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[Lewis]

Hi,

I need a set up which is natural yet let's me view them and I don't want y-tong? Any ideas??

Regards

[Easton]

Hello,

They live in wood, so I recommend you to build a wooden nest. That's not very difficult, if you ask someone if he can help you, for example, holding the piece of wood, its make it easier. If you offer them fresh strawberries, raspberries or apricots, they use it to expand the wooden nest. That's been my experience that I gained.

Here is some picture of my wooden nest for my Crematogaster scuterallis. The red circle mark the entry

[Niallr2012]

cool nest!

[Easton]

After a few month it looks like this

[Lewis]

Looks epic, but what tool did you use, also could i see a pic of your whole nest maybe? And also suppose they would expand it as well?

[Easton]

That's the whole nest. It consists of a thick branch with a diameter of 10cm. I halved this one and then drilled with a drill the corridors and chambers. Then glued with silicone on glass pane, so I can remove the nest and replace easily. They expand the corridors and the chambers by thereself. If the nest became to small I have to add another on or replace it with a bigger one.

[Lewis]

Thanks! Did you sterilise the log? Also what do you feed yours?

[Easton]

Thanks! Did you sterilise the log? Also what do you feed yours?

I only remove the bark no more. I only use honey and dried Gammarus and some dead insects because until now they don't hunt any insects.

[Erne]

Please help!

Crematogaster scutellaris or Crematogaster scuterallis?

Greetings Wolfgang

[Easton]

without the r

[Lewis]

scutellaris, haha

cheers for the advice Easton

[Lewis]

One more question, did you have any problems when raising your colony or did you find they were quick to grow and quite easy?

Regards

[Erne]

Crematogaster scuterallis [Crematogaster scutellaris]

Thank you for Change Lewis.

Best Regards Wolfgang

[Easton]

One more question, did you have any problems when raising your colony or did you find they were quick to grow and quite easy?

Regards

I have no big problems, I buy one queen with a little breed. After ~1 month the frist worker were there and then they raise rapidly. With ~10 worker I put them into the reservoir. The go quickly into the wooden nest. With the Strawberries they build walls. I observe that with ~30 worker it took time and than there were a big boost until now. Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar you could read more about my Crematogaster scuterallis with google translation.

[Lewis]

thanks! just received mine with ten workers and about 20 larvae! They are in a small out world in a tube with food and honey, how long before they need a nest?