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Post by chocimonster on Oct 27, 2011 15:33:29 GMT 1
i'm looking for a easy ant species to keep when the myrmica rubra are gone any ideas if so what should i keep them in. also they need to be cheap-ish.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2011 16:04:56 GMT 1
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Post by Myrm on Oct 27, 2011 17:19:30 GMT 1
I would go for Lasius niger, as Jon Bin Lid suggests.
They are vary easy to keep, vary active, vary cheap and vary interesting. They are by far my favourite ant species.
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Post by chocimonster on Oct 27, 2011 18:15:23 GMT 1
i was thinking of converting a worm world and attaching a foraging tank would that be okay.
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Post by Myrm on Oct 27, 2011 18:40:55 GMT 1
i was thinking of converting a worm world and attaching a foraging tank would that be okay. That would be fine, Chocimonster Bin Lid.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2011 18:41:56 GMT 1
How big are the holes, a wormworld might not be as un-escapable
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Post by chocimonster on Oct 27, 2011 19:02:48 GMT 1
not sure i not got one yet but i will buy one, and do a saftey check
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2011 19:10:44 GMT 1
If you were to get Lasius Niger would you wait to get a queen from the mating flights, ore would you buy 1 off anntstore? If so would you order just a queen or her with workers?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 7:26:29 GMT 1
If you want a slightly harder but more interesting species (Although LN are great too!) Id go for Messor Barbarus (Pronounced Barb-a-rus if it helps:P)
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Post by chocimonster on Oct 28, 2011 11:12:51 GMT 1
well jon you can only buy a queen with workers off antstore and I'm very impaitient so I couldn't wait till the flights. thomas2010 messor barbarus arn't available the only messor availble are Messor cf. capitatus and Messor cf. wasmanni.
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Post by Myrm on Oct 28, 2011 11:19:56 GMT 1
CHOCIMONSTER BIN LID!!!!! ;D Hi!!! It's good to see you here again. I see, like me, you are impatient No worry; I would suggest getting a queen with at least a few workers so that you can see them get to work right away. Have you tried AntsUK for Lasius niger? (click the green writing to go to their LN page.) The postage is cheaper than Antstore and they are sent from the UK.
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Post by chocimonster on Oct 28, 2011 11:29:30 GMT 1
I have worked it out and antstore is cheaper
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 12:21:06 GMT 1
Myrm I looked on ants Uk last night and they had something like £7.00 for a queen, on antstore u can get a queen with something like 20 workers for the same price.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 12:23:08 GMT 1
what's the shipping price like?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2011 12:23:54 GMT 1
Antstore- expensive Ants UK- I don't know they were out of stock so I bought off antstore
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