Keeping ants in the outworld
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Keeping ants in the outworld
Alright so I have a small colony of Pharoah ants in a wooden formicarium attached to an outworld, the problem is that they arnt to smart and keep getting stuck in the Vaseline
. At first it seemed like it worked, but then one adventurous ant stepped into the Vaseline, and made it halfway across before getting stuck: I guess it left a scent trail because now dozens are following its path and getting stuck in the same place. What other methods can I use to keep them in that they can't get stuck in?
Re: Keeping ants in the outworld
I suggest using rubbing alcohol and baby powder mix,working wonders for me and it cannot be stickyAntLove4Ever wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:19 pmAlright so I have a small colony of Pharoah ants in a wooden formicarium attached to an outworld, the problem is that they arnt to smart and keep getting stuck in the Vaseline. At first it seemed like it worked, but then one adventurous ant stepped into the Vaseline, and made it halfway across before getting stuck: I guess it left a scent trail because now dozens are following its path and getting stuck in the same place. What other methods can I use to keep them in that they can't get stuck in?
As a side note I'd leave a drop of vaseline on a paper towel somewhere in the outworld, they might use it as the garbage site.
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Re: Keeping ants in the outworld
Awesome, thx!Fulkol wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:30 pmI suggest using rubbing alcohol and baby powder mix,working wonders for me and it cannot be stickyAntLove4Ever wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:19 pmAlright so I have a small colony of Pharoah ants in a wooden formicarium attached to an outworld, the problem is that they arnt to smart and keep getting stuck in the Vaseline. At first it seemed like it worked, but then one adventurous ant stepped into the Vaseline, and made it halfway across before getting stuck: I guess it left a scent trail because now dozens are following its path and getting stuck in the same place. What other methods can I use to keep them in that they can't get stuck in?
As a side note I'd leave a drop of vaseline on a paper towel somewhere in the outworld, they might use it as the garbage site.
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Re: Keeping ants in the outworld
O yes lol, I have an Aphaenogaster colony and although they love honey, they also enjoy sticking their garbage to it. Its weird to watch 

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Aphaenogaster sp
Tapinoma sessile
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Aphaenogaster sp
Tapinoma sessile
Camponotus subbarbatus x3
Re: Keeping ants in the outworld
Vaseline works better if you add olive oil to the surface of it after application.

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