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New tar heel ants "palladium" formicarium

Started By Manitobant , Apr 16 2020 1:18 PM

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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 16 2020 - 1:18 PM

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New formicarium by tar heel ants, seems interesting and definitely something I'm gonna buy in the future

https://tarheelants....s/the-palladium

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#2 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted April 16 2020 - 1:35 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta? My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?


Edited by FeedTheAnts, April 16 2020 - 2:04 PM.

I accidentally froze all my ants 

#3 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 16 2020 - 1:35 PM

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I bought it. However, it's been three weeks and it hasn't been shipped...........


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#4 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted April 16 2020 - 1:46 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta. My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?

THA formicariums are very contained. For me personally, I don’t have tiny ants in my THA formicarium, but again, there are very contained. THA nests are great. You might need some fluon though on the glass/plastic:)


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#5 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 16 2020 - 1:55 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta. My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?

If they can't escape through the outworld (which I doubt they could), and the nest is in the outworld, then I don't see how they could escape.  :)


"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

#6 Offline FeedTheAnts - Posted April 16 2020 - 2:04 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta. My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?

If they can't escape through the outworld (which I doubt they could), and the nest is in the outworld, then I don't see how they could escape.  :)

 

That's my point. I wouldn't trust some of my mini hearths with ants this small though. The holes that you put the tubing in doesn't always have a perfect edge, and one of my nests probably wouldn't contain anything much smaller than Crematogaster.


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I accidentally froze all my ants 

#7 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 16 2020 - 2:56 PM

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I keep ghost ants, literally the best escape artists in formicidae, in a mini hearth and they do fine.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#8 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 16 2020 - 2:58 PM

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I’m also wondering how many large ants would fit in there.

"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

#9 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 16 2020 - 2:59 PM

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I bought it. However, it's been three weeks and it hasn't been shipped...........


Probably hasn't been shipped cause of COVID and all the stuff going on.
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Polyergus Mexicanus: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry175528
Lasius minutus: https://www.formicul...cs/#entry174811
Lasius latipes: https://www.formicul...gs/#entry206449
General acanthomyops journal: https://www.formicul...yops-with-eggs/

#10 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 16 2020 - 4:50 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta. My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?

If they can't escape through the outworld (which I doubt they could), and the nest is in the outworld, then I don't see how they could escape. :)
That's my point. I wouldn't trust some of my mini hearths with ants this small though. The holes that you put the tubing in doesn't always have a perfect edge, and one of my nests probably wouldn't contain anything much smaller than Crematogaster.
I had an issue with my Crematogaster slipping out of gaps in my Nucleus III, which was one of the ready to ship ones for large species. Mack pointed out to me that if you specify tiny ants, they go through extra protocols to make sure there aren’t any gaps ants could slip out of.
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#11 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted April 16 2020 - 5:26 PM

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I am thinking of ordering a bare white sand outworld...How would I do so? (I know this is on an unrelated note, but it's THA)...


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#12 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 16 2020 - 6:45 PM

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They have various sizes of foraging containers on their site. I plan to order their bigesst one for my Cremas.
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#13 Offline ForestDragon - Posted April 17 2020 - 4:46 AM

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I bought it. However, it's been three weeks and it hasn't been shipped...........

they are made to order so it takes a while, I ordered a casita during the summer buzz around the 4th of july 2 years ago and it didn't get to me until september/october of that year, so 2/3 months, the dude gets stacked


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#14 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 17 2020 - 12:37 PM

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I bought it. However, it's been three weeks and it hasn't been shipped...........

It turns out Mac actually saw this, and gave a detailed and personally written response (not one of those automated ones AC uses that have little or nothing to do with the question at hand). I've got to say- the guy's good.  B)


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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

#15 Offline AntsDakota - Posted April 28 2020 - 1:00 PM

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Do you think it would be good for Solenopsis molesta? My thought is that there would be less of a chance of escape with the nest contained in the outworld. Does anyone ever have issues with tiny ants and THA nests?

You know, I was thinking even an Inception Chamber would work. They're small ants, and don't need that much space.


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#16 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 4 2020 - 3:30 PM

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Mine came a couple days ago:

 

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#17 Offline Thunder_Birds - Posted May 4 2020 - 3:38 PM

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Nice! You got the queen out of the test tube


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#18 Offline AntsDakota - Posted May 5 2020 - 11:28 AM

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Just put a fake succulent in the outworld (and yes, that is my Formica colony in the bottom right corner  :D )

 

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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

#19 Offline Ants_Dakota - Posted May 5 2020 - 12:57 PM

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Ummm... Where did that formica come from?!? last i knew, that wasn't there...


Also, you have a lot of explaining to do about that aphaenogaster. where did that come from! What am i missing!


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