Test Tube Chamber

Test Tube Chamber

Beitragvon AntsNational » 9. Jul 2014 17:36

I've created a tiny ant nest for small colonies and founding queens. Great for Myrmica species, small Pheidole, many species of fully claustral & semi-claustral founding queens and doesn't expand to break the glass! Easily removable once taking the single chamber out. What do you think? :-)
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Re: Test Tube Chamber

Beitragvon RaptorReptil » 9. Jul 2014 20:48

Wow =D> =D>

It looks really great. Is the chamber made of gypsum??

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Beitragvon jeffjohnson » 9. Jul 2014 20:51

Looks great, the last picture shows larvae or are that still eggs?
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Beitragvon AntsNational » 10. Jul 2014 20:42

RaptorReptil hat geschrieben:Wow =D> =D>

It looks really great. Is the chamber made of gypsum??

Leon



Hi Leon, thanks! The chamber is made using plaster and a few other bio-friendly ingredients to inhibit molding.
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Beitragvon AntsNational » 10. Jul 2014 20:43

jeffjohnson hat geschrieben:Looks great, the last picture shows larvae or are that still eggs?


Hi Jeff,

The last photo is a different chamber nest which holds a small, young colony of Aphaenogaster fulva (a local species). There's eggs, larvae and pupae in the last photo.

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Beitragvon AntsNational » 10. Jul 2014 20:45

I've also now created a double-chamber nest!
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