Post by Jenny on Feb 10, 2006 7:43:00 GMT
Wood decided to order a C.ligniperda colony from Antstore.....
www.antstore.biz/de/shop01/product_info.php?products_id=60
The parcel turned up well wrapped so we thought
this parcel was sitting on the coffee table at eye level; gingerly Wood cut the paper and slit the opening with a knife.
Suddenly two heads popped out
and looked around the room, as if to say "Where on earth are we", I wish I had, had my camera ready it would have made a great photo.
Anyway, Wood carried on slicing the opening, and by this time we were beginning to panic. As the box opened ants were everywhere ;D all running around the polystyrene chips that were placed around their plastic container, they should have been in. One of them or maybe two or three had chewed a hole in the quite hard plastic of the beaker and got out, so I suppose the rest followed, for the great escape.
Quickly, before they decided to swarm all over the coffee table, Wood shut the box wondering where to go from here.
My suggestion was to tip the lot straight into the prepared tank, polystyrene chips as well
so that is what we did.
The next pain staking task was to remove the chips one by one with the tweezers, and it took us
ages..........
That is my story of the ligniperdas, so be warned if any of you out there order them the same thing might happen again
www.antstore.biz/de/shop01/product_info.php?products_id=60
The parcel turned up well wrapped so we thought
this parcel was sitting on the coffee table at eye level; gingerly Wood cut the paper and slit the opening with a knife. Suddenly two heads popped out
and looked around the room, as if to say "Where on earth are we", I wish I had, had my camera ready it would have made a great photo.Anyway, Wood carried on slicing the opening, and by this time we were beginning to panic. As the box opened ants were everywhere ;D all running around the polystyrene chips that were placed around their plastic container, they should have been in. One of them or maybe two or three had chewed a hole in the quite hard plastic of the beaker and got out, so I suppose the rest followed, for the great escape.
Quickly, before they decided to swarm all over the coffee table, Wood shut the box wondering where to go from here.
My suggestion was to tip the lot straight into the prepared tank, polystyrene chips as well
so that is what we did. The next pain staking task was to remove the chips one by one with the tweezers, and it took us
ages..........That is my story of the ligniperdas, so be warned if any of you out there order them the same thing might happen again
