UneXisted: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 11:36)

Last night, when i was observing the colony a lot of workers suddenly appeared out of the nest. It was amazing. In just a few seconds about a hundred workers appeared to the surface. Just a few minutes before this event i placed several cruelly killed crickets in the antfarm. Unfortunately i wasn't able to film the event, because it happened all of a sudden. What you see now is what happened after they spotted the food.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC3uzns-vuw

undercoverAnt: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 13:37)

Still pretty interesting UneXisted. The more i read about these ants the more interesting they become. nice colony and really high quality video, what camera do you use?

best regards,

G

UneXisted: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 13:49)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35

I recently figured out it had a video function on it. Also with macro in HD.

undercoverAnt: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 14:04)

sweet, what a bit of luck, haha.

What other species do you keep? I am new to ants, after years of keeping other things, fish, reptiles, arachnids, mantids...etc. Are these ants from australia?

cheers,

Guy

UneXisted: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 14:31)

These species are from Asia. Its one of the hardest species to keep.

undercoverAnt: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (3. Mär 2010 15:48)

cool,

why so tricky to keep in captivity?

best,

G

JimmyVe: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (9. Mär 2010 21:09)

They need it warm and a high humidity but they do not like fungus, its a hard combenation.

undercoverAnt: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (11. Mär 2010 18:44)

Hi Jimmy,

That does sounds tricky, how do you guys combat the mould and fungus that would surely grow.

best,

Guy

UneXisted: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (14. Mär 2010 19:50)

You try to keep the basin as clean as possible.

I got some pics.

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/Unexisted_2007/P1030574.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee261/Unexisted_2007/P1030562.jpg

UneXisted: Re: Pheidologeton diversus in a sand/loam nest (15. Mär 2010 01:08)

I moved them to a new basin.

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