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interesting idea there dude.. I think its most likely going to be too damp for them.. and they will outgrow it fairly quick if you have luck with them.. but nice attempt..
how do you think it will get too damp?
and when they begin to outgrow it I will attach another tank by tube and also more y-tongs?
Regards
they have arrived!! :P
with many more workers than I expected, 5 and a small pile of eggs.
I will keep you up-to date and see if i can upload some good pics.
Update:
they have explored most of the foraging area and have dragged a small cricket into the test tube. :D
the queen has also ventured to the edge of test tube before returning quickly.
also so one of the workers has been injured, possibly in postage. it's gaster is a bit squashed.
Update:
two workers have now entered the y-tong nest.
the temperature in the tank is 27C
and now the ants have moved the egg pile in :)
Update 21/04/2011:
the ants have blocked up the entrance to the y-tong and have dragged in another cricket.
luckily the worker with the damaged abdomen can still feed on honey :)
I think just part of the exoskeleton has come off.
the queen and brood have moved down on to the bottom chamber and seem to be doing OK.
i am heating these ants by putting a 7 watt heat mat against the glass where the nest is.
there are now two small larvea
The larvae seem to be growing, but the eggs have not even started.
Do you think that the eggs that have already hatched into larvae are older than the other eggs pile.
Update:
the larvae are now medium to large (3 larvae and about 15 eggs) :)
Update:
eggs: 10-15
small larvae: 10-15
medium larvae: 5-10
large larvae: 5-10
cocoons: 1
workers: 5
queen: 1
lot of brood
Hi Lewis
How are they doing?
I had trouble with this sort of set up. some workers would get their legs stuck between the ytong and glass, and sometimes they'd lose the legs. :/ So abandoned the idea. It works better for smaller ants, or if you can get a more flush surface between ytong and glass.
hi,
had a bit of disaster through hibernation and 3 workers dies and all the brood :( I think they got mites.
Any suggestions?
You already got them out of hibernation?
Mites like moist environments. So you have to keep it dry.
When it is dry you should put your colony in a very cold area (Not freezing)
Mites should die when it's cold.
I had a tip that you should spray the colony with a mix of lemonjuice and water.
I have been told that the lemon should kill the mites.
You should also feed them honeywater with lemonjuice.
If the ants drink that, the mites don't like eating/sucking on the ants.
Don't know if it works. Trying it myself at the moment too.
And you could move them to a new clean environment/nest.
But first you have to be sure it is the mites. If you can make close up pictures/video's or watch the dead ants under a microscope you will know.
It could also be the cold that have killed the ants when they where in hibernation or maybe the age.
The first workers don't live that long.
Or maybe something is wrong with the nest. Maybe it's to dry, to hot, to moist, or to cold.
I don't now if you have a plastic outsideworld?
Mine don't like plastic.
And when the outsideworld is to high my workers are starting to die to.
So my outsideworld is only a few centimeters high.
Don't have more tips. Good luck!