ANTSTORE World of Ants

[SteveUK28]

WooHoo
Today my Camponotus ligniperda Arrived.. and WOW was i shocked at how big she is
She arrived in a smallish tube with 5 workers and some brood She looks all well.
Ive connected another bigger tube with some water and over the next few days il hibernate them

Sorry about the crap pics.. only got my phone to take them with atm...

[JimmyVe]

Nice steve, yes put them in hibernation soon, they need it. They are in deed big (one of the biggest ants in Europe). Good luck.

[Sphecomyrmex]

Yes, very nice Steve
C. ligniperda is the biggest ant in paleartic region, after C. Hercoleanus.

Wishes for your colony

[SteveUK28]

Awesome.. she has moved into the bigger tube now all is good an il hibernate her early next week. Once i know she is fine from her long trip

[Antlord]

Looks very nice Steve! I' ve got myself this species too
but no new workers hatched, so still only queen and 1 worker
hope she makes it through hibernation.

[kashmir79]

i love Camponotus ligniperda

my 3 colonies are doing great

all hibernating though....zzzzzzzzzzz

[Purifier]

Yeah, good luck with your Camponotus ligniperda! They are nice ants. But they need long time to grow (the colony), thats a pity.

[JimmyVe]

in deed, they are slow developers. Give them a nice hibernation now and you can start in spring to make a great colony of them.

[SteveUK28]

Sound.. my new test tubes arrived today so i have connected one to the plastic tube she is in now... She has water both ends of the tubes plugged with cotton wool.. one has sugar water the other plain water.. and a small tablet of honey.. which i still dont think they have touched lol.. i did try a spider.. but nothing... saying that it was very hard.. as if they had sucked out its blood lol.. maybe they did
anyway she is doin great and tomorrow il stick her in a cold room to start her hibernation

[Purifier]

They eat not much cause normally they are at the moment in hibernation. And Antstore keep em in hibernation before sending them....

[ant dude]

pics of my new camponutus lignerperda

i think i finally now know how to get pics on here, yesssss

[ant dude]

btw i will be putting these in hibernation next week or somthing, as it is easyier cos there in a testube

[kashmir79]

have you got a major there, looks like one.

[ant dude]

yes 1 major......if any wants any more pics of these let me know okay

and guess wot steve i'm not the only one who thinks i have a major see......

[SteveUK28]

i didnt say u didnt lol.. i said it was unusual in such a small colony size.