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Help! My odontoponera's test tube is invaded by ghost ants!


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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 28 2019 - 1:26 AM

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There's ghost ants everywhere on the test tube but the outworld is alright

i eat cars for breakfast everynight


#2 Offline Zeiss - Posted March 28 2019 - 1:37 AM

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They are obviously trying to kill your ants.  Try killing them all if you can and make sure they can't get inside the test tube at all.  Do you have pictures of the set up?



#3 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 28 2019 - 2:00 AM

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They are obviously trying to kill your ants.  Try killing them all if you can and make sure they can't get inside the test tube at all.  Do you have pictures of the set up?



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#4 Offline Leo - Posted March 28 2019 - 3:47 AM

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Do YoU nOt HaVe A Lid



#5 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 28 2019 - 3:54 AM

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Do YoU nOt HaVe A Lid

I do but it still goes in

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#6 Offline ANTdrew - Posted March 28 2019 - 5:22 AM

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Put a slightly larger tray underneath the out world and fill it with water as a moat. If you can, order some fluon and apply it to the outside of your container as well.


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#7 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted March 28 2019 - 6:22 AM

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Put a slightly larger tray underneath the out world and fill it with water as a moat. If you can, order some fluon and apply it to the outside of your container as well.

Yes, moat our setup. Considering your location, wild ants attacking your captives colonies will continue to be a problem unless you use a moat.


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I accidentally froze all my ants 


#8 Offline Somethinghmm - Posted March 28 2019 - 1:03 PM

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Also, put soap in the moat because small ants like L. humile have a tendency to walk on water. The soap does something along the lines of surface tension and other science stuff.


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#9 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 28 2019 - 1:41 PM

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My ant survived few days even with them

i eat cars for breakfast everynight


#10 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 28 2019 - 4:07 PM

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so its dead?



#11 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 28 2019 - 4:16 PM

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Also, put soap in the moat because small ants like L. humile have a tendency to walk on water. The soap does something along the lines of surface tension and other science stuff.

Soap strips the water of its surface tension.

Edited by Ant_Dude2908, March 28 2019 - 4:17 PM.

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