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Post by Wood~Ant on Dec 11, 2012 8:54:29 GMT
You're welcome, and I was wondering how you made your set up and got the spheres and tubes to do it? Did you have to buy them from a special supplier to make your Atta colonies home?
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 11, 2012 9:47:20 GMT
Hello Wood ant , I didn't buy my materials from special suppliers , well no I suppose they are sort of , I got my stuff from eBay to build my attas home, here are two links , one to the acrylic tubing , which will benefit all ant keepers and the other is for the acrylic spheres. If you ever buy from the acrylic tubing seller , just drop a note saying that Adam the ant man made you aware of him lol, apparently I'm one of his valued customers as have bought allot over the past few years lol Acrylic tubing stores.ebay.co.uk/clearplasticsuppliesAcrylic spheres (in glass painting section) stores.ebay.co.uk/Craft-Wise-Ltd?_trksid=p2047675.l2563Hope that helps Woodant Regards Adam
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Post by Remson on Dec 11, 2012 12:30:34 GMT
This journal is great it has inspired me to keeps ants again
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Post by shane on Dec 11, 2012 14:28:44 GMT
;D Brill Journal you have Adam. Hope to see this colony bloom in to a mega city of ants
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 11, 2012 15:33:39 GMT
Hello Remson, Thank you mate , I'm glad my journal has brought you back to ant keeping , Welcome back mate . Cheers Shane , and thank you so much for subscribing to my youtube channel. I am assuming it was you lol , Regards Adam
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Post by shane on Dec 11, 2012 15:48:14 GMT
Yes it was I I subscrib to all ant stuff on youtube I find ;D
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 11, 2012 16:25:18 GMT
Ha ha , well great stuff, thankyou very much Shane Regards Adam
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Post by UKantz on Dec 11, 2012 16:58:59 GMT
Great journal Adam, wish you luck. Also I think I have the same magnetic camera attachments you use on your iPhone.
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Post by TenebrousNova on Dec 11, 2012 17:45:59 GMT
Journals on leafcutters are always interesting. Great to see how they're doing, and good luck with them.
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 11, 2012 18:01:41 GMT
Hello Timenova , cheers buddy . Hey Ukantz , there great lenses I find mate, especially the macro one , the only downside is you have to have the camera lens like a cm away from the subject being filmed which is hard to do and keep it steady as well as away from the ants antenna sensing range otherwise they sense you and run ha ha ;D Regards Adam
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Post by UKantz on Dec 11, 2012 20:01:16 GMT
Yeh I found that to it can get very frustrating, there was a second attachment to the macro but found that the quality wasn't as good as oppose to without.
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 12, 2012 7:00:30 GMT
Yes indeed Regards Adam
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Post by Wood~Ant on Dec 12, 2012 8:53:02 GMT
Hello Timenova , cheers buddy . Hey Ukantz , there great lenses I find mate, especially the macro one , the only downside is you have to have the camera lens like a cm away from the subject being filmed which is hard to do and keep it steady as well as away from the ants antenna sensing range otherwise they sense you and run ha ha ;D The same thing applies to many cameras, although on my Panasonic HD camcorder it will focus for macro shots at up to 7cm away, but for for best results it is best to be closer, about 3 to 5cm. It isn't always the movement of the camera lens that the ants sense, as at that close distance they pick up the smell and heat from your breath as their sensitive antennae sense the change of air current and any vibrations you may cause. This is why when videoing wild ant nests such as Formica rufa mounds, I tend to lie on my side at ground level and try to either hold my breathe for a short time, or where the wind will carry my scent in the opposite direction; but with ants being so curious of the environment surrounding their nest area, they will often send out scouts to investigate why there is a huge tree like object on the ground where there wasn't one a few minutes ago. The lump in question is myself of course, and once hundreds of worker ants start to attack you then is the time to run if you value your skin. ;D
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Post by adamjames20 on Dec 12, 2012 12:05:14 GMT
Ha ha I can well imagine, wood ants are fairly aggressive ants , had a rather nippy experience when I was younger and accidentally stepped in one of there mounds lol. The Atta are not that bad at this small stage, there are very cowardly at the moment , and at the sense of something a miss they run like the wind back to there garden, rather amusing to see but no good for macro photography Regards Adam
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Post by Welsh Ant on Dec 19, 2012 13:18:40 GMT
Looking forward to the next thrilling entry of this colonies exploits.
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