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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 17:51:52 GMT 1
Right, so for my second ever setup I'm going to get one of James @ queenantshop ytong nest (hoping medium) with an antstore 15x15x25 cm foraging tank.
Which species would be better suited and more importantly is easier to care for? Formica fusca or european carpenter ants?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:49:46 GMT 1
Anyone?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:50:24 GMT 1
Myrmica Rubra? Don't know the others to be honest..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:52:10 GMT 1
Lol no looking at the two above
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:52:24 GMT 1
Fair enough
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:53:17 GMT 1
Ihave no expierience with either but formica fusca are nervus untill they hit 100 workers and carpenter ants are big
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 20:57:52 GMT 1
Carpenter ants take a long time to get growing, i like fusca as they are smaller.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:00:57 GMT 1
I'm traveling, but Formica fusca.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:01:25 GMT 1
re fusca so nervous that they will run everytime I come near?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:01:58 GMT 1
If you open it up they scurry around.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:02:54 GMT 1
But if I look through the ytong will they panic?
Does anyone on here sell fusca?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:06:54 GMT 1
messor barbarus, lasius flavus but be warned messor barbarus can get stressed and cannibalize there brood!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:08:57 GMT 1
I say Formica fusca
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:11:02 GMT 1
I say anything in the formica genus!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2012 21:11:33 GMT 1
appart from formica rufa
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