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Post by night on Apr 11, 2015 16:39:49 GMT
My camponotus cruentatus colony arrived from anthouse yesterday I have one large queen and 6 workers and brood, I placed the test tube in a box that will be there out world when I add a nest at a later date, I placed some maple syrup and a small fly in the box, sitting crossed leged on the floor I was ready I removed the cotton wool with tweezers 2 large and very angry workers shot out of the test tube and one the biggest was heading straight up the side of the nest and straight for me with a few bad words the lid was quickly and carefully put on and locked down and I quickly retreated to the sofa scary
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Post by night on Apr 11, 2015 17:15:38 GMT
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Post by night on Apr 12, 2015 11:44:49 GMT
I had to top up the honey today so I un locked the lid and left them to settle for a few minutes before re moving the lid, there is one large worker that seems to stand gard in the entrance of the test tube but everyone stayed calm and I wasn't chased away lol
Info seems very limited on this species but I have read they are agressive and snappy do they give a hard bite? I am thinking about keeping the nest in water any advice would be welcomed
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 11:48:08 GMT
They are a Carpenter ant, so they prefer drier conditions I keep this species and their bite hurts like hell! Haha good luck!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 14:23:59 GMT
Have you taken a look on youtube for ideas on how to keep C.cruentatus? I've done a lot of research on how to keep this species and have found a lot of really helpful information. Some keep them in a glass terrarium set-up with multiple test tubes as nesting areas while others use a ytong connected to a foraging area.
I have no idea how this guy prevents his ants from escaping when he removes the lid
This video is C.ligniperdus but it shows the 2nd set-up I mentioned. This is how I'll be doing mine.
I've read another ant keepers C.cruentatus journal on another site who started off with a small colony set-up just like yours and 3 years later this is how his colony looked.
Hope this helps
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Post by Wood~Ant on Apr 12, 2015 14:50:41 GMT
Link to other ant forum removed as it is against the rules. We do not advertise other ant forums here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2015 16:03:47 GMT
Link to other ant forum removed as it is against the rules. We do not advertise other ant forums here. oh ok I didn't know that, sorry
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 13:19:08 GMT
How's the colony doing nightshaddow? We'd love an update
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Post by night on May 25, 2015 15:23:28 GMT
These girls are no longer scary, when I go in to feed them or do house work they just sit and watch me,I do not have any new ants yet but some very large pupa and lots of larvae and eggs, they have spent the last week nesting in a dry test tube because the water had dried out while one ant stood guard in the entrance of the new test tube with water,when they finally moved out they moved in to the connector tube and left a guard in the dry test tube, so out of 3 good homes they nest where I do not want them too....in the cold brightly lit 1 inch tube!
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Post by deansie on May 25, 2015 17:54:17 GMT
Looking forward to this journal as I like the Camponotus genus. You can make the sides of a tank un-climbable using a product called Fluon, you paint it on the sides and they can't climb over it. Pm me if you want the company that sells it
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 22:41:02 GMT
Glad the colony's still doing well
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Post by night on Jun 7, 2015 19:31:27 GMT
Well I do not see a lot of these girls since they moved in to a plastic plant there choice not mine,I provided a few nests but they choose the decoration, I opened up the container to feed and water them and as I hardly see anyone I just rested the lid on the top and went to the kitchen for honey and chicken when I come back one ant was just sitting on top the lid! she calmly climbed on to my finger and I put her on the plastic plant and headed to the honey I was serving
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Post by night on Jun 20, 2015 18:35:28 GMT
When I went to check on my girls this evening I sadly found one had drowned in the water bowl I quickly removed her and placed her on some kitchen roll dayshaddow rushed off to get, he took her and gently blew on her and warmed her on his hand but after about 5mins no signs of life I popped her back in the out world on the rock on the heat mat I sadly closed the lid and left them, I checked on her a few minutes later expecting to see a dead ant but NO she was clinging to the side of the rock making sudden jolted movements after a few minutes she went scurrying off to the nest not a dead ant to be seen anywhere dayshaddow the hero
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 18:47:32 GMT
Yes, I have used this technique of "resuscitation" many times on my ants. When ants fall into water, or otherwise have their oxygen temporarily suffocated, they seem to go into a state of "sleep"; perhaps it's a survival thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2015 19:50:33 GMT
I learned everything here on Ant Hill World
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