What is the temperature when ants like lasius niger and tetramorium start hibernating?
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Mihai274
, Aug 2 2019 1:18 AM
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Posted August 2 2019 - 3:46 AM
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I hibernated my Tetramorium in a mini-fridge set to 46degrees F.
Edited by ANTdrew, August 2 2019 - 3:47 AM.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
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Posted August 2 2019 - 3:50 AM
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Yea but I keep my ants all the time in a basemant and in the middle of summer there are like 14-16 grades. What can I buy to heat their nest?
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Posted August 2 2019 - 4:47 AM
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Ants usually hibernate during cold temperatures, when winter comes in your country(unless yours doesn’t, which I’m assuming it has seasons), they will automatically go into hibernation unless you keep them in somewhere perpetually hot. But I do also think ants have a “internal clock” that tells them when it’s hibernations time and they should slow down.
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Posted August 2 2019 - 8:33 AM
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Many people use reptile heating cables to warm their ants. Your basements sounds pretty cool for them to thrive.
"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.
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