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My poor honeypots...


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#1 Offline yaboiseth - Posted July 1 2022 - 6:36 PM

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So I've had this dud myrmecocystus mexicanus colony for about a year and they grew exceptionally fast despite being a possible dud. They grew to about 50 workers and slowed down and had a slow die out, still had no idea why, but that's not the worst part. They were my favorite colony so I was pretty heartbroken when I went to check on my colonies water, I noticed I forgot to put their lid back on the mini hearth and my solenopsis xyloni completely escaped their AC setup by chewing through a stopper and decimated my honeypots and decided to make that their home too. A grim reminder to always make sure your setups are secure around escape artists.


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#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted July 2 2022 - 2:11 AM

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Sorry! Also a reminder not to use AC setups. Many other users have had ants chew through the stoppers.
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"The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." Prov. 30:25
Keep ordinary ants in extraordinary ways.




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