Just uploaded the video compilation of checking out the ant nest trunk a month after stumbeling over it.
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Just uploaded the video compilation of checking out the ant nest trunk a month after stumbeling over it.
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Some input on this by the specialists could be interesting.Revisando el nido de hormigas en un tronco que encontramos el otro dia al hacer camino. | Parte 4
Para tener una idea cual fue últimamente la reacción de la tribu de hormigas que se había encontrado al intentar de mover un tronco fuera del camino fuimos al mes para revisar el mismo. Esta compil...
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Just uploaded the video compilation of checking out the ant nest trunk a month after stumbeling over it.
Edit:
Some input on this by the specialists could be interesting.Revisando el nido de hormigas en un tronco que encontramos el otro dia al hacer camino. | Parte 4
Para tener una idea cual fue últimamente la reacción de la tribu de hormigas que se había encontrado al intentar de mover un tronco fuera del camino fuimos al mes para revisar el mismo. Esta compil...
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Hi @futurebird and @theantlady, some specific question on this ant nest in a trunk:
What would be the expectation of the behavior of this tribe. Are they known to move their nest if they get disturbed every once in a while?
Are they able to split up into several tribes?
If the location changes and can't harbor anymore the original size of the tribe, how do they react?
If the nest gets exposed to water when it rains, do they move?
What would be the best way to incentivize them to move the colony?
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Hi @futurebird and @theantlady, some specific question on this ant nest in a trunk:
What would be the expectation of the behavior of this tribe. Are they known to move their nest if they get disturbed every once in a while?
Are they able to split up into several tribes?
If the location changes and can't harbor anymore the original size of the tribe, how do they react?
If the nest gets exposed to water when it rains, do they move?
What would be the best way to incentivize them to move the colony?
@jesuisatire @theantlady @tierranietos @bitpickup
Without getting a closer photo to tell the species these are tentative answers. My guess is these are carpenter ants (genus Camponotus) because they live in a log and seem rather large. But they could also be field ants (genus Formica)
Most ants can and will move if their nest is no longer working. (except maybe leafcutters?)
"splitting up" isn't very common.
Are they just in the one log? Or in many logs?
Fine to just move the whole log.
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@jesuisatire @theantlady @tierranietos @bitpickup
Without getting a closer photo to tell the species these are tentative answers. My guess is these are carpenter ants (genus Camponotus) because they live in a log and seem rather large. But they could also be field ants (genus Formica)
Most ants can and will move if their nest is no longer working. (except maybe leafcutters?)
"splitting up" isn't very common.
Are they just in the one log? Or in many logs?
Fine to just move the whole log.
@jesuisatire @theantlady @tierranietos @bitpickup
Ants don't like to move but they will. If these are carpenters they may have many nests, but only one will contain the queen.
If these are Formica there are a few possibilities one queen, many queens it's more complex.
But I think they are carpenters.
It looks like you have a big log pile... the main nest may be in there.
They don't really harm a log pile much. Why do they need to move?
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