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Help! My queens too 'big' for my formacarium!


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#1 Offline Abadayos - Posted January 17 2019 - 5:56 AM

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Hey all.

I've recently gotten my hands on a rather large Camponotus queen (banded sugar ant). She is almost 20mm in length and rather 'fat' for obvious reasons. Now I've gotten hold of a formicarium for her and her brood, however the size of the passageways look too thin and/or cramped.

I have one of the AusAnts starter ytong nexts and it looks like, from a beginners eyes, the tubing and holes would be too small to suit these possibly and certainly the Ants Canada thing I got given seems to be much too small too for the passageways. Banded Sugar Ants are rather large, workers are up to 8mm in length.

 

How should I look at proceeding? I'm not married to artificial nests and would honestly prefer a natural nest once the numbers get higher but these guys are slow growers. I'm toying with the idea of a tubes and container setup but, again, advice from those Aussies that have kept these would be greatly appreciated as I may just be panicking over nothing which also wouldn't surprise me.

Thanks guys and gals



#2 Offline Serafine - Posted January 17 2019 - 6:52 AM

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Get a large tank, put sand or sand-clay substrate in it and leave the Camponotus in a test tube until they outwgrow it.

30x200mm test tubes work well for Camponotus, you can even make a tubs & tubes nest with them.


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#3 Offline CoolColJ - Posted January 17 2019 - 8:33 AM

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I've seen plenty of consorbrinus in those nests.
The people that make the nests, also keep consobrinus in them.....

There are even bull ants in them


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1) Opisthopsis Rufithorax (strobe ant), Melophorus sp2. black and orange, Pheidole species, Pheidole antipodum
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