Just wondering what others have encounted while collecting WhiteAnts?
Ive come across masses of big Grubs, Very large Scorpions, Big active Orange ants,and of course the small black ants..
Just goes to show theres a hole ECO system..around the old white ants..
Havent yet but heard of the old ''Joe Blake''
Has anyone come across anything else?
White Ants
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matcho
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Suffolk,
Just replied to your inquiry re "butcherbirds" but how about you "Introduce Yourself" to all of the members? It would be nice to know what you have or have not so advice can be given to assist you with our experiences.
Matcho.
Just replied to your inquiry re "butcherbirds" but how about you "Introduce Yourself" to all of the members? It would be nice to know what you have or have not so advice can be given to assist you with our experiences.
Matcho.
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I've seen some big velvet worms {onychophorans} which look like six-inch centipedes but have soft bodies and nonsegmented legs.crocnshas wrote:yes,six inch centerpedes ? they frightened the crap out of me. Craig
Goannas use them for nesting sites, as do kingfishers and some parrots.
The big active orange ants might be the symbiotic termite-mound ants I get around here; they lay their eggs in the mound and protect it from intruders. Their big white pupae are great finch tucker; the painteds like them particularly.
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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mattymeischke
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...and the smallest python in the world is the "anthill python", aka the "children's python", which lives termite mounds in the Pilbara. I haven't heard of other snakes using the mounds but I woudn't be surprised....suffolk wrote:Havent yet but heard of the old ''Joe Blake''
Avid amateur aviculturalist; I keep mostly australian and foreign finches.
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
The art is long, the life so short; the critical moment is fleeting and experience can be misleading, crisis is difficult....... (Hippocrates)
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suffolk
How do you get the ant eggs without the ants?
Can the eggs be stored eg fridge/freezer?
Cheers
Can the eggs be stored eg fridge/freezer?
Cheers
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Seen Goanna eggs & hatchlings a few times and a couple of kingfisher nests in ground-based termite nests, plus giant worms, legless lizards, bandybandy & small-eyed snakes under nests when they were levered out. A huge variety of insects as well.
