not a single egg or anything in the test tube. The foraging container has a water tight seal, I in no way see how this happened.

[Gregory2455]

Also, while I was gone, one of my Nylanderia cf. vividula queens got nanatics, so I guess I will have to make a journal for them as well.

[Gregory2455]

Ok, this is by far the funniest thing that has ever happened to my with ants. The whole colony gets out, and has a weekend head start from me. Where do I find them? I had another open test tube sitting on the table, and they decided to make that their home.     

[dermy]

Well at least you found them! If my ants got out I'd be in trouble

Edited by dermy, September 7 2014 - 7:36 PM.

[Gregory2455]

They love me, although i don't see why they would leave the nice hygienic test tube/foraging chamber and food, for a completely dry and used test tube.

[dspdrew]

Ok, this is by far the funniest thing that has ever happened to my with ants. The whole colony gets out, and has a weekend head start from me. Where do I find them? I had another open test tube sitting on the table, and they decided to make that their home.     

  That's pretty funny.

[Gregory2455]

Sadly, this colony may have to pay the ultimate price, because of the move back into a controlled habitat. They seem very stressed and the queen is losing activity.

[dspdrew]

I forcefully move most all of my ants that are in test tubes or small containers, and I have never noticed any major problems from doing so. They get a little riled up, but then calm down and go back to their normal business a little while later. I just had to move about 25 colonies of about 10 workers or more into new test tubes just the other day, and they are all doing great. I literally just dump them and all of their brood into the new test tube. They will clean up the mess; that's why they're called workers. Sometimes they have newly laid eggs that do require some careful transplanting. I usually do that with a slightly dampened barbeque skewer.

[Gregory2455]

That colony lost about half their workers, because they were still missing when I sealed that test tube.

[DesertAntz]

 I literally just dump them and all of their brood into the new test tube. 

I'm guessing eggs and pupae are pretty durable? 

 

I'd be scared of them squishing 

[Gregory2455]

I am scared that they get scattered across the white wet cotton, and then the workers cannot find them.

[Gregory2455]

The three other colonies now all have 10-25 workers, the one that got out seems to be recovering as well.

[Alza]

update

[dspdrew]

I'm guessing eggs and pupae are pretty durable? 

 

I'd be scared of them squishing 

Under their own weight they're pretty strong. The ants walk all over them too even.

 

I am scared that they get scattered across the white wet cotton, and then the workers cannot find them.

They do get scattered sometimes, but the workers eventually find them all.

[Gregory2455]

I forcefully move most all of my ants that are in test tubes or small containers, and I have never noticed any major problems from doing so. 

You said to me that was bad ant would hurt the colony. 

[dspdrew]

Say what?

[Gregory2455]

You said forcefully moving them makes them stressed and the queen may die.