ralphdrake: (26. Dez 2006 13:09)

o ok yes when it gets bigger i will certainly use it, yeah then again it is also still trying to confirm what species my queen is, im just keeping everything in this thing hehe

ralphdrake: (26. Dez 2006 13:13)

yeah good point, thankyou for your help.

and enjoy your holdiay if your on one or going to one hehe

and yeah hopefully i get some pics of queensland ants and should post em

seeya

ralphdrake: (27. Dez 2006 04:54)

Well its been another day and was going to remove that cricket that i had placed in the tube, when i did not see it so i looked up near the cotton wool with water and see guts all over the wool, looks like she mauled it! so i have no idea how to remove guts of a cricket from the wet wool on the other end without hurting or disturbing her and the Larvae.

Any ideas? :?

mpir: (27. Dez 2006 12:25)

Try moving her into another tube. It's risky but leaving her there is risky too. Or maybe just put another tube next to this one and they might move by themselves.

JimmyVe: (27. Dez 2006 12:28)

That indeed is difficult. ;)

If it is possible you better take it out (with a tweezer or something) but if it is not maybe you better leave it there, if you place the tube in the out world place another tube close to this one, so if they like they can move, if the cotton is starting to mould.

ralphdrake: (27. Dez 2006 12:35)

Yes i had thought of this before but their is just one problem....i only have 1 tube and i was lucky to get that off my sceince teacher at school, i have looked around where to get one but had no luck, so im waiting till some appear on the australian Ebay.

:lol:

JimmyVe: (27. Dez 2006 12:49)

;) normally you can buy them at your local drugstore.

sithmaster676: (29. Dez 2006 12:15)

hi
i have found that certain types of species will gladly move tubes IF it is bigger than the original tube as they like space to expand the colony :)
Sithmaster676

ralphdrake: (30. Dez 2006 08:06)

I have decided to wait for tomorrow and use a pair of tweaser at the place i volunteer they have some long thin ones hopefully i can scrape the guts of the cotton with that

Sced: (30. Dez 2006 10:31)

Be careful not to get the queen or larvae, maybe you could put the queen to sleep [ Tube in the refigerator for 10 mins] becasuse she may get in the way or even attack the tweeezers defending her nest and brood.