Day 51 - Tetramorium Workers Using Outworld For the First Time [HD Video/Photos]

[leojboby]

Hi, i cant find your viedeos past 5 day 51... then it seems to jump to like day 200ish. i would love to see the entire collection of the videos. Tnx

[AntsAustralia]

I like this video very much...

[MrTitanosaurus]

the termite queen that huge monster is normally on the bottom of the colony in her egg factory

[Mozers05]

what do u put in the sides of the outworld to prevent the workers from escaping

[AAOCFORLIFE]

@Mozers05 i put vaseline it makes them slide down the wall when they try to walk on it

[MuminGrottan]

This video is awesome! please make more

[AntsCanada]

Probably a Lasius or Formica species. Yeah, they're great but only if you have a queen.

[bentleyboy72]

yea lol n that my only problem :D btw this is my first time with an ant colony lol

[bentleyboy72]

do u have an msn or sype so we can keep in touch?

[bentleyboy72]

hey i just have one question for ya:D

well i recently created my own ant colony and put in maybe oh 40 ants in.

so over maybe 24 hours they are still inside the tubes and arent leaving.

they are moving around and look just fine but r staying in the tubes. how can i get them to move into the nest? thnx

[Budzi08]

If youy dont have a queen its pointless.

do you?

[AntsCanada]

Try covering the nest so it's dark, and make sure the nest is damp, then shine a light bulb onto the tubes. There's a small risk of cooking them if the light it too close, but if it's just bright the ants will move out of the tubes and into the nest. If the rooms and/or tunnels of your nest are too roomy or spacious they also won't move in. Some species of ants like it really tight.

[bentleyboy72]

thnx man but i also got another problem. the nest i took the ants from is waaaay to big to find the queen.

whats the best way to collect a queen?

[AntsCanada]

That's what Budzi08 was asking/saying earlier. The queen is definitely essential. Well, if it's a polygyn species like Myrmica rubra that has many queens in the nest chances are you will eventually collect at least one if you keep going back to collect.

[AntsCanada]

My one collection from the Myrmica rubra colony I have contained over ten queens. If it's not a species with multiple queens in the colony, i.e. monogyn, you may be out of luck if you can't collect the entire colony and rummage through the entire nest. Good luck!

[bentleyboy72]

thnx again. idk exactly what the technical name for the ants im collecting is called but they are just those small black worker ants. are they good to create a colony out of?