SteveUK28: (27. Nov 2007 13:37)

Ohh sorry to hear about ur ants miszt.. Hope everything gets sorted :(

Skippy: (27. Nov 2007 16:18)

omg.... my box was also smashed (!!!) , but queen is alive. She looks like confused , dont laying eggs :( , bad bad

Necturus: (27. Nov 2007 18:59)

Hey,
sorry to hear mizt. i wouldnt worry about replacement or refund either. hope you figure out what you want and maybe get back to the sericeus, lovely ants . Came across those pics?
http://formicinae.blogspot.com/2006/04/camponotus-sericeus.html
it seems they are rather slow with laying eggs and brood developement, dont worry yet skippy.
Greetings,
Necturus

Purifier: (27. Nov 2007 21:34)

Was a "handle carefully - glass inside" label or something like that on the box?
I hope she will start laying eggs Skippy. Want to see a report of this ant ;)

But my Diacamma rugosum arrived me last Friday. And until yet they dont lay any eggs. Maybe ist from the stress (I hope so)....

miszt: (27. Nov 2007 22:38)

if it was written then it was written in german lol

all good, i've got a refund :) its a shame :( first cataglyphis, then sericeus! ah well, i've waited so long now, i've ordered sum weaver ants, wanted those to for a while, and i can get them in garanteed 24hr delivery from here :)

Purifier: (27. Nov 2007 23:46)

When it was written in German, it should like this "Vorsicht - Glas" or "Vorsicht zerbrechlich"...

Then more luck with your weaver ants. Im sure you buy Polyrhachis. But what sub family? illaudata? wolfi? dives? Give me (us) more information ^^

miszt: (28. Nov 2007 00:02)

dives :) and a fairly large colony aswell 250-500, am building their tank now, should be here on thursday :D

Purifier: (28. Nov 2007 00:06)

Wow. 250-500 ..... what basin do you have? I believe you need two....or in a few weeks a second basin ;)
Because Antstore send (from Polyrhachis dives) in most times more ants as ordered. I could read it in the comments. And i had a Polyrhachis dives colony from Antstore last year.

miszt: (28. Nov 2007 00:28)

60 x 40 x 40 for now, which should be fine for a while, when i move after new year I'm gona build a 2m high tank with a tree for them :)

SteveUK28: (28. Nov 2007 10:23)

WOW miszt sounds well good.. hope your gonna give us all some pics when they come :D