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How to knock an ant unconscious without killing it?

Started By Hightlyze , Mar 17 2019 1:24 AM

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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 17 2019 - 1:24 AM

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I want to do some photography without them running away like I'm a paparazzi or something.

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#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted March 17 2019 - 1:43 AM

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Might be able to do it with alcohol. I knocked out a whole colony of Solenopsis molesta once on accident with just some alcohol fumes. Looked like I killed the whole colony, but they eventually all woke up and were back to normal.


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#3 Offline LC3 - Posted March 17 2019 - 2:21 AM

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CO2 also works, but I'm pretty sure any ant you knock unconscious would look like a dead ant.


#4 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 17 2019 - 2:44 AM

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CO2 also works, but I'm pretty sure any ant you knock unconscious would look like a dead ant.


What's co2? Carbon dioxide?

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#5 Offline Enderz - Posted March 17 2019 - 3:20 AM

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CO2 also works, but I'm pretty sure any ant you knock unconscious would look like a dead ant.


What's co2? Carbon dioxide?

 

Yes. Simple chemistry.


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#6 Offline Barristan - Posted March 17 2019 - 3:40 AM

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Pictures of dead or unconscious ants often look fake. Try taking pictures of living ants which move, so you can freeze their realistic actions. Alex Wild gave 2008 some tips in his blog, how you can take ant photographs.


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#7 Offline CoolColJ - Posted March 17 2019 - 4:26 AM

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put them in the freezer for a few minutes they go dormant, or the fridge for a longer period of time

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#8 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 17 2019 - 9:26 AM

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Yeah, this is the simplest way. They go into a diapause kind of state, but still move slightly. But as Alex Wild has spoken, it just looks wrong. I guess it a valid opinion.

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