Army ants.......

Beitragvon kashmir79 » 21. Jan 2008 22:27

'Location location location' for the Ants hahahaha
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Beitragvon sithmaster676 » 21. Jan 2008 22:32

army ants have been kept in captivity before by a zoo or science lab in new york they went out to the amazon and use specially adapted hovers to collect a colony of army ants and take them back to America.
the colony only survived a month because they need lots of room to move and feed, but if enough space was available then it might be possible.
the tank they kept them in was like the size of a house.
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Beitragvon Skippy » 22. Jun 2008 19:31

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Beitragvon Phasmid » 23. Jun 2008 16:26

Wow, loved it! Cannot wait till I can get may hands on Pheidologeton diversus, as I think they can do a simmilar thing once the colony gets big enough (need a HUGE tank lol), but maybe with smaller pray, like a day old chick or pinky.
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Beitragvon Kale^^ » 27. Jun 2008 14:40

Haha nice vid, they ate the poor thing quick. I've once put a dead bird in a Formica Rufa anthill and checked every ½ h and it took less than 5 hours and the bird was eaten.
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Pheidologeton diversus

Beitragvon highered » 27. Jun 2008 14:55

Do you know who sells Pheidologeton diversus? I've checked and Antstore doesn't. Their soldiers are huge.
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Re: Pheidologeton diversus

Beitragvon JimmyVe » 27. Jun 2008 15:07

highered hat geschrieben:Do you know who sells Pheidologeton diversus? I've checked and Antstore doesn't. Their soldiers are huge.


Kalytta sometimes sells them. They are in deed very nice ants, but very very hard to keep. I tried it twice and failed. I'm not saying you would to but if you are not sure don't waist you money on it and the ants.
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Beitragvon kashmir79 » 29. Jun 2008 23:40

yeps there sure are hard to keep. very picky ant. not for beginners
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