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[OhNoNotAgain]

Oh and new way to kill your ants: let them fight other ants.

I lost another M. mexicanus, the crucial adopted nanitic, probably because she fought and killed another M. mexicanus a couple days ago.

Similarly, when Tetramorium escaped and invaded other ant colonies, there was a high casualty rate up to 3+ days later.

 

P.S. I am not advocating ant fights. It just happened unexpectedly a few times

Edited by OhNoNotAgain, November 23 2020 - 5:43 PM.

[sebcho]

 when you give your ants feeding insects do you pop them in the freezer alive or dead 

[Vendayn]

Everyone in california says

 

"Argentine ants"

[ExponentMars]

for me it would be I gave them too large of a formicarium, thus causing them to pile up garbage, which lead to fatal mold outbreaks that decimated their population every time it hit :c

[Kaelwizard]

Uhh... Me? Not really. They mostly just weaken and die. I think my plastic test tubes have some toxic fumes or something. My Tetras died because I didn't bring them to my cabin upstate and they probably got dehydrated and starved. My Mini Hearth never came with a syringe, and when I asked for one Mack gave me one with no needle 

Edited by Kaelwizard, December 3 2020 - 9:33 AM.

[Ants_Dakota]

Uhh... Me? Not really. They mostly just weaken and die. I think my plastic test tubes have some toxic fumes or something. My Tetras died because I didn't bring them to my cabin upstate and they probably got dehydrated and starved. My Mini Hearth never came with a syringe, and when I asked for one Mack gave me one with not needle 

most of my early ants died because i moved them into a formicarium too early, and they did not have enough water.

[Idontexist]

My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen
My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen
My paratrechina starved to death until i gave them an. Piece of apple. Saved 3 worker and the queen

[M_Ants]

Me

[Chickalo]

I once had a Pogonomyrmex occidentalis colony who's queen died from stress alone.  The table I had them was shaky-ish, but apparently enough to kill them.  Now I only use sturdy furniture (two stools, a bookcase, and a bedside table I made in TechEd).  But yeah, from other people's experiences I've seen that they're just really sensitive, since I kept them heated and they had moisture-o-plenty.  I'm ordered another colony a few weeks back, no clue on when they're going to arrive.

 

So yeah if you have P. occidentalis keep in mind that they're sensitive (so quirky smh)

[eea]

keeping ants in a drawer

[antsriondel]

me

[m99]

Being C. pennsylvanicus queens 

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

[Kaelwizard]

Being C. pennsylvanicus queens 

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.

Edited by Kaelwizard, December 14 2021 - 3:14 PM.

[antsriondel]

that sucks

[m99]

 

Being C. pennsylvanicus queens 

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.

 

 

That's a big bummer. It definitely turns crazy sticky once it dries.

[antsriondel]

 

 

Being C. pennsylvanicus queens 

 

And unfortunately I've lost three or four workers from a couple different colonies to various forms of stuck-in-sugar accidents.

I need to update my journal with this info, but my C. sansabeanus colony constantly walks through their byFormica nectar, and 2 have died after they got stuck. I'm not sure what happened to the liquid feeders I ordered, but not having them is taking its toll on the colony.

 

 

That's a big bummer. It definitely turns crazy sticky once it dries.

 

yep