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Pictures of Formicariums and Outworlds

Started By Crystals , Sep 26 2013 9:06 AM
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#941 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted April 4 2025 - 4:57 PM

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Love the mushroom! What colony is this for?
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#942 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 5 2025 - 8:54 AM

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Love the mushroom! What colony is this for?

I’m actually not sure. I might put a Camponotus pennsylvanicus colony in it if they have some good growth this season.
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#943 Offline Artimusclydeperez - Posted June 5 2025 - 2:26 PM

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I would like to sell this Crematogaster laeviuscula colony in a custom hanging nest I made they are growing outrageously fast lol and are fun to watch do you think $200 is a fair price?

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#944 Offline Izzy - Posted June 7 2025 - 6:44 PM

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I made a bunch of new outworlds last night, as most of my colonies are getting quite large and their THA Mini Hearth outworld isn't cutting it anymore. They have been in need of some major upscaling, or with other nests just in need of something to improve on their lazy outworld I made by just throwing loose dirt in a plastic container. I made the bottom layer with perfect cast and sprinkled sand on top as it was drying. I also made a few small ones for some all in one nests I plan to build at some point. Here are a few of my favorites. The plants are snippets of some fake plants I bought very cheap on Temu. I still need to drill the holes but I'm planning to do that soon.

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In this one I dyed the perfect cast with some natural brown dye, and it turned out nicely with the sand. I think it looks much better than the light perfect cast layer with a darker sand. Not all species will show up against this color as well, but it was fun and I like the way it turned out. I'll probably be putting my Aphaenogaster uinta in here.

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Besides the small Harry Potter scar shaped crack at the top right, this is one of the bigger ones I'll be using for one of my Camponotus vicinus colonies.

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This is the biggest one and I'm quite happy with how it turned out. My two queen Lasius brevicornis colony has been in much need of a bigger outworld and I'm hoping to be able to view some more interesting behavior from them in here.

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Another example of a bunch of these square ones I made that I will be using for my existing Camponotus sansabeanus colony and the two new sansabeanus queens I plan to introduce.

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#945 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted June 8 2025 - 5:47 AM

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I would highly recommend drilling holes before you cast the outworld. Vibrations from the drilling can crack or upset the grout.


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#946 Offline Izzy - Posted June 8 2025 - 7:59 AM

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I would highly recommend drilling holes before you cast the outworld. Vibrations from the drilling can crack or upset the grout.

 
Luckily everything turned out ok, but I had this same thought too. Next time for sure!


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#947 Offline AntBoi3030 - Posted June 10 2025 - 4:03 PM

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Here are my Pogonomyrmex in their new hommade setup!

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