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Interested in Keeping Termites

Started By MegaMyrmex , Dec 13 2017 8:37 PM

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#1 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 13 2017 - 8:37 PM

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What it states. How do you care for them? How long does it take fir a coliny to mature? How do you find alates? Thanks in advance!

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#2 Offline T.C. - Posted December 13 2017 - 9:08 PM

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This is LC3's or Vendayn's job.

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#3 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 14 2017 - 4:37 AM

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Mind if I butt in?

If I remember correctly, Reticulitermes flavipes should be pretty common in the eastern U.S. They fly on humid days in the spring during the day, rather than the night (normal termite flying time). It takes several months for the first eggs to hatch. I have kept Coptotermes gestroi x formosanus in a test tube setup with a damp slip of cardboard underneath, and ctantkeeper has successfully reared three or four colonies of Reticulitermes in a similar test tube. The cardboard acts as as a food source.

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#4 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 14 2017 - 7:50 AM

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How do you find the termite alates tandem running, though?

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#5 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 14 2017 - 9:27 AM

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You don't I just catch as many alates as possible off the launch site. After you do, put them in a LARGE tupperware together. They will break off their wings and start to tandem run. Keep only a few pairs, and release the rest where you found them.