So as some of you who have read my posts know, I resorted to mineral oil to keep my Tetramorium from escaping and bringing death and devastation to open-top bins nearby. (I had tried olive oil first, but Tetras LOVED it and ate it all up.)
A couple days ago I renewed the mineral oil and also applied some to the Liometopum outworld because just by opening it I had a big problem.
Has anyone used mineral oil before? Does it become a sticky horrible mess after a long time? Any thoughts/issues/experience with it?
Past & Present
Veromessor pergandei, andrei, stoddardi; Novomessor cockerelli
Camponotus fragilis, Camponotus sansabeanus (inactive), vicinus, laevigatus/quercicola, CA02
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus, P. californicus (inactive)
Liometopum occidentale (inactive); Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus (inactive); Tetramorium sp. (inactive); Lasius sp.
Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis, and a box of drywood termites that can't be seen
Isopods: (most no longer keeping) A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus, P. pruinosus, T. tomentosa
Spoods: (no longer keeping) Phidippus sp., other
