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How do I get my ants to go into the outworld?

Started By gs5248 , Jun 2 2021 6:47 PM

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#1 Offline gs5248 - Posted June 2 2021 - 6:47 PM

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My Formica queen that I got from Tahoe a few months ago, just got her new workers a few days ago. They don't appear to be going into the outworld of the mini hearth they are in right now. I don't think they even know it exists. What can I do to encourage them to forage there?

#2 Offline Broncos - Posted June 2 2021 - 6:49 PM

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When they need food they will go.

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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted June 3 2021 - 2:18 AM

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Formica are timid to the extreme. Just be patient.

Broncos and Antkeeper01 like this

"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.

#4 Offline gs5248 - Posted June 3 2021 - 3:02 PM

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Formica are timid to the extreme. Just be patient.

Thanks ANTdrew.

#5 Offline manik - Posted June 3 2021 - 4:58 PM

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as your colony grows you will see them coming out for food,

#6 Offline gs5248 - Posted June 3 2021 - 8:00 PM

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Thanks.

#7 Offline Canadant - Posted June 4 2021 - 3:36 PM

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Irresistible.... SUGAR!

My Formica generally don't have a lot of workers roaming at any given time. They only come out when help is needed. Other than that it's just the odd one here or there and my colony is probably two hundred. As a small test tube colony they barely came out at all. Ants know what they want. Patience is key.

My Crematogaster on the other hand are always roaming the outworld in quite high numbers.

"You don't get what you want. You get what you deserve".

#8 Offline gs5248 - Posted June 4 2021 - 7:02 PM

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Thanks for the information. I have really only kept small species that end to roam around in the outworld at all times in large numbers, like tetramoirum, pheidole, and monomorium. So I am not familiar with the behavioral patterns of a speicies like Formica. Sp.