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Very nice ants Skippy, looks like you have been on a holiday to Egypt. ;)
...EHM ... I didnt know about these ants in my bag ! ( :lol: ) ,I think ,they probably own came to my bag for travel ... so ... I couldnt go to jail! NO! :lol: :lol:
lol there isn't any laws in england for bringing in foreign species because nearly all cant live in our weather.
Sithmaster676
lol there isn't any laws in england for bringing in foreign species because nearly all cant live in our weather.
Sithmaster676
thats not true, although allot of ants can be imported the UK, there are allot that are not allowed, and there are very harsh penalties for releasing foriegn species of anything into the wild in this country
Monomorium Pharaonis = original in India ,now in all homes in all world
oh i didn't know that but these rules aren't very well known but like i said most species cant survive our weather so most wouldn't survive but some may adapt like fire ants in the usa.
Sithmaster676
I kept Pheidole pallidula for a number of years. I can confirm that they are very good at escaping and that is why I had to destroy them in the end. I was in rented accomodation at the time and didn't have the space to look after them properly.
A couple of things I would add to the posts I have seen about them in the English forum.
I didn't have much luck feeding them seeds, but they certainly liked bread - a lot! Obviously you need to feed them insects and meat as well, but I found small bits of bread easier and less messy than sugar water as a source of carbohydrate.
If the colony escapes, all is not lost. I had a big party and put the formicarium in a cupboard. Unfortunately it was cramped in there and they did manage to escape. They set up home under the floor in my bathroom and I was convinced that I had lost the colony forever. They do like a moist substrate though, so I left a houseplant on the floor for a week or so. Sure enough they relocated their nest into the plant pot and I was able to recover the queen, the brood and virtually all the workers.
They are only ants after all. And if they move nest, it's probably because they are unhappy with where they are. Offer them something better and they will move in. Ants are nothing, if not logical.
Sorry to hear you had to destroy them, but nice story in deed. ;)
my new Pheildole arrived on thursday from Antstore, alls well, lots of tiny workers and 6 soldiers ! they are quite interesting to watch, but the queen only has one antenna, aww shel be ok :D