That's an awesome set up Drew. Caring for that many ants must be a full time job! lol.
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Posted January 27 2015 - 7:48 PM
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Posted January 27 2015 - 10:27 PM
By "setup" do you mean the test tubes all over my kitchen floor?
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Posted February 1 2015 - 1:13 PM
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Wow! Looks like a full time job Drew.
I had 18 at one time and felt a bit overwhelmed. I let all of them go at different times and kept my favorite... Tetromorium of course. It was hard to do but I really enjoy them now so much more.
I had 18 at one time and felt a bit overwhelmed. I let all of them go at different times and kept my favorite... Tetromorium of course. It was hard to do but I really enjoy them now so much more.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 10:49 AM
My new locking ant cabinet.
This is pretty much all my ant colonies piled into one place. This will all need to be organized still, and have lights and ventilation added among other things.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 12:28 PM
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I am so envious.
What is in the tank in the bottom left corner?
What is in the tank in the bottom left corner?
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Posted June 17 2015 - 12:53 PM
My tarantula. I had everything just stored in that cabinet temporarily when I took that picture.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 1:31 PM
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You almost need those office paper trays so there is some room between those layers of foam. 
There is still room on top! You have room for a few hundred more ants.
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Posted June 17 2015 - 2:15 PM
Yeah, well everything was just piled in there temporarily.
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Posted June 18 2015 - 12:47 AM
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How's this for an ant area after my recent tidal wave of queens. This used to be my kitchen floor...
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My set up is on our back porch. Collection of nests is ever expanding. My queens all had workers eclose, much earlier than expected. So now I'm in a rush to get them places to live.
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Posted June 19 2015 - 3:19 PM
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wow drew!! nice setup, have to start calling u Ant Man now lol
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Ant Queens found:
Solenopsis Invicta, Solenopsis xyloni, Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Pogonomyrmex barbatus,
Forelius pruinosus, Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,
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Ant Queens i have going right now:
camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus
Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)
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Posted June 19 2015 - 8:10 PM
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My set up is on our back porch. Collection of nests is ever expanding. My queens all had workers eclose, much earlier than expected. So now I'm in a rush to get them places to live.
That's real nice bud. What do you do with them when the weather is cold outside?
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I plan on having a heating lamp or 2 set up. And if that isn't enough, I'll have to find a way to bring them inside,perhaps the garage. I don't have any hibernators, so I can't really do that. I do live in Texas, so cold is a relative term here.
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Posted August 27 2015 - 4:41 PM
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Lol he does like those lazy dirt formicariums. I think that's how he put it. That is very organized Drew. It's amazing!
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Posted August 27 2015 - 5:28 PM
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Can't imagine the work it takes every day to feed all those ants.
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Here mine. 8 coilionies 5 brachys, and 3 mendax. I know there are some fantastic setups out there let's see them. I made everything you see except the 3 atoms from tha.
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Posted March 4 2016 - 6:14 PM
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Here's mine.
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Posted March 4 2016 - 6:47 PM
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Is that a light strip in back? Will look nice after you paint the wall
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Posted March 4 2016 - 6:51 PM
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Yeah, I just set this up. I still have to mount the lights, unless I want it backlit as shown. We just recently put the sheetrock up, still have to paint it.
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