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Entire colony moves to outworld

Started By Aliallaie , Apr 29 2020 8:06 AM

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#1 Offline Aliallaie - Posted April 29 2020 - 8:06 AM

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Hello

i have a 1 year old camponotus chromaiodes colony in a fortress THA formacerium. The past month one morning I woke up and noticed the entire colony including the queen are in the outworld with eggs and brood. I figured maybe the nest was dry and added more water to water tower. After that they moved back in. Over the past few days I noticed they keep bringing the brood to the outworld. And they take it back in the nest. This morning I noticed the entire colony with queen and brood are at the outworld again. The nest is not dry or anything. I will mention the one thing that has changed the past month is I added a heating cable.

#2 Offline Barristan - Posted April 29 2020 - 8:45 AM

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Maybe it is too hot in the nest?

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#3 Offline Aliallaie - Posted April 29 2020 - 10:08 AM

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Could. I went ahead and removed the cable today to see what happens.

#4 Offline Manitobant - Posted April 29 2020 - 5:23 PM

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Maybe they need a bigger nest?

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#5 Offline FSTP - Posted April 30 2020 - 4:27 AM

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Is the out world retaining humidity ? Often times if the out world is humid they will display this behavior.

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#6 Offline Canadant - Posted April 30 2020 - 3:18 PM

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You gotta tell them like you mean it. Stay in your nest!!!

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#7 Offline Aliallaie - Posted May 3 2020 - 6:05 PM

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Haha I know right. Seems though it got resolved I removed the heat cable. Apparently they don’t like too hot

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#8 Offline Canadant - Posted May 3 2020 - 7:28 PM

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Awesome. Glad you figured it out.

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#9 Offline Carpenter - Posted May 9 2020 - 5:47 PM

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Camponotus have a large roaming range so its possible by now they see the outworld as part of their nest area and move eggs to warmer areas in it, in day/night cycles. You could try connecting a new out-world with a +1 foot long tube if they are over ~50-100 workers during their active summer period

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#10 Offline steam_funk - Posted May 13 2020 - 9:53 AM

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I haven't been able to keep camponotus successfully ,but for most animals I just go with the flow. If they like it then it's usually fine to leave them to it.