Antworks

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:15

My ants aren't doing anything

They've been in there 48 hours and just do sod all.

If you have one, when did the action start?

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:17

I tried poking them with a pencil this morning, but it all went horribly wrong.

6 of them ran up the pencil and escaped.

Caught 4, squashed one and one's gone AWOL :rolleyes:

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:22

Akira said:
Did you poke holes in the gel to start the tunnels off?

yes, but they don't go anywhere near them.

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:22

iCraig said:
Are these garden ants or the "special ants"?

special, although they look identical to the buggers that keep digging up my lawn outside.

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:24

cleanbluesky said:
IIRC correctly there was an age-old post on the forums very simliar to this... the user replaced the ants with more agressive ones and the new ants ate the blue stuff for his entertainment...

yeah the more aggressive ones were the specials that you send away for. After reading that thread, I didnt bother with garden ones for that reason. They';re still doing bugger all though.

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 19:27

Feek said:
Biggest problem I had was getting the ants off the paper into the antworks. The trick was to refridgerate them for a bit but after I'd tried that and failed I ended up putting them in the freezer for *2 minutes*.

Two days later when I remembered them, they were a bit dead

K.

Mine are all hiding in the paper. That's why I tried the prodding technique this monring which went wrong.
What am I supposed to do? Stick the whole thing in the fridge, wait for the to chill, then brush them off and take the paper out?

edit - murderer!

Norbert666 · 12 May 2006 at 21:57

The special ants I have ARE red :cool:

Norbert666 · 13 May 2006 at 08:11

Lets play spot the ant...

Norbert666 · 13 May 2006 at 08:17

Zip said:
I cant see any

That's cus the buggers are all hiding in the paper gear they came in :mad:

Zip said:
Why dont you just use dirt instead of blue stuff??

That's what you're supposed to use. So you can see em digging about and stuff.

Norbert666 · 13 May 2006 at 08:23

Zip said:
Maybe they just dont like the blue stuff

They're supposed to really like it. They can eat it.

Zip said:
Try tapping the sides of the papper to get the lil gits out.

Tried that and had a mass escape!

Zip said:
I want to see some ants

Yeah, me too.

BREAKING NEWS. WE HAVE A DIGGER!

ONLY ONE MIND. BUT HE MIGHT GO TELL HIS MATES THAT HE'S FOUND A WICKED HOLE...

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 08:37

Finally some tunnels.

Each tunnel has a secondary entrance/exit. Strange how they's all dug up at almost the same angle, and in the same direction.

They seem to really be going for it now. I'm guessing it will be totally different when I get home from work tonight...

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 08:45

Zip said:
Can you add more ants to it?

There are about 30 ants in there. Most of them are all huddled up together on a piece of paper they came in. I need to try and get them off (without them all escaping this time).

You can't add more ants, as they'll just has all out war and kill each other.

Mind you, that could be interesting...

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 10:21

benneh said:
I don't get why you dont just pick the paper up (or envelopey thing?, what exactly do they come in?), turn it upside down and flick it untill they all drop off?.

they're quick little buggers and cling on like super glue!

they come in a little plastic pot which as a roll of this blue paper in it. They all cling to the paper in groups and won't let go. they're protecting the eggs.

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 10:26

Zip said:
Will they breed and have babys then

Ant Porn

they will have babies as there are eggs.

It will be cool porn as /david attenborough mode all ants are female. Males are only produced once a year, when they fly and mate during flight with winged females. The males die shortly after mating. /david attenborough mode

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 13:37

Feek said:
Read the paperwork. They can't reproduce.

K.

There are about 6 eggs that came with it though...

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 13:40

Feek said:
I refer the right honorable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago.

K.

you saying they won't hatch?

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 13:47

penski said:
Where does one aquire said ants and blue stuff?

http://www.lazyboneuk.com/store/pro205.html

penski said:
When they 'fight', how vicious is it?

Ants are quite evil little buggers...

penski said:
What are the possibilities of raising two sets, one wild then locking them up together?

Deffo.

Norbert666 · 15 May 2006 at 19:04

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