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[MichiganAnts]

Hello all! I know how to raise Camponotus species. But on Monday ill be getting a species that's native to me that i've wanted for a long time. Pheidole Bicarinata!! I have heard that they can pass an EVOO barrier so I'm going to do the following:

 

place scotch tape along the top of the outworld.

 

Apply a fluon barrier to the tape.

 

I'm also thinking of trying a baby powder+rubbing alcohol barrier under that to see if that stops them.

 

What are some major and minor things that will be different when compared to raising Camponotus species? 

[Serafine]

Don't give them open liquid sources (only water/sugar water tubes or feeders). Pheidole LOVE to drown even in tiny liquid droplets.

[MichiganAnts]

yea i already guessed that. I'm gonna do to them what i did for my Camponotus Near and that's put cotton in the bottom of my feeders so they can get sucked up into it lol

[Aaron567]

They are a tiny species so they can be extremely stubborn with moving to a new living space.

[MichiganAnts]

They are a tiny species so they can be extremely stubborn with moving to a new living space.

anything specific about raising them that i won't be used to compared to my Camponotus colonies?

[Kevin]

Smaller species are less forgiving that larger species. While you may be able to save a Camponotus worker from drowning or something, Pheidole will be gone in a second.