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Post by antsengland on Jun 24, 2011 15:46:39 GMT
yesterday as you may know I recieved my P.Pallidula colony from antstore containing about 50 workers + Queen and also recievd a Beton Nest with 6 chambers...(See My Video On Youtube )... Today I placed them inside a small set up tank and they were swarming out of the tube....Although I have one problem.. these ants are so small they can fit through the mesh at the top of the tank... I have tried vaseline but that will not hold them in.... I have tried wet talc that goes hard but that doesn't help.. please can somebody tell me a substance that will stop them climbing ?? cheers  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 24, 2011 16:23:08 GMT
I use a normal plastic lid, with tiny airholes in the center that I made with a drawing pin. It should be enough to keep them in.
Good luck with these, you will find their appetite to be insatiable. ;D
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Post by Jenny on Jun 24, 2011 16:55:24 GMT
Be careful about applying fluids or any substance with Pheds, they are so tiny they get stuck in most things. Ours are in a box with that mesh in the middle, their foraging box is like Timenova's, a few needle holes in a snappy food box! They are well secure, untill I feed them that is  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 24, 2011 17:24:45 GMT
I guess its a challenge to get them back in, if some escape jenant? Well, they are tiny and fast, not to mention you have to be careful not to hurt them. I had an escapee earlier, so I used a fine paintbrush to sweep her back into the box with no harm done. To answer your previous question, they can reach large colony sizes once they get going. |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 24, 2011 17:27:58 GMT
I have a lid.... here is a pic of the set up they are temporaly housed in... they seem to escape underneath the lid somehow... or they can get through the mesh ?... please look at the pic.... sorry for blurr  |
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 24, 2011 17:43:19 GMT
Yes, it will usually be that annoying gap between the lid and the container.  This is why I prefer snap-on lids. |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 25, 2011 13:50:22 GMT
earlier today I changed the pallidulas Formicarium to a bigger tank.... The Reason I did this is because although this tank has no lid.... I found a substance named 'Hydromol ointment' which I smeared round the inside of the tank and I watched to pallidulas for a few hours and they will not even go near the stuff.. if one of them touches the substance with its antennae then they back away straight away  |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 25, 2011 13:52:23 GMT
here is a pic
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Post by TenebrousNova on Jun 25, 2011 18:06:30 GMT
That should be good for a few days, but make sure you have a backup plan just in case. You don't want to find the little ladies everywhere. |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 25, 2011 22:46:23 GMT
I am praying that they do not escape.. they are so small comparing to many other species....I think somebody should develop a substance for ant formicariums at Anstore or wherever... then we would all be fine  |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 26, 2011 12:57:58 GMT
my pheidole's are quite a fussy bunch ;D.. they won't eat half open brown or black crickets, they will not eat cut up mealworms, moths, wasps, waxworms, maggots, cut up beetles, etc etc... The strange thing is the only thing they will eat is squashed blue bottles... nope they will not eat green bottles.. just blue bottles.. it's very strange  |
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Post by antsengland on Jun 26, 2011 18:41:04 GMT
they also seem to love the smaller insects that one worker would be able to carry.. they love tiny yellow fruit flies and tiny moths ;D
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Post by antsengland on Jul 3, 2011 7:56:01 GMT
today I placed the tube into a foraging area with the Beton nest, before I new it, the whole colony were inside the nest and currenty they are all in one spot |
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Post by antsengland on Jul 4, 2011 18:52:44 GMT
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Post by antsengland on Jul 14, 2011 21:35:58 GMT
the colony is doing great, they don't eat as much as I thought they would be, they are busy building tunnel at the moment |
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