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3d Printing and Antkeeping

Started By Leptomyrmx , Apr 13 2022 9:10 PM

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#1 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted April 13 2022 - 9:10 PM

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So, I thought I'd start a thread for you to share any antkeeping stuff you make a 3d design for or 3d print.

I know most people don't have a 3d printer but I've seen a few people on the forum who do.

 

This is a module of a formicarium series I'm hoping to sell, please don't steal the designs lol-

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My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

#2 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted April 14 2022 - 4:26 AM

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3D printed ant nest (I'm not going to show it in real life until it's completed) that is going to be for my Tetramorium immigrans colony:eSWYKxm.png


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#3 Offline Geo - Posted April 17 2022 - 10:23 AM

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3D printed ant nest (I'm not going to show it in real life until it's completed) that is going to be for my Tetramorium immig

 


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#4 Offline Zeiss - Posted April 17 2022 - 1:09 PM

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3D printed ant nest (I'm not going to show it in real life until it's completed) that is going to be for my Tetramorium immig

 

Were you trying to say something?


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#5 Offline Dumpling - Posted April 19 2022 - 8:52 PM

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So, I thought I'd start a thread for you to share any antkeeping stuff you make a 3d design for or 3d print.

I know most people don't have a 3d printer but I've seen a few people on the forum who do.

 

This is a module of a formicarium series I'm hoping to sell, please don't steal the designs lol-

Looks good! How would you hydrate it?


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#6 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted April 19 2022 - 11:26 PM

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So, I thought I'd start a thread for you to share any antkeeping stuff you make a 3d design for or 3d print.

I know most people don't have a 3d printer but I've seen a few people on the forum who do.

 

This is a module of a formicarium series I'm hoping to sell, please don't steal the designs lol-

Looks good! How would you hydrate it?

 

 

Thanks! For hydration I'll put plaster in the back, and there's 2 holes that a syringe fits into.


My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

#7 Offline T.C. - Posted April 20 2022 - 9:57 PM

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What are you guys using for printers?

 

 

Thanks! For hydration I'll put plaster in the back, and there's 2 holes that a syringe fits into.

 

 

 

 

 

Best not to use plaster for mold reasons.


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#8 Offline Leptomyrmx - Posted April 20 2022 - 10:04 PM

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What are you guys using for printers?

 

 

Thanks! For hydration I'll put plaster in the back, and there's 2 holes that a syringe fits into.

 

 

 

 

 

Best not to use plaster for mold reasons.

 

I have grout too.


My Ants:

Colonies: Camponotus humilior 1w, Opisthopsis rufithorax 11w, Aphaenogaster longiceps ~5w, Pheidole sp. ~235w ~15m, Iridomyrmex sp. 2q 1w, Brachyponera lutea 6w, Crematogaster sp. ~20w, Podomyrma sp. 1w

Queens: Polyrhachis cf. robinsoni, Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) sp. (likely infertile)

Previously Kept: Colobopsis gasseri, Technomyrmex sp., Rhytidoponera victorae, Nylanderia cf. rosae, Myrmecia brevinoda/forficata, Polyrhachis australis, Solenopsis/Monomorium

Key: Q = Queen, W = Worker, M = Major

Youtube Channel: Ants of Sydney - YouTube

Patreon (for YouTube channel): https://www.patreon.com/antsofsydney

#9 Offline T.C. - Posted April 20 2022 - 10:05 PM

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What are you guys using for printers?

 

 

Thanks! For hydration I'll put plaster in the back, and there's 2 holes that a syringe fits into.

 

 

 

 

 

Best not to use plaster for mold reasons.

 

I have grout too.

 

That will work a lot better.


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