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Formicarium recommendations for Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Started By Connectimyrmex , Oct 25 2017 3:11 PM
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#1 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 25 2017 - 3:11 PM

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I recently collected a large (33 workers, with 29 minors, 3 medians, and 1 major) Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony in a rotting log. They've been in my Mini Hearth formicarium, which has some hydration problems and cracks in the ytong. I decided that they need a new formicarium, so do you guys have any suggestions? 


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#2 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted October 25 2017 - 7:14 PM

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Natural nests
Ytong, grout, or plaster nests
Or if you want to 3D printed nests work good too.

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

 

#3 Offline T.C. - Posted October 25 2017 - 7:20 PM

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I like wooden myself.

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#4 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted October 26 2017 - 8:22 AM

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I'm gonna try to make a wooden formicarium. THanks!


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Keeper of
Miniature Labradoodle
Baby Wolf Spider
Mud Dauber wasp larvae
Ochetellus Glaber
Solenopsis Geminata
Brachymyrmex Obscurior
Cardiocondyla Emeryi
Tetramorium Bicarinatum
Plagiolepis Alluaudi
Anoplolepis Gracilipes
Technomyrmex Difficilis
Pheidole Megacephala
Aholehole fish
Cowrie snail
Sea Fan Worm
100+ sea squirts
Tree seedlings
Ghost Crab
Day Gecko
Small Fat Centipede
Endemic Lacewing larva
Vernal Pool shrimps
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