sbeone
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Post by sbeone on Oct 7, 2013 9:40:08 GMT
Sounds good, I suppose it's such a cheap food source that doesn't go off like insects etc so make an ideal species to keep in captivity.
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Post by sbeone on Oct 5, 2013 8:11:44 GMT
Is Messor barbarus one of the easiest harvester ants to keep if you're from Europe? What other species are suitable for formicarium life? Having failed twice at keeping Messor structor for more than 7 months, and as my Messor hesperius queen died recently; but I have 2 thriving colonies of Messor barbs, one colony is 3 years old and the other is coming up for 7 years, you can guess what my answer to this question is? FormicaLondon, Shane and several other members have all kept long running journals of this species, and had lots of success with these ants. It is true to say that some smaller colonies or a single queen may die out, but they are without a doubt the easiest European Harvest Ant species in my honest opinion. For feeding barbarus are there seed food sources you could by from a supermarket or health food shop? I.e maybe some bird feed or other?
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sbeone
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Post by sbeone on Oct 3, 2013 6:06:28 GMT
Is Messor barbarus one of the easiest harvester ants to keep if you're from Europe? What other species are suitable for formicarium life?
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sbeone
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Post by sbeone on Oct 2, 2013 17:52:19 GMT
Let us know if you order from Queen ant shop,, interested in the same thing. Looking for a good supplier of barbarus Welcome to the Ant Hill sbeone. You can check what Queen Ant Shop has in stock in our Ant Links by clicking the button just under the forum banner. James who is the owner of that site is also a member here, and he does sell nice healthy ants as do all our trusted ant sellers. You will find that more boards open as you post and your rank rises, so have fun exploring Thanks so much ^^ just constructing my first formacarium using an fairly large tank 24"x12"x12" will be posting some pictures soon
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Post by sbeone on Oct 1, 2013 8:13:20 GMT
Let us know if you order from Queen ant shop,, interested in the same thing. Looking for a good supplier of barbarus
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