New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
We caught a new camponotus pennsylvanicus queen this morning and we have another queen ant that we caught around the same time as our first camponotus pennsylvanicus queen. We think is a Tapinoma sessile but we're not 100% sure and she only has one worker
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
ah, I see. good thinking! I've always liked that concept of the vertical.Neo82172 wrote:idahoantgirl wrote:actually, I would not suggest moving your colony into such a big space until they are at least 20 workers strong. It may lead to the death of your colony
Thank you for the advicewe thought about that which is why we bought the omni vertical so we could limit the size by closing off the upper floors. They do seem pretty cramped in the test tub our test tubes, we have "SEOH 16 X 125mm Plastic Test Tubes" and between the water and cotton balls they are on top of each other.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Hi I've been having a hard time feeding my camponotus they are still mainly living off of honey water, they wont eat the crickets I've tried to feed them any moths any fruit or even cooked meat. is there any tips i can get there is about 13 workers in there with the queen. the nest is a year old in July.
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Here is a link to a post on another forum. It has the preferred food of many different species, including Camponotus pennsylvannicus. I've followed it for my ants, and they've accepted the recommended foods. I wouldn't be surprised if it worked for your ants as well.
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/112-preferred-food-by-species/
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/112-preferred-food-by-species/
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Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
+1 for following this guide. I have a small Camponotus penn. colony myself and I can confirm that the information on Formiculture is accurate for my colony. I've been having a lot of success with freshly crushed crickets that I am raising myself on a diet of Total Bites cricket food from Nature Zone. I've been trying to get my ants to eat it so when I have people take care of my colony its easy to feed, but they don't seem too interested. I've also fed honey, apples, and a test tube with sugar water mix in addition to a test tube with regular water. I can confirm that mine had zero interest in mealworms and cooked chicken.Martialis wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:23 pmHere is a link to a post on another forum. It has the preferred food of many different species, including Camponotus pennsylvannicus. I've followed it for my ants, and they've accepted the recommended foods. I wouldn't be surprised if it worked for your ants as well.
http://www.formiculture.com/topic/112-preferred-food-by-species/
Re: New from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, USA
There's another guide on Formiculture that's actually a shelf-stable ant food recipe. Though I am not entirely sure Camponotus would eat it. I'll include the link below:
http://www.formiculture.com/index.php/topic/964-chromerusts-ant-food-recipe-and-ant-feeding-video/
Don't get me wrong, this forum is great. Formiculture's a bit older and therefore has more information.
http://www.formiculture.com/index.php/topic/964-chromerusts-ant-food-recipe-and-ant-feeding-video/
Don't get me wrong, this forum is great. Formiculture's a bit older and therefore has more information.
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