ANTSTORE World of Ants

[Lewis]

I have colony of this spec and they don't seem to dig i don't think they weave like Polyrhachis dives do as it does not say that on the description of them on antstore.
i resently went to antstore in berlin and they said they would fine for this formicarium.
i have them in a glass xl farm 3Ox2Ox6 connected to a 3Ox2Ox2O the xl farm is filled with sand loam mix and all they seem to do is sit on the surface
they are at a temp of 24-26C

thanks, lewis

[donbilbo]

they do not dig. Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar this will have many good information about your new ants.

[Lewis]

hi donbilbo,

thanks so what should i put in the set up for them to make their nest out of because all they are doing is sitting in the tube connecting the two basins and coming out in the late afternoon for food.
are they like dives do they weave their nests with larvea?
and now i have this xl basin full of sand and they are doing nothing.

[SteveUK28]

Lewis.. just a quick question.. What experience do you have with ants?

[donbilbo]

In the PDF you will find exact descriptions about different polyrhachis ants and their typical behaviour. my choice for these ants would be a ytong-nest or maybe some big rotten pice of wood with some caves in it.

[Lewis]

well i have a colony of Myrmica rubra with 7 queens and about 5OO workers and now they have hundreds of queen larvea
a colony of Lasius niger with loads of larvae and about 2O workers and 1 queen.
Tetramorium caespitum 1OO workers a queen and lots of pupea and larvae.
Camponotus ligniperda queen with eggs and a few larvea
and Polyrhachis illaudata in a large set up.

[Zagone]

You should share some images. Allways lovely to see the setups of successful colonies.

[Lewis]

i have loads of photo's but am not shure how to put them on here
could you tell me how?

[SteveUK28]

click post reply... then at the bottom you can click upload attachment.

[Lewis]

i clicked on browse and put the photo on cliced add file and it said the file is too big, maximum allowed size is 1OOOkib what does this mean?

[Zagone]

That you need to save it as a '.jpg'.

[SteveUK28]

it means u need to change the size of picture, make it less than 1000 pixels wide.

[jartok]

take picture into paint then hold ctrl and press w the first 2 boxes put 50 in then ok and go save as and select jpeg

[Lewis]

it worked i will try and get mor pics

[Eaglesword]

If u still r looking 4 a nest 4 ur Polyrhachis, u should look to the magnetic cavestone solution here in the store. Or, similair interresting, an empty coconut hang up in the terrarium. And, off course, give some paper towels to them and see, if they would weave them 2gether on a branch.