Tetramorium caespitum journal & US formicarium guide.
Hey everyone this will be a journal on my Tetramorium caespitum queens. Caught 6/25/13 between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm after a large nuptial flight early in the morning. Theres 19 queens in total after...
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Just to warn you, this species will tolerate multiple queens for a short time. They will eventually fight until one queen is left. Sometimes all the queens die while fighting each other from what I've...
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jcpelt wrote:Just to warn you, this species will tolerate multiple queens for a short time. They will eventually fight until one queen is left. Sometimes all the queens die while fighting each other...
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jwinchester357 wrote:jcpelt wrote:Just to warn you, this species will tolerate multiple queens for a short time. They will eventually fight until one queen is left. Sometimes all the queens die while...
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jwinchester357 wrote:Crystals thank you for the info. I am leaning more toward the grout idea can the grout be craved is it soft enough I would much rather carve tunnels then poor a mold. The un...
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Crystals thanks again another great wealth of info there. The perlite tip being the greatest never would've thought to check out a dollar store! Have you experimented with fast setting grout vs normal...
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I made a formicarium out of firebrick. You need the soft firebrick called K-23 Firebrick. It's pretty cheap, and very light weight, in case you have it shipped. It also soaks up water really good too....
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I really appreciate all of the info. I'm about to head off to the store now to pick up grout, containers, and perlite if I can manage a smaller quantity than lowes or home depot carries. I plan to do...
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jwinchester357 wrote: I really like these containers. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-Square-Flip-Tite-Storage-Container/16332465 I have been eyeing those for a while now too.
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Miles wrote:jwinchester357 wrote: I really like these containers. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-and-Gardens-Square-Flip-Tite-Storage-Container/16332465 I have been eyeing those for a while...
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So all of my queens are doing fine. My carpenter queens tube had a spot of mold forming. I was looking at the mold with a light to make sure of what it was and it caused her to eat 2 of her 3 eggs....
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Sorry to hear about your campo queen. I can't believe she ate the egg right in front of you like that. Some times when I check on my carpenter queens, they'll get nervous and grab a egg, larvae or...
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Yeah she's very strange she didn't lay anything for a long time. Then she finally laid the 3 that she ate and nothing since.
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Well, come to think of it, you and I are having the opposite lucky. My carpenter queens are thriving and my tetramorium queens are suffering. Two of my carpenter queens developed mold in their nests....
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Yeah I have a very large carpenter colony in the wall of my house its been there for 10+ years. There's also several in the trees outside. But I can't seem to get more than one queen a year. Last year...
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This is an awesome guide, it has been very helpful. I completely hear you though jwinchester357, no matter how hard I try I can only find one Camponotus queen a year! Why are there always so many...
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Myrmecologist thank you! I just want to make a place where this information is more available in one spot rather than in bits and pieces all over the place.
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Well you have done a great job in making a lot of information accessible in one place. Keep up the good work.Thanks again,Myrmecologist.
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I have one terribly simple, yet I think completely crucial question regarding this process. As I don't think jwinchester357 has been on in a while, I will address it to everyone: In regards to the...
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I used volume in my how to guide. I also have video on youtube in the guide: http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/16118/My-big-photo-journal-of-building-grout-formicariums I found 1:4 or 1:3...
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I ended up going for a sort of catch as catch can mixture and doing it by estimated volume. It worked out okay, but you definitely want to let this mixture have time to set, maybe more than 8-10...
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