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Uncle Milton Ant farm for founding

Started By burknoe , Jul 19 2018 10:01 PM

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#1 Offline burknoe - Posted July 19 2018 - 10:01 PM

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Howdy y'all! 

 

New ant keeper here. I came into possession of 2 Pogonomyrmex (Spelling) queens that appeared to have a problem with the cotton in the test tubes they were in. 

 

So i bought two of those Uncle Milton Ant Farms and dropped em in after creating an initial tunnel. They are both far more active, but are they supposed to be? I thought they would start to nest and lay eggs and chill. 

 

Any advice for a new keeper?

 

Thanks yall


#2 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted July 20 2018 - 5:33 AM

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Pogonomyrmex seem to need substrate or else they will fail during founding. They are semi claustral so yes they should be this active.


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