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#1 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:28 PM

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Since I got such great feedback on the dirtbox post I made, and because money is tight and I want to make the best purchase possible, I was wondering what your thoughts are on this nest for my pavement ant colony.   TIA.

 

https://anthouse.es/...s-anthouse.html


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#2 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:30 PM

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Looks like an Uncle Milton thing to me.


"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


#3 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:34 PM

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I kind of like how the ants can dig along the back wall, and that the nest is inside of the outworld.


Here is a video tour of it:  https://www.youtube....h?v=zKlirIOiv3w


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#4 Offline Broncos - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:35 PM

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I love this formicarium. As far as I know there is no flaw. But they don’t ship to the US
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#5 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:39 PM

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 As far as I know there is no flaw. But they don’t ship to the US

 

Dam I didn't know that.


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“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

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Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!


#6 Offline Broncos - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:40 PM

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As far as I know there is no flaw. But they don’t ship to the US


Dam I didn't know that.
They sell similar stuff at antkeeping depot.

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Pogonomyrmex Californicus Bicolor & Concolor

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#7 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:48 PM

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Looks like a cool formicarium. I like how it combines an Uncle Milton with the more "professional" side of antkeeping, if I can call it that.


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#8 Offline BugFinder - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:57 PM

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They sell similar stuff at antkeeping depot.

 

 

Here it is:  https://www.antkeepi...and-starter-kit

 

Wow!  $80. that's expensive. they must import them from the original vendor who doesn't ship them here.


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“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”  ― Matshona Dhliwayo

 

My Journals:

Pogonomyrmex subdentatus

Camponotus Vicinus

Camponotus sansabeanus

Tetramorium (sp)

Pogonomyrmex Californicus

My Ant Goals!


#9 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 2 2020 - 12:57 PM

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Perhaps, 'an Uncle Milton AF with an outworld that isn't as prone to escapes' would be a better definition?


"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


#10 Offline Broncos - Posted May 2 2020 - 1:04 PM

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They sell similar stuff at antkeeping depot.


Here it is: https://www.antkeepi...and-starter-kit

Wow! $80. that's expensive. they must import them from the original vendor who doesn't ship them here.
Yea it’s such a bummer because it truly is like an uncle Milton pro ant farm
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#11 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 2 2020 - 2:30 PM

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THA should start making dirt setups.
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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


#12 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted June 5 2020 - 7:59 AM

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I thought I saw these on Amazon.

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. -Proverbs 6: 6-8

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#13 Offline Antkid12 - Posted June 5 2020 - 8:05 AM

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Yeah, Its on Amazon.


Edited by Antkid12, June 5 2020 - 8:06 AM.

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, Brachymyrmex sp.   possibly infertile   :(,  Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!  :yahoo: 

 

Other insects: Polistes sp. Queen

                    

Ants I need: Pheidole sp., Trachymyrmex sp., Crematogaster cerasi , Dorymyrmex sp. Most wanted: Pheidole morrisii

 

                    

                   

 

 





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