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ANTdrew's Formica subsericea Journal - Reboot 2025!

Started By ANTdrew , Mar 2 2020 11:11 AM

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#221 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted August 14 2025 - 8:03 AM

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From my personal experience, all of my ants do better from natural, outside heat than an artificial heating pad. They're all in my garage (75 - 100 degrees F depending on the day) and growing much faster than inside on heat.

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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica pallidefulva, argentea

Formica cf. aserva

Pheidole bicarinata

Lasius claviger

Camponotus vicinus, modoc, novaeboracensis, herculeanus

#222 Offline ANTdrew - Posted August 14 2025 - 8:51 AM

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From my personal experience, all of my ants do better from natural, outside heat than an artificial heating pad. They're all in my garage (75 - 100 degrees F depending on the day) and growing much faster than inside on heat.

Exactly!

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.