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blimey o riley those photos are amazing, =D> =D> =D> =D>
Some more Acromyrmex octospinosus pics.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1795.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1922-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1898.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1901-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1926.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1937-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1913-1.jpg
And other ants.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1858-1.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1726-1.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1747-1.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm68/JCPhasmid/IMGP1945-1.jpg
Very nice pictures and very nice ants. Thanks for sharing.
Could you take a picture of the complete setup from your Acromyrmex colony ? I would love to see that.
Heres the setup, there is about 10litres of space for the garden to fill. Very very cheap compared to what some people use, altogether about 70pounds
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Thanks, looks nice.
How do you keep the nest area (where the fungus is) moist ? Do you use a heat mat.
These are very interesting ants. And not a lot of people keep them. If you like and if you have the time feel free to keep a diary of these ants in the "Exotic Ants" Forum.
The fungus garden in sitting on about 4cm of damp plaster, this holds moisture realy well and the basin they're in doesn't let much moisture out so I hardly ever have to add water.
I have a heat-mat under the fungus basin to keep it at 24c, but the rest of the setup is at room temp and humidity.
Wow. How do you keep the heat/humidity at 24c all the time? Can you adjust the power of the heat mat to raise the temperature? For the humidity; do you just spay water in, wait a bit see it the humidity level increases and repeat or do you have another method?
The heat-mat is connected to a thermostat and set to 25C.
Humidity is easy, there is 1.5" of plaster in the tank and I just make sure its always very damp, the heat from the mat and the water in the plaster is all that is needed to maintain high humidity in the box.
Thats clever. What do you feed them, it must be hard finding a certain plant every few days. :D
Some of the food I can think of right now: *Favorite food **Winter food
* **Eucalyptus
**Grass
* **Cauliflower leaves
* **Oranges
**Orange leaves
**Lemon leaves
* **Apples
**Grapes
*Peach leaves
**Brambles
Rose
**Raisins
Honeysuckle
*Lavender leaves
Privet
Any flower petals
**Peas
**Sprouts
The main rule is: try every thing (that hasn't got pesticides/fungicides on/in it)