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[LC3]

The hardest part is waiting

Ants mastered everything before humans, agriculture,slavery,war and... taunting 

Edited by LC3, August 5 2015 - 9:55 AM.

[dspdrew]

Get yourself 350 colonies; waiting will be noooo problem.

[Foogoo]

 

Welcome! Civil Engineer here. Together, we should be able to build an amazing, automated, self-maintaining formicarium. Or a box of dirt that's over budget and late on schedule...

And flies

 

Ha! To "get the colony off the ground". I get it.

 

I'm aiming for "meets customer requirements" on this first try. That's not to say I haven't already thought about incorporating an arduino in one...

 

I actually thought about doing that too, with a temperature/humidity probe and a bluetooth module so it can beam real time data. Or so it can turn on disco lights when the first worker ecloses...

[Crystals]

Welcome!

 

You may find browsing through this a good way to pass time: http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/

[spinyeti]

Welcome!

You may find browsing through this a good way to pass time: http://www.formicult...of-handy-links/

Thanks Crystals! I'll be following and adapting your grout formicarium guides next week. Hopefully the end product is good enough to post!

[Huch]

Hey Spinyeti, if you are going for a hike to look for queens, check this video out by Tarheel Ants. https://www.youtube....h?v=gyiCWa87OFc.

 

I tried his method and can confirm I had some success with it for carpenter ants.

[stuhrike]

That's good to hear, Herdo! I plan on bringing some prepped test tubes with me on my next hike, just in case. I'll keep a close eye on what I suspect to be the origin nest of my captive. Perhaps more will fly after a good rain (we are due for a storm soon).

 

Welcome to the club

Instead of carrying test tubes out there, I find it's a lot easier, and safer, to just take out little artists paint storage cups or deli cups.  Weighs less and less chance of breaking on you.

[Trailandstreet]

Oh, another antmaniac. Welcome!