Formicarium King Cork
Description
Cork formicarium King Cork cork for raising ants at home
The King Cork formicarium is a larger formicarium recommended for keepeing larger ant colonies.
The subject of the offer is the formicarium itself with a cork nest, without equipment and without ants.
The product shown in the photo is the 2-nest version.
Number of the nests are to be choosen from under the product price.
The formicarium has transparent walls so you can observe the life of the colony from all sides. The design has been thought out so that the owner can easily keep the formicarium clean, it also provides a microclimate close to natural. By using a nest made of cork, ants can drill many corridors and chambers. The materials used to make the formicarium are harmless to ants and the environment.
Following species are recommended for farming in the formikarium: Lasius niger, Lasius flavus, Formica fusca, Formica lemani, Tetramorium caespitum, Camponotus
Formicarium technical data
Formicarium size: 32 cm*20 cm*19.5 cm
The size of the nest (cork): 30.5 * 15.5 cm
Cork thickness: 2 cm
There are 2 ventilation holes in the top cover, which are covered with a ventilation plug.
In the side walls there are blind fi 10 holes for connection to another formicarium/arena.
The functionality of the King Cork formicarium
1) Formicarium is intended for antkeeeping of more numerous ant colonies:
Min. amount to occupy the formicarium: queen plus 400 ants.
The maximum number of ants that the formicarium can hold: the queen plus 15,000 Lasius niger ants.
Thus, the formicarium is very capacious (especially in the version with 2 nests) and will be enough for the breeder for a long time.
2) The possibility of expanding the space for ants by adding more modules to the formicarium (arenas, nests, formicarium) using the fi10 hose ( tubing) and the AntCenter No1 connector
3) Possibility of additional ventilation of the formicarium, if necessary, by purchasing a cover with a 32x20 cm mesh or a plexiglass rim
4) Formicarium is long-lived. In the event of wear of the cork, which is the natural process of breeding ants, the nesting part is easy to replace.
5) Possibility to buy a red protective cover in order to darken the nest part (creating conditions like underground) while watching the life of ants.
6) The arena of the formicarium is quite large. The antkeeper can arrange the arena part according to his own aesthetic preferences.