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Started By Vendayn , Dec 18 2014 5:23 PM

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#1 Offline Vendayn - Posted December 18 2014 - 5:23 PM

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#2 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted December 18 2014 - 6:03 PM

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#3 Offline Vendayn - Posted December 18 2014 - 6:33 PM

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#4 Offline DesertAntz - Posted December 18 2014 - 10:14 PM

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I want to see some sawdust mounds!  :D


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#5 Offline Vendayn - Posted December 19 2014 - 12:56 AM

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#6 Offline Vendayn - Posted December 21 2014 - 6:48 PM

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#7 Offline Vendayn - Posted December 23 2014 - 11:49 AM

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#8 Offline Crystals - Posted December 23 2014 - 12:09 PM

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Have you ever thought of trying a horizontal formicarium and back filling the chambers with larger sand grains?  They could enjoy their sand, and as the sand stuck to the glass dried a bit it would fall down and give you some visibility.

 

I thought about trying that with a formicarium made from a bead container, but decided against it because I like a perfect view.


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#9 Offline Vendayn - Posted January 5 2015 - 8:54 PM

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#10 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted January 6 2015 - 11:09 AM

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Also Forelius pruinosus/mccooki actually DO mate in captivity too (it happened in one of my ant farms with them...HOWEVER...I did get alate brood so that may have been why.) They still mated inside the ant farm. I'm pretty sure they'll produce alates in captivity too, as most colonies I've seen bud out and don't do much flying. They are like Tapinoma sessile (closely related), so guess no surprise they mated inside the ant farm as T.sessile does as well.

 

That's a very interesting observation.  Did the Forelius alates mate on the surface of the "ant farm," or within the nest itself?


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