Hi! I am planning to capture a Black Carpenter ant, but for the formicarium, I want to make it dirt based. Will this work?
Thanks!
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Hi! I am planning to capture a Black Carpenter ant, but for the formicarium, I want to make it dirt based. Will this work?
Thanks!
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So would you suggest that I rather go for a type of pavement ant? (tetramorium caespitum)
So would you suggest that I rather go for a type of pavement ant? (tetramorium caespitum)
Generally I wouldn't use a dirt based formicarium unless the species of ants require it as I like to watch my ants and dirt based setups kick visibility to the curb. Another reason I wouldn't move ants into a dirt setup is because the tunnels can collapse potentially being lethal to your ants. You can move the Pavement ants into the dirt setup but I wouldn't for reasons I listed earlier. Also the pavement ants found in North America are known as Tetramorium immigrans not Tetramorium caespitum.
Edited by ColAnt735, May 3 2022 - 6:43 PM.
"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.
Oh ok thanks!
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