Necturus: (9. Jun 2007 12:31)

Very nice :) Do you like them more then the Pheidologeton diversus? ;)
Necturus

JimmyVe: (9. Jun 2007 12:34)

hmm... that is a tricky question. ;) I like all of my ant species. I like this one because it is my biggest colony if have but they are in a sand nest so i can no look into the nest.

My Pheidologeton diversus or bigger in size (the ants i mean) but the colony is smaller (for now) and they are still in a temporary nest. But i like there size. and they are very beautiful. ;)

But like i said, i like al of my ants. ;)

Skippy: (9. Jun 2007 16:23)

Hej Jimmy .... of course ,very nice pictures again

You have only one queen or more queens in this nest?
I never see this ants :( ,and I maybe receive small colony sometimes at the end of June. I have small question. It is very small ant? I heard they are small ,but I am not sure about that. Please write me ,what is minor/major/queen size. You can write it like.... "minor is somethink like Letpothorax" it is better to understand.

Thanks Skippy

JimmyVe: (10. Jun 2007 11:46)

Most of the time the only have 1 queen in the colony. But i have 2 queens in this one.

The are not big, the biggest major is smaller then the minor of Pheidologeton diversus and they are masters in escaping. ;)

The queen is about 6-9mm minors 2-3mm and majors 3-5mm.

Necturus: (10. Jun 2007 12:53)

Hey Skippy,
when you look up Stuff on Pheidole sp, youll find most topics dealing with how to keep them from escaping;) Scooby, who visits this Forum every now and then too, spent a lot of time keeping differen Pheidole sp. His advise is a totally closed glasslid or a very smallscaled,very strong steelnet, but beware from little gaps between tank and lid, they will try to use any weak point in the setup. They are also said to be able to bite through a lot of materials.
All this makes them pretty complicated in my eyes. Pheidologeton diversus are still very annoying when it comes to keeping them inside the tank, but at least they are giants compared to Pheidole sp. ;) Makes it a bit easier.

Necturus

JimmyVe: (10. Jun 2007 19:04)

That is true. In deed they are able to bite through a lot of materials, also y-tong. If you keep them in a y-tong nest make sure they can not dig them self trow it and can escape. ;)

Skippy: (11. Jun 2007 15:22)

Thanks Jimmy and Necturus

Yes I heard ,my friend also have Pheidole and the escape from his ytong nest too :( . I want only try ,what is it ant and maybe go to trade with it later ,I want only try.

Thanks

Skippy

JimmyVe: (11. Jun 2007 17:20)

;) you maybe try if you like. We are just warning you for them. ;)
But they still are very nice ants to keep, good luck with them.

Necturus: (11. Jun 2007 17:28)

Did the escaped ants settle down in your friends house? Thats when it gets expensive, Exterminator bills usually go with 4 numbers. If you where a beginner, i would have even advised you not to buy them. Cant be persuaded to go for a different species? After all, the ants are realy realy tiny, and if its the morphological difference you're looking for, theres still other ants that have that:)
Necturus

Skippy: (11. Jun 2007 17:53)

My friend is also ant keeper ( my friend page http://www.polyergus.wz.cz/ ) and he has Pheidole too. He wrote me 2 month ago " my ants escaped! " ,he found queen and some workers ,but workers move larvae and pupae somewhere and he never found them :(

Skippy

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