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#1 Offline Guest_chasey11442_* - Posted July 24 2017 - 8:43 AM

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Are T. Sessile really that hard to care for?

#2 Offline Ant Broski - Posted July 24 2017 - 9:43 AM

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Are T. Sessile really that hard to care for?


They are good at escaping.

#3 Offline BMM - Posted July 24 2017 - 12:14 PM

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I have a colony of about 40-50 workers and they've been pretty easy to care for. They're a little picky about food, but other than that they haven't been too much trouble. However, I have read that their colonies are prone to collapse once they get larger.


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#4 Offline Antsinmycloset - Posted July 24 2017 - 1:11 PM

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I could be wrong, but one thing I noticed with mine is they really appreciate being fed every day or two. My carpenter ants are pretty easy going, and seem perfectly content with a nice chunk of insect twice a week. The Tapinoma... were not. I stopped giving them fruit flies on the off days and over the following month or so noticed a remarkably large drop in the amount of brood. Ramping up the protein (slowly) fixed it.

They appear simple enough if given a warm spot with plenty of food. Mine don't even have a proper formicarium, just a series of nesting test tubes.






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