New to the mix
Hi! new guy here. I've been reading the forums for about a week and since I'll soon be building my very own ant-farm I thought I should stop in and say hello.I live in southern maryland and what I...
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Hello Buffalo Soldier and welcome to the message board. I moved your thread to Keeping Ants forum since it is mostly about keeping ants. Check out The Ants FAQ and read the older posts/threads about...
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Cutting the queen in two is an unfortunate problem with digging up colonies. I'd recommend using a smaller shovel but I don't know how that would effect your chances of cutting her in two. Second...
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I don't use any soil medium anymore but when I did my favorite medium was a mix of white playsand and peatmoss. This mixture holds moisture well and does not collapse. Also, it is clean.
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Tim The Spoonman: I find a lot of the white play sand is teaming with red mites. Do they harm the ants?
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I have never had to deal with red mites in the sand I use.I would never recommend introducing mites to your ants. Most mites are probably harmless to ants but some are harmful -- I would not want to...
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heh those hundreds or so winged ants on my doorstep turned out to be termites. gonna have to find an exterminator soon.got lucky and found a few queens on the ground while moving stuff around a pile...
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