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[maxfly]

Any question, any suggest, any share experience are be welcome.
Edit: http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?p=32004#32004

Maxfly

[Martin S.]

Thanks for your experience post.
Can you show us some photos?

Greetings Martin

[maxfly]

Thanks for edit I forgoten to cross link...actually i have broken the digital camera....i hope repair soon...and I post some photos....

Bye

Max

[JimmyVe]

Good work maxfly

[maxfly]

Post a photo of my basin....

[web]http://www.imagofly.it/colony.html[/web]


Now..., I have question, about better mode to keep queen or colony when are in a T-tube....
Actually as u can see in photo my T-tube it is darkening by some clay gemmas, that if i remove it for see if are all ok, the colony will be disturbed...
I know i made a mistake, I would have had to put the t-tube close to the glass in order to see the processes and larval stages.....and for see if all ok, but now the tube is it in means, could now to move it close to the glass is too much risky?


Thanks for any advice

Maxfly

[JimmyVe]

You can move it Maxfly ! if you are carful with it you don't disturb them much.

good luck

[maxfly]

Hi Jimmy u always timely , I had impatience and in fact I have moved all with careful and with a red light I have controlled, seem all healthy Queen and workers, I have seen some larva and some crisalide ready to born...
now can wait and can control.....

one pic here:

[web]http://www.imagofly.it/colony2.html[/web]

Few minutes ago, one worker goes out the nest, it explore but dont be interested in food and honey-mix, it only explore area, and often it ?grooming?(see pic of this movement by mymercos), the ant slide forward legs on the antennas....

[web]http://www.myrmecos.net/formicinae/LasNig2.html[/web]
Someone can explain me the ?grooming? behavior, what the ants do when they doing this movement?


Groetjes
Max

[JimmyVe]

Hi max,

I think they are just cleaning there antenna, but I'm not sure about it.

[maxfly]

Thanks Jimmy actually every hour one worker goes out and explore Im try some food, mosquitos, piece of dry cricket from antstore, piece of cheese, it seems interested they touch it but then it does not eat nothing.... currently I do not know truly what to give it to eat.....

need a help....

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Max

[maxfly]

up!

Help me please, actually I have see often, more than one time at day, a worker that goes out the nest, but im not understand what searching of, I have try every food, dead bugs as spider, dried cricket..., honey-mix in a drop, fruit, sugar,cooked eggs...dead aphids! I put this in a small dish near the nest. As u can see in previous posted pic. For the cronhicles I have never see worker drink water by dish-sponge. The approach to the food is this, the ant approached apparently seems interested touch it with antenass an after gone away nearly frightened. Apparently are very scared by every liquid.
I have seen that she only eat the dry sugar, the problem is that the sugar melted very hurry and when is melted is too much resistant for being eaten.
There are in the nest many matured workers, but not many pupa's, larvas and no one light young workers.

(In how much time light young worker begin mature black?)

Any advice are very very welcome.

Thanks

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Max

[JimmyVe]

I'm sorry for the late response, but i have mailed you back, hope everything is okay. Keep us informed.

Greets

[maxfly]

After 22 days at the t-tube set-up, one worker is dead, and no carried out the nest by other workers is normal?

Thanks in advance.

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Max

[Martin S.]

Dear max,

i think, perhaps you have to much sand/loam into the glass basin.
for a starter colonie is it a big area.
only for a short time on the day, is a worker go out to search for food.

[maxfly]

Hi Martin,

I have reduced, as I been able , a bit the sand/loam level, when I settin up, had taken as reference the top margin of glass of the farm in basin part, effectively over the rest of the glass of the cube that it composes the farm it was too much sand/loam....
I hope that is sufficient reduced....
I have the level as this photos:



How is the risky for too much sand/loam mix?

Thanks

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[JimmyVe]

Seems good to me