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[Ants_Texas]

I ordered some acrylic boxes, 5x5x5 inches and made this setup for a pogonomyrmex  barbatus queen once she gets her nanitics. Does this look like a place they would like to nest in? 

Just a few questions I really need answered as well:

1. Is a room tempature of 70 - 75 degrees F a tempature that is idle for them?

2. Do you recomend that I put a heat pad under half of the box or below the entire thing?

3. I have a spray bottle of water to moisturize my natural nests. What fraction should I spray of the ground and how often?

 

If you can answer all of those questions, I truely thank you!

[AntswerMe]

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For the room temperature, I would keep the in 80°-85° temperatures if not higher, for faster growth.

In order to have a heat gradient through the nest, so the ants can put their brood in the optimal locations, having a heating pad under half the nest would be better for the ants.

With my Pogonomyrmex badius, I just spray one side of the nest until it is rather damp, (but not soaked or parched, if it looks and feels wet, then you're good) but leave the other side dry, so there is also a humidity gradient. Every few days or so, I alternate and water the other side, and every once in a while I may also shift the heating pad too.

Edited by AntswerMe, July 2 2017 - 11:28 PM.