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[badman]

http://www.antstore.net/shop/product_in ... -11mm.html

whats the difference between the:
c-cork nest 13x10x3 cms - 11mm
c-cork nest 13x10x3 cms - 07mm

You have width length and depth, whats the last measurement for?

Also how easy areh these to hook up to a basin? I'm thinking of using cork as nesting material since it's a lot easier than Y-tong, then I can connect one of these to a basin as a feeding area.

[tail__]

7 or 11 mm is the thickness of the cork, and 3cm is the height of the box.

[badman]

thanks. Those 2 are actually really tiny though... stupid metirc system

[Felix]

Well yes they are pretty small but they are really good. I've got the bigger one and it works pretty well for a rather small Camponotus ligniperda colony. so it's not cheap, but i think it's a pretty good nest.

[gabranth]

i just got some dead wood from out side to for my Camponotus ligniperda to live in

[badman]

I can never find the right kind of wood. All the dead wood is too new and way too solid

[marc.tulley]

unfortuantly the wood in my local woods , if dead and soft is normally the stuff that all covered in fungus and is harribley rotten on the bottom

[miszt]

Camponotus do not require rotten wood, they can easily chew thru fresh healthy wood, which is why they are often considered a pest, as they occasionally nest in houses and destroy the wooden structure

[badman]

can you just put them in a tank with a lump of wood in it then? Or would you drill some holes into it first?

[miszt]

usually the queen would start in a pre-made hole, maybe by a wood boaring beetle or something, then the colony would work its way thru, and into the ground

[badman]

right so lump of wood, drill a hole and put it ontop of soil is quite ideal

[gabranth]

my dead wood is quite hard ive been bashing it about getting the bugs off it before boiling it to kill off any remaining bugs and other nasty stuff