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My Prenolepis imparis colony

Started By NookHoney , Oct 25 2018 7:33 PM

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#1 Offline NookHoney - Posted October 25 2018 - 7:33 PM

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#2 Offline LearningAntz - Posted October 25 2018 - 8:46 PM

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How old is this colony?

#3 Offline NookHoney - Posted October 26 2018 - 3:07 AM

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How old is this colony?

The colony is only six months old. 


#4 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted October 26 2018 - 1:23 PM

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Wow, looking good. It's difficult to successfully raise a colony of these in captivity. I had a founding colony earlier in the year, but the tube flooded before the queens even got their second worker.

 

edit: What is formicarium you have them in?


Edited by TennesseeAnts, October 26 2018 - 1:24 PM.

I accidentally froze all my ants 

#5 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted October 26 2018 - 1:52 PM

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That's amazing. Any tips for them? What temp do you keep them at and how often do you check? Also what do you feed these and how often? Never had much success with these but you seem to have :).

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#6 Offline NookHoney - Posted October 26 2018 - 11:14 PM

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Wow, looking good. It's difficult to successfully raise a colony of these in captivity. I had a founding colony earlier in the year, but the tube flooded before the queens even got their second worker.

 

edit: What is formicarium you have them in?

They live in a cheap Chinese acrylic nest that I found on eBay.


#7 Offline NookHoney - Posted October 26 2018 - 11:20 PM

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That's amazing. Any tips for them? What temp do you keep them at and how often do you check? Also what do you feed these and how often? Never had much success with these but you seem to have :).

The temperatures that I keep them at are between 72F - 78F (22C - 25C). I like to check them at least once a week for a few minutes. I have only been feeding them mealworms and honey (new mealworms every two days) but I heard from others that they’re picky eaters.


#8 Offline ANTdrew - Posted October 27 2018 - 3:25 AM

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Amazing! I always wondered about all those Chinese formicariums on eBay.
I ordered a Chinese ant liquid feeder, and it did not work well.
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#9 Offline FSTP - Posted October 27 2018 - 6:39 AM

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You have a really beautiful colony there. Great job. These ant seem to be tricky for some people, while others seemingly have no issues  I wasn't able to get mine past a year without the colony collapsing. The queen stopped laying all the workers died out and then the queen was just by herself, and then eventually died as well. 

 

 

Amazing! I always wondered about all those Chinese formicariums on eBay.
I ordered a Chinese ant liquid feeder, and it did not work well.

 

Should have tried the ByFormica ones, I like them a lot.


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