badman: question about these cork nests (4. Jul 2008 16:54)

http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_info.php/info/p1614_c-cork-nest-13x10x3-cms---11mm.html

whats the difference between the:
c-cork nest 13x10x3 cms - 11mm
c-cork nest 13x10x3 cms - 07mm

You have width length and depth, whats the last measurement for?

Also how easy areh these to hook up to a basin? I'm thinking of using cork as nesting material since it's a lot easier than Y-tong, then I can connect one of these to a basin as a feeding area.

tail__: (4. Jul 2008 17:17)

7 or 11 mm is the thickness of the cork, and 3cm is the height of the box.

badman: (4. Jul 2008 17:34)

thanks. Those 2 are actually really tiny though... stupid metirc system

Felix: (4. Jul 2008 21:09)

Well yes they are pretty small but they are really good. I've got the bigger one and it works pretty well for a rather small Camponotus ligniperda colony. so it's not cheap, but i think it's a pretty good nest.

gabranth: (4. Jul 2008 21:42)

i just got some dead wood from out side to for my Camponotus ligniperda to live in

badman: (4. Jul 2008 23:40)

I can never find the right kind of wood. All the dead wood is too new and way too solid

marc.tulley: (5. Jul 2008 11:03)

unfortuantly the wood in my local woods , if dead and soft is normally the stuff that all covered in fungus and is harribley rotten on the bottom

miszt: (5. Jul 2008 12:02)

Camponotus do not require rotten wood, they can easily chew thru fresh healthy wood, which is why they are often considered a pest, as they occasionally nest in houses and destroy the wooden structure

badman: (5. Jul 2008 12:46)

can you just put them in a tank with a lump of wood in it then? Or would you drill some holes into it first?

miszt: (5. Jul 2008 12:51)

usually the queen would start in a pre-made hole, maybe by a wood boaring beetle or something, then the colony would work its way thru, and into the ground