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Camponotus pennsylvanicus How to?

Started By Bearcoon , Jun 3 2015 8:32 AM
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#1 Offline Bearcoon - Posted June 3 2015 - 8:32 AM

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Ok so i was hiking back from a camping trip up AF canyon with my friend when i stumbled across this Beauty I've gotten it ID'd as Camponotus pennsylvanicus and this will be my first ant colony and i was wondering how to make / where to buy a cheep Formicarium/foraging area and just how to care for the species in general?

 

i had the idea to use this contaner for the foraging area/formicarium but I'm not sure will this work?

 

Also I'm going out of town today and won't be back untill sunday will the queen be able to survive that long? should i leave her more water than what is in that test tube?

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#2 Offline Crystals - Posted June 3 2015 - 8:40 AM

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The queen will be fine in that test tube probably until her first workers arrive.  They don't dry out that fast.

 

That container is good for an outworld/foraging area.  Drill some holes in the lid and plug them with cotton for airflow.

 

Here is a link, with several links on how to build various nests for yourself:

http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/

 

There are quite a few people or companies who sell ant nests/outworlds. There are several listed on this site in the Marketplace.

ByFormica, TarHeelants, AntsCanada, ebay, amazon, and several members on this site have some nests for sale in the Marketplace.  There are many other sites, especially in Europe that sell nests and outworlds as well.


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#3 Offline Bearcoon - Posted June 3 2015 - 10:28 AM

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ok awesome Thanks!


#4 Offline ooper - Posted June 3 2015 - 9:46 PM

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"AF canyon"?? Are you referring to American Fork Canyon in Utah?


#5 Offline Bearcoon - Posted June 9 2015 - 4:33 AM

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Yep


#6 Offline ooper - Posted June 9 2015 - 7:38 AM

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Sounds like I need to get up there then! :)


#7 Offline Tspivey16 - Posted June 9 2015 - 7:54 AM

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I didn't know Camponotus pennsylvanicus extended that far west?

I thought they cut off at the Rockies

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Current Colonies:

                               Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (50 Workers)

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                               Tetramorium caespitum (50+ Workers)

                               Parastic Lasius (15 Accepted Host Workers)

                               Crematogaster cerasi (10 + Workers)

                               Temnothorax sp. (70 + workers)

 

#8 Offline Miles - Posted June 9 2015 - 8:14 AM

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I didn't know Camponotus pennsylvanicus extended that far west?

I thought they cut off at the Rockies

You are correct. This is not C. pennsylvanicus, but Camponotus modoc.


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#9 Offline Bearcoon - Posted June 10 2015 - 7:09 PM

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Ahh i guess the guy who ID'd it was wrong :P

 

and i actualy brought home to one of which i did not know about it was stuck to the underside of my tent by the dew and i found it dead on my coffie table last night :P (that's good luck i guess i mean since it was dead my parents didn't kill my for getting our house invaded)


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