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[Canadant]

Hi all. I have an expanding camponotus novaeboracensis colony. I have an antscanda hybrid camponotus formicarium and an nice new outworld. I find though that there is a lot of inactivity in the nest though. Is this normal or should it be thriving/busy. Might need a heating cable, but don't really want to splurge just yet. I'd say we're over 100 ants. Got a new major the other day. Almost as big as the queen!!

 

Thanks,

 

canadant

 

 

[Major]

First of all, if your major is as big as your queen, you got a problem their. Your queen must be very small. Aside from that, well not much activity should be expected. They don't have any live prey to kill, their just sitting and letting the prekilled stuff roll in. Drop a live mealworm in their nest (not their out world) it should be killed within minutes to days. The reason you have to drop it in their nest is because it poses a threat to the colony. Their is a risk of the ants befriending the mealworm, long story...

[rbarreto]

First of all, if your major is as big as your queen, you got a problem their. Your queen must be very small. Aside from that, well not much activity should be expected. They don't have any live prey to kill, their just sitting and letting the prekilled stuff roll in. Drop a live mealworm in their nest (not their out world) it should be killed within minutes to days. The reason you have to drop it in their nest is because it poses a threat to the colony. Their is a risk of the ants befriending the mealworm, long story...

 Camponotus majors in a mature colony can become almost as large as the queen. They also get bigger faster here in Canada.

[Ikerrilove]

 

First of all, if your major is as big as your queen, you got a problem their. Your queen must be very small. Aside from that, well not much activity should be expected. They don't have any live prey to kill, their just sitting and letting the prekilled stuff roll in. Drop a live mealworm in their nest (not their out world) it should be killed within minutes to days. The reason you have to drop it in their nest is because it poses a threat to the colony. Their is a risk of the ants befriending the mealworm, long story...

 Camponotus majors in a mature colony can become almost as large as the queen. They also get bigger faster here in Canada.

 

 

I can back this up, the majors here for novaeboracensis look like giant, over-inflated sumo wrestlers. Hard to miss those deep red mesosoma.. I really hope mine do well, I've read they can be a bit tricky to get going in the test tube phase.