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List of Species That Can Cross a Specified Barrier (Contributed to by Members)

Started By Gregory2455 , Nov 2 2014 11:22 PM
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#41 Offline Canadian anter - Posted November 27 2016 - 9:01 AM

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#42 Offline brian - Posted April 17 2017 - 12:27 AM

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This is a great list and will help a lot. Thank you!


#43 Offline AntswerMe - Posted April 22 2017 - 7:25 PM

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Pinning this thread would be a great idea. It sure is helpful to know this stuff.

#44 Offline Martialis - Posted April 23 2017 - 5:23 AM

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I believe it is pinned.


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#45 Offline AntswerMe - Posted April 23 2017 - 7:10 AM

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It doesn't appear to be.

Edited by AntswerMe, April 23 2017 - 7:10 AM.

#46 Offline AkumaArtist - Posted April 26 2017 - 9:07 AM

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Mineral Oil

Messor barbarus (they don't even try to,only when the food is really needed [happened the first day on the nest])


#47 Offline Chickalo - Posted January 12 2021 - 10:05 AM

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Olive Oil

Formica

Myrmica

 

Tapinoma (spread thick they tend to drown, but if spread very thinly over a 1" wide band, they don't seem to want to cross it)

 

Camponotus

Lasius

 

 

 

Once this list gets bigger, we can make the first post a summary, so people won't have to read through 3 pages.

It might just be me, but olive oil worked well with my Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony, no escapes (though maybe they just didn't try)


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#48 Offline WSantkeeper - Posted January 12 2021 - 10:15 AM

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Olive Oil:

 

Formica Podzolica

 

I applied a one inch band. I started finding ants crawling on my walls just a few hours after I applied the band.  


Queens I keep:

 

Camponotus sp.

Formica sp.

Unknown queen ant sp.

1 parasitic Formica queen!

 

 

#49 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted January 12 2021 - 2:14 PM

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Actually, I'm very glad this got revived. It could be useful.


#50 Offline ANTdrew - Posted January 12 2021 - 2:32 PM

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Crematogaster cerasi=
Any barrier
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#51 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted January 14 2021 - 6:49 PM

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I guess I should add to this the fact my Tetramorium ATE their olive oil barrier with incredible enthusiasm.


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Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola

Liometopum occidentale;  Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive)

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and californicus (inactive)

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

 

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#52 Offline Manitobant - Posted January 14 2021 - 7:17 PM

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Tapinoma melanocephalum: fluon, baby powder rubbing alcohol, olive oil, Vaseline, f*cking sealed lids and anything else you can think of. If you somehow find a way to contain them, they will try to chew their way out of their setup. It’s not fun.
My journals:

Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/
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